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’s diplomatic activism continues
DAVID RABY reports on President Lopez Obrador’s attempts to build bridges with his country’s northern neighbours
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
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
AS I commented recently in these pages (“Mexico’s welfare plan stuns the UN,” November 13), Mexico’s Amlo and his team are determined to punch above their weight in the international arena.
They continue to push the World Welfare Plan proposed on November 9: Mexican diplomats have engaged with UN delegations from over 100 countries and will shortly be presenting the plan in more detail to the general assembly.
Just over a week later Amlo was at it again, this time meeting with Joe Biden and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau in Washington on November 18 at the North American summit of the three members of the continental trade agreement.
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