We won’t forget
Poems by Brendan Moohan Sacked miner from Bilston Glen Arrested Sun beats on my neck Cops puffing and panting There’s something in the air Something not right Something angry in the heat, something....
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Drew Smith MSP It has been said that the SNP’s reputation for competence, built up by steady management and a solid team of ministers between 2007 and 2011, was assisted by showy presentation of not...
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Just Do It! The Spirit of Chavez
Matthew Crighton It has taken his death to show us how many friends Hugo Chavez had. The regular drip, drip of hostile lies about Venezuela in the media gave way to a torrent of praise for the...
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Giving Glasgow HOPE
Dominic Bascombe Glaswegians are rightly proud of their friendliness and welcoming nature. Not for them the aloof, unapproachable stereotype of residents in other big cities across the United Kingdom....
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Pauline Bryan It was in 2009 that proof was finally found that blacklisting was being systematically carried out in construction. The Consulting Association’s blacklist contained details of over 3,200...
View ArticleRight these 30 year old injustices
Neil Findlay MSP Next year will mark the 30th anniversary of the miners’ strike. Despite the passage of time, feelings still run high in the communities affected, understandably so as more than 1,400...
View ArticleVicious and unforgiving cuts
Mike Cowley As FELA Vice President elect John Kelly noted during the 2013 EIS AGM in Perth, Scottish further education has been subject to the most vicious and unforgiving cuts of any public service...
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Where the power actually lies
Vince Mills The recent events in Cyprus following hard on the heals of the imposition of EU imposed austerity in Ireland, Portugal, Greece, Italy and Spain have pushed the issue of how we respond to...
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We must demand curbs on tax avoidance
Prem Sikka Tax avoidance is likely to be a major issue for the 2015 general election. The European Union has estimated that the annual level of tax evasion and avoidance in member states is likely to...
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The Poor Law Mentality Raises Its Ugly Head
John McDonnell MP When recessions begin to bite and unemployment and poverty mount, there has to be someone or something to blame. Initially it’s anyone or anything other than the real culprits or the...
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Something for nothing?
Elaine Smith MSP When Johann Lamont uttered the words “something for nothing” she sparked a storm both within and out with the party. The phrase in itself is controversial, in that it has been long...
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Editorial
The policies being adopted in Europe and elsewhere under the guise of ‘austerity’ are nothing less than a vicious attack on the hard-won living standards of working people. The gains made in pay and...
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