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The SNP's Covid-19 recovery plan is a corporate compromise
Scotland will need radical political change after the coronavirus, but there is little sign that the SNP wants to deliver, writes STEPHEN LOW
The SNP's plan follows the advice of private-sector fat cats rather than the Community Wealth Building strategy that would see investment in core economic activities like housing, health, transport, education and care
Despite the screeching from the right-wing media, Burnham’s speech chimed with the public mood - and socialists should take advantage, says Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
Rising temperatures and human activity are making life far harder for these vital pollinators. ALEX DITTRICH explains
Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners co-founder MIKE JACKSON talks to Matt Kerr about the enduring power of Pride, protest and trade unionism
Behind the language of military strategy is a confrontation that risks drawing the wider Middle East into war, says STEVE BISHOP
IT should be a good thing that the Scottish government is drawing up plans for economic recovery after Covid-19. Given what their plans are however, enthusiasm should be strictly limited.
The SNP government outsourced their planning for recovery to a group chaired by former Tesco bank chief Benny Higgins, whose recommendations were accepted in full. The aim is a business-driven recovery.
The role of national and local government is to provide the stimulus for economic activity by providing low-cost funding for business and infrastructure investment and by creating the conditions for private enterprise to thrive.
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