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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Assange – a thorn in the side of the British ruling class
The decision not to extradite the WikiLeaks founder is cause to celebrate, but it was entirely cynical on the part of the Establishment, writes HELEN MERCER
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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
THE decision to refuse the extradition of Julian Assange by magistrate Vanessa Baraitser is a triumph for British justice: within the tradition of elites getting themselves out of sticky situations.
Julian Assange was saved from extradition yesterday (barring the outcome of an appeal), but only on the back of rejecting 95 per cent of the case for his defence.
Judge Baraitser’s verdict leaves the British government free to extradite anyone else that the US cares to finger for reporting war crimes, human rights abuses, corporate corruption and CIA surveillance.
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