Yesterday, thousands of council-employed workers, joined by thousands more allies, marched for equal pay from Glasgow Green to George Square. The dispute has been ongoing for over a decade under multiple administrations, which has led to toxic party political disputes between Labour and the SNP. But Eve Livingston writes that these strikes are part of a much bigger picture…

“Somoza y Ortega son la misma cosa” - Somoza and Ortega are the same thing. That is the message from protesters in Nicaragua, who cite human rights abuses and murder of civilians. Joan Rowley and Norman Lockhart, Scottish Medical Aid to Nicaragua volunteer in the 1980s, says there are lessons to be learned and that the working class revolution in the country has been betrayed...

Over the past week and a half, Scottish students have occupied (or continue to occupy) university premises in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Strathclyde, Dundee, Stirling and Aberdeen - all to show solidarity with striking staff in their pensions dispute. In this adapted piece, Rory Scothorne explores the history of Scottish student radicalism during the "1968" era and how it has left a lasting impression...