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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The coronavirus pandemic is fast becoming an argument for socialism
Even bitter enemies of China and Cuba concede that their Covid-19 responses have been heroic, writes ZOLTAN ZIGEDY
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
NOTHING exposes the hypocrisy, arrogance and selfishness of capitalism and its backers like a major threat or catastrophe.
Three-hundred Chinese doctors began arriving in Italy on Wednesday March 18 to help the local effort against the coronavirus (52 health professionals also arrived from socialist Cuba last week).
In addition, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is sending testing kits and protective clothing. PRC has sent kits and gear to Spain, Greece and Poland as well.
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While ordinary Americans were suffering in the wake of 2005’s deadly hurricane, the Bush administration was more concerned with maintaining its anti-Cuba stance than with saving lives, writes MANOLO DE LOS SANTOS
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