Scottish Labour's leaders cannot keep blaming Westminster for the collapse at the ballot box, says VINCE MILLS
UGLY scenes outside Parliament have made the place look and feel like the Siege of Troy. But around the country bigger issues already fill the landscape.
A “climate emergency” conference in Lancaster drew in some 200-300 local authority and climate groups (along with similar numbers live-streaming their way in).
All were anxious to talk about existential survival. I’ve done similar meetings recently in Norwich, North Notts, Stroud and Hebden Bridge — each making the same point: it is climate change that most threatens our children’s prospects, not Brexit.
While politicians fixate on defence budgets, the real answers lie in peace-building and economic justice, says ALAN SIMPSON
As the dollar falters and US power turns predatory, Britain and Europe must abandon transatlantic illusions and build a collectivist alternative before the system implodes, writes ALAN SIMPSON
From summit to summit, imperialist companies and governments cut, delay or water down their commitments, warn the Communist Parties of Britain, France, Portugal and Spain and the Workers Party of Belgium in a joint statement on Cop30
PAWEL WARGAN juxtaposes the thriving industrial centre Jiayuguan in China, with the prevailing images of decaying East European great industrial cities



