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We need a new way of working together based on solidarity not on competition between the different parts of the UK
PAULINE BRYAN explains how a new report on Scottish devolution aims to redistribute wealth and power in favour of the working class
Pauline Bryan at Glasgow City Halls
LYNNE WALSH previews the Bristol Radical History Conference this weekend
Keir Starmer’s £120 million to Sudan cannot cover the government’s complicity in the RSF genocide or atone for the long shadow of British colonialism and imperialism, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
Join the traditional march from Clerkenwell Green, which will bring together countless international workers’ organisations in a statement against the far right
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Mountains of research show that hardcore material harms children, yet there are still no simple measures in place
We face austerity, privatisation, and toxic influence. But we are growing, and cannot be beaten
RICHARD LEONARD used a recent speech in Glasgow to call for the renewal of our democracy.
He reported on the work of a project he had established along with deputy leader of the Scottish Labour Party Lesley Laird and with the support of Jeremy Corbyn to consider how we can redistribute wealth and power.
This was to include consideration of whether a federal settlement is the best way to rebalance the overly centralised UK state.
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