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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Mexico: Amlo hits back at EU ‘press freedom’ critics
DAVID RABY explains why Mexico’s president released a furious communique aimed at the European Parliament – and why his geopolitical diplomacy and progressive policies may be what is really angering the West
Mexican President Amlo slammed Europe’s ‘interventionist mania
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
ALONG with some 140 countries, Mexico voted at the UN to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
But along with most of Latin America, Africa and Asia, it has no plans to impose sanctions: to do so would violate the same principle of sovereignty and non-intervention.
Neither will Mexico impose censorship on RT or any other Russian media: its respect for media freedom is absolute.
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