While international actors discuss governance and reconstruction, Netanyahu has made it clear that Israel has no intention of ending its military occupation, says RAMZY BAROUD
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Scottish council elections – a bad night for us all
STEPHEN LOW sizes up last Thursday’s election results north of the border – and warns that local democracy and municipal services are in need of defending
NICK WRIGHT continues his series analysing the trends in European politics
We have the alternative economics, histories of our struggles and the confidence to change the world
General Federation of Trade Unions assistant general secretary HENRY FOWLER reports on the final day from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at the Workers’ Retreat, Quorn Grange Hotel
Capitalism has exploited — and polluted — our natural resources for too long, it’s time we treated our rivers as living beings, writes MIRIUM GAUNTLETT, LIAM SHAW and ROX MIDDLETON
Treating the Clacton by-election as a joke risks reinforcing the Reform leader’s claim to be the victim of an out-of-touch Establishment, argues JOHN McINALLY
MPs and others called for the urgent release of tortured Palestinian doctor, Hussam Abu Safiya, held hostage by Israel and reportedly near death, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
ALL OF the parties came out of the council elections in Scotland with something to smile about — yes, even the Tories.
Having a very bad night indeed, though, was whole idea of local government. So the losers on Thursday were pretty much all of us.
The contest to run Scotland’s councils might be over, but the fight to defend local government really needs to get started.
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