Scottish trade unions’ Bhopal solidarity visit
by Eurig Scandrett, UCU Scotland and Scottish Friends of Bhopal Thirty years ago, the world’s worst corporate crime happened in Bhopal in central India. An insecticide ...
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Socialist Cuba doing the heavy lifting in Ebola crisis
by Bill Bonnar While the world rallies to support the countries suffering the from the Ebola epidemic and Lord Bob Geldof and his tax dodging, self-publicising friends plug ...
TTIP: a threat to democracy
by Bill Newman The innocent-sounding US-EU Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is currently being prepared behind closed doors by overpaid corporate lawyers ...
As Britain pulls out of Afghanistan, what has it left behind?
by Bill Bonnar It’s not the winning that’s important, it’s the taking part. This might be a good summation of the government’s overview of Britain’s war in ...
Catalan left calls on Spanish state to drop opposition to indy referendum
by Voice Reporter As the Voice went to press, Catalans were due to vote in the 9 November consultative referendum on independence in the teeth of Spanish opposition. A broad ...
Bolivia’s Evo Morales wins historic third term
by Bill Bonnar Major celebrations broke out in Bolivia and throughout Latin America on October 12 at the stunning election victory by MAS—The Movement Toward Socialism led ...
New left party shakes up Spanish politics
by Jack Ferguson 2014 has been a dramatic political year, and not only in Scotland. In the Spanish state, a completely new party founded only in January is now being talked ...
Ebola crisis linked to neoliberal economics
by Bill Bonnar The Ebola crisis which has ravaged parts of West Africa has gripped world attention. Around 3,000 deaths; perhaps many more caused by a virus which ignores ...
Gaza massacres highlight urgent need for solidarity
by Mick Napier, Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign The current Israeli massacre is simply the latest in what Israel calls ‘mowing the lawn’, i.e. smashing up Gaza and ...
Jerusalem Archbishop puts Israel in the dock
by Stephanie Pride As the bombs continue to fall on Gaza and the death toll mounts, support for the besieged Palestinians is spreading throughout all sections of society, not ...
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