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 ...
international news
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 ...
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 ...
Capitalist failure at the heart of Ukraine crisis
by Bill Bonnar The on-going conflict in Ukraine took a traumatic twist with the shooting down of a civilian passenger airliner. This was an appalling tragedy but it was not, ...
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