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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No protection for Iran’s nurses
Employers have rewarded the sacrifice of Iranian nurses with sackings, unpaid salaries for shifts already worked and revolving 89-day contracts — one day short of any job security and rights. JAMSHID AHMADI reports
Worshippers wearing protective face masks to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus pray outside the mosque of the Tehran University
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 failure of the Iranian regime to take effective measures to control the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak led to the country becoming the epicentre of the pandemic in the Middle East.
The regime’s treatment of its own healthcare professionals is increasingly coming under scrutiny, as the death toll rises and the demand for expert care increases.
However, the regime’s lack of care for its increasingly beleaguered population, suffering from continued sanctions from the United States as well as the government’s corruption and incompetence, is further exposed in its treatment of healthcare staff.
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