RAMZY BAROUD offers six reasons why Netanyahu is prolonging conflict in the Middle East
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Slouching towards Ballyskeagh
Scotland is suffering a depressing – and growing – democratic deficit, writes STEPHEN LOW
A general view of the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh
A US onslaught of unprecedented scale has shattered Venezuelan sovereignty and exposed the fragility of the global South as Washington revives the Monroe Doctrine with overwhelming military force, write VIJAY PRASHAD and CARLOS RON
In a country torn apart by sanctions and ‘electoral warfare,’ the reality is more complex than Western headlines would have us believe, argues MARC VANDEPITTE
ALAN SIMPSON looks at the bigger issues behind Trump’s Venezuelan piracy
From the kidnapping of Maduro in Venezuela to Trump’s annexation plans for Greenland: the US is openly relying on imperialism – and paradoxically strengthening its adversaries in the process, warns SEVIM DAGDELEN
ROGER McKENZIE looks at how US doublespeak on the ‘war on drugs’ is used to camouflage its intended grab for of Latin America’s natural resources
SCOTLAND’S politics now have a depressing similarity to Northern Ireland.
What politicians do in, or out, of office is secondary to their stance on the constitution.
It’s a situation that as well dispenses with comparative trivialities like accountability.
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