SOLOMON HUGHES says even electoral defeat isn’t a deterrent to right-wing MPs: pro-corporate policies might lose elections but they can be lucrative nonetheless
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The SNP's Covid-19 recovery plan is a corporate compromise
Scotland will need radical political change after the coronavirus, but there is little sign that the SNP wants to deliver, writes STEPHEN LOW
The SNP's plan follows the advice of private-sector fat cats rather than the Community Wealth Building strategy that would see investment in core economic activities like housing, health, transport, education and care
Schools are at breaking point, argues NASUWT general secretary MATT WRACK — we urgently need investment in our kids’ futures
MIKE SCOTT assesses the AI threat to jobs in the first of a pair of articles on the problems it poses
Without energy and without a strategic partner, Cuba is currently fighting for its survival. While the population is literally sitting in the dark, the Trump administration is trying to definitively break the socialist project through economic blackmail. What lies ahead for the island, asks MARC VANDEPITTE
A setback for IG Metall at Tesla’s Berlin plant has ignited claims of intimidation and raised fears for the future of collective bargaining and workplace democracy, says TONY BURKE
The question for the media, in the US and across the globe, says ROGER McKENZIE, is will they do their job fearlessly and call Donald Trump out?
IT should be a good thing that the Scottish government is drawing up plans for economic recovery after Covid-19. Given what their plans are however, enthusiasm should be strictly limited.
The SNP government outsourced their planning for recovery to a group chaired by former Tesco bank chief Benny Higgins, whose recommendations were accepted in full. The aim is a business-driven recovery.
The role of national and local government is to provide the stimulus for economic activity by providing low-cost funding for business and infrastructure investment and by creating the conditions for private enterprise to thrive.
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