Scotland
Tories enshrine impunity for British security forces in law
“As the UK government doubles down on its ambition to assert state power at home and across the globe, it is all the more necessary for the left to demand that Scottish independence presents a real and genuine alternative.”
Stop blaming students – meet public health and testing needs!
Governments and university authorities need to listen to student and trade unions warnings about the dangers and respond with a public health focus, not blame and the threat of expulsion.
Left must oppose ‘live with virus’ doctrine
The new spike in cases and hospital admissions shows the failure of the Johnson government’s strategy.
Third Glasgow Asylum death puts pressure for public inquiry
The policy of dispersal and relocation of asylum seekers to places like Glasgow began under a Labour UK government over a decade ago, but the Tories have accelerated the scale and inhumanity of it.
Step up fight for Richie Venton’s reinstatement
Richie remains sacked and the campaign for his reinstatement is building up momentum.
Resist Attacks on Scottish IKEA Workers
Glasgow killing raises major questions about treatment of asylum seekers
Glasgow Anti-Racists defiant against Far-Right attacks
The demonstration was a great success in reasserting solidarity with Black Lives Matter and challenging the far-right backlash for control of Britain’s streets and squares. A strong, energetic and pluralistic anti-racist movement needs to be built in the days and weeks ahead.
The Lexit road to English patriotism
The imperial legacy has been the great weakness of the English working class, and as the Morning Star demonstrates with its alarming enthusiasm for English patriotism, also for its labour movement.