As tens of thousands return to the streets for the first national Palestine march of 2026, this movement refuses to be sidelined or silenced, says PETER LEARY
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Rivers of destruction
New research using satellite images shows that the impact of tropical mining on rivers has increased over recent decades, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and JOEL HELLEWELL
If the government really wanted to address public finances, improve living standards and begin economic recovery, it would increase its borrowing for investment, argues MICHAEL BURKE
MATT KERR takes a winter journey through poetry, labour and memory, from Glasgow to Newcastle, arguing that our radical past isn’t something to revere from a distance, but a tool still meant to be used
One of Canada’s most revered politicians is a native of Falkirk but is relatively unknown in his original homeland. KENNY MacASKILL tells his story
Labour prospects in May elections may be irrevocably damaged by Birmingham Council’s costly refusal to settle the year-long dispute, warns STEVE WRIGHT
HENRY FOWLER and ROB POOLE explain the significance of today’s Megapicket
MINING for metals has occurred for thousands of years. The organisation often described as the oldest corporation in the world, Stora Kopparberg, was a copper mining company, chartered in Sweden in 1347.
Extracting raw material that can be processed and sold as a valuable commodity creates large profits — at the expense of environmental destruction.
Today, the scale of modern mining enabled by machines powered by fossil fuels is staggering.
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