RAMZY BAROUD explains why the world can no longer ignore Palestine
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Tackling health inequalities in Scotland
CAROL MOCHAN argues that a new report from the Scottish Parliament’s health, social care and sport committee that reveals endemic and deepening poverty also demonstrates that the SNP are still failing to act on inequality
Starmer’s decision to suspend Diane Abbott yet again demonstrates a determination to maintain and propagate a hierarchy of racism, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
Deep disillusionment with the Westminster cross-party consensus means rupture with the status quo is on the cards – bringing not only opportunities but also dangers, says NICK WRIGHT
Olive oil remains a vital foundation of food, agriculture and society, storing power in the bonds of solidarity. Though Palestinians are under attack, they continue to press forward write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
VIJAY PRASHAD looks at the web of militias and drug-trafficking gangs that emerged in the Sweida region through the Syrian civil war, and how they relate to recent clashes and Israel’s intervention
JOE ATTARD explains why trade unionists are rallying in solidarity against the recent arrest of political activists in Gilgit-Baltistan, the northernmost region of Kashmir, administered by Pakistan
BRITAIN is looking down the barrel of historic economic decline and Scotland is no exception to that.
Despite their claims to be “standing up for Scotland,” the recklessness of the Tories at Westminster has been met with a period of relative inactivity from the SNP at Holyrood. Yes, the First Minister and her government clearly did not agree with slashing the top rate of tax, but we heard little to nothing about anything they would do to mitigate its effects.
This has come as no shock to many of us however: inactivity and laying low have been the calling cards of the SNP for years. Nowhere is that more acutely obvious than the state of our NHS.
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The political positions here are better than Westminster on the massacre going on in Palestine, but we can and must do more, explains CAROL MOCHAN
