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Rejected Tories can’t impose will on Scotland

As part of the independence movement, one of the challenges…

Ironing out the politics

Phyllida Lloyd’s Thatcher biopic The Iron Lady seems to have…

Workers show power in action

“I’LL remember this day for the rest of my life!”…

We are the millions and we can win

‘Historic’ is a word often over-used, and thereby devalued. But…

New SNP and their Devo-Max

Amid all the speculation about the Independence Referendum and how…

The reality behind Apple’s cuddly image

The recent death of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs witnessed an…

International

The people of Congo suffer

On 9 December, Joseph Kabila was re-elected President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Overseen by international observers, this was the first ever election organised from with…

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The changing face of 2012

This year will show if the Mayan prophesy for telling the end of the world will come true or simply be the material for another Hollywood blockbuster. I suspect…

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News

The smoke and mirrors of Unionism

Two weeks in and two years to go the air around Scottish politics grows ever…

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Youth build against the cuts

It’s been a pretty grim year for youth in the UK – over a million…

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Action needed now to stop fuel poverty deaths

Millions of pensioners would have been baffled last week to find out there winter fuel…

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Fightback spreads beyond public sector

If you poke a sleeping giant in the eye, you are bound to get a…

December 9, 2011 / Comments Off / Read More

Uniting to fight fuel poverty

A lively community and trade union conference took place on 12 November in Craigroyston Community…

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Workplace News

No retreat on cuts fight

The experiences of 2011 and prospects in 2012 for working class people can be captured in one phrase: grim – and grimmer! Food bills, domestic fuel, transport costs…

January 13, 2012 / Comments Off / Read More

Workers show power in action

“I’LL remember this day for the rest of my life!” So said Steven, a UNISON steward in Glasgow’s museums, as we marched with about 20,000 others to Glasgow’s…

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Sparks fly against brutal cuts

As over 20 unions ballot 3 million public sector workers for united strike action on 30 November against the cuts, a section of highly-skilled private sector workers are…

October 28, 2011 / Comments Off / Read More

What a way to ruin a railway

Privatisation doesn’t happen in only one move. New steps occur after new tensions arise. The Labour government inspired McNulty Report into rail services is only the next step…

October 14, 2011 / Comments Off / Read More

Cultural Resistance

Ironing out the politics

Phyllida Lloyd’s Thatcher biopic The Iron Lady seems to have divided opinion amongst film critics and appears to have been met…

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A forgotten class hero

The subject of Labour of Love is Robert Smillie, a pioneering Socialist, miners’ leader and close associate of James Keir Hardie.…

November 25, 2011 / Comments Off / Read More

A Place Of Dreams

Later this month, Craigmillar Arts Centre will be hosting a weekend of events to commemorate the life and work of Bill…

October 14, 2011 / Comments Off / Read More

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No retreat on cuts fight

The experiences of 2011 and prospects in 2012 for…

Youth build against the cuts

It’s been a pretty grim year for youth in…

Standing against cuts

The Local Council Elections on 3 May will be…

Workers show power in action

“I’LL remember this day for the rest of my…

Action needed now to stop fuel poverty deaths

Millions of pensioners would have been baffled last week…

Uniting to fight fuel poverty

A lively community and trade union conference took place…

Stop the great energy rip-off !

Two independent reports published this week have shown fuel…

Rising energy bills bring winter deaths

A Government report has predicted 27,000 more people will…

Time For Peace

With the Iraq war inquiry underway the evidence heard…

Afghan war grinds towards defeat

Despite shed loads of evidence of vote rigging and…

Afghanistan – how many more will die ?

All the news agencies bring us the same story…

Afghan surge signposts disaster

Amidst dire predictions of slaughter and death the US…

Unity the key to Yes result

Unique amongst the peoples of the world, only the…

The smoke and mirrors of Unionism

Two weeks in and two years to go the…

A prisoner of Unionism

Johann Lamont is Scottish Labour’s sixth leader since the…

Rejected Tories can’t impose will on Scotland

As part of the independence movement, one of the…

Trade unions and the Labour con

Unions Together is the campaigning voice of the 15…

A prisoner of Unionism

Johann Lamont is Scottish Labour’s sixth leader since the…

Scottish Labour ?

At the press launch of the latest reform package…

With the Iraq war inquiry underway the evidence heard confirms that it was based on lies and deception. Even the most naïve voter must now understand that…

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