SWEE ANG, the founder of Medical Aid for Palestinians, is a big believer in the power of small actions, and she is the living proof it works, writes Linda Pentz Gunter
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Polarised politics has allowed the far right to rise
We need to continue to stress that whether people voted Leave or Remain, we must unite in opposition to the far right, says WEYMAN BENNETT
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the difficulties surrounding freedom of expression
Kenny MacAskill remembers a ‘Sovietologist’ and voice for peace and reconciliation at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
In part II of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY explores how witch-hunting drives took hold in the Civil Service as the cold war emerged in the wake of WWII
The right to buy may have been scrapped in Scotland, but the damage it has done lives on even now, writes MATT KERR
Ahead of the CP’s Congress later this month, RICHARD HEBBERT looks at the pressing climate issues humanity faces and their interdependence with capitalism
THE crisis rapidly unfolding over Brexit is exposing this Tory government as one of the most profoundly weak and divided governments ever seen.
The unnerving phenomenon that has developed over the last week, with groups of the far-right hanging around outside Parliament, launching attacks on anyone perceived as opposing Brexit — whether Owen Jones or Tory MP Anna Soubry — sharply illustrates the chaos and polarisation in the bizarre atmosphere of politics today.
Far-right protesters have attempted to seize the “anti-Establishment” mantle of the gilets jaunes, or “yellow vest” movement in France, and attacked an RMT union picket line.
The movement in France — centred on taking on Establishment austerity — is a long way off being a movement of the far right.
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