A NEW map has been released of over 100 businesses across Scotland that are boycotting Israel amid the genocide in Gaza … Source

The hybrid, weird janus-faced nature of Farage’s fascist project is revealed (again) today by the defection of Nadhim Zahawi to Reform UK. In a move of naked opportunism, Zahawhi, who had previously tweeted of Farage: “I would be frightened to live in a country run by you”, stepped into the abyss. According to Pippa Crerar, […] Source

A large gathering of interested parties assembled in Parliament Square this morning to show their concern about the Palestine Action proscription and its implications for human rights, prevention of genocide, starvation and sexual violence and other atrocities in conflicts, as well as issues of self- determination, democracy, constitutional safeguards and incarceration, and healthcare. Singing, a […] Source

I WOULD like to reply to Lynsey Ward (Letters, Jan 6) to say that it isn’t the SNP that look silly for not wanting nuclear power plants in Scotland, but those who advocate that we build them. Source

Moray Council has confirmed the scale of its response to the continued cold snap, amid predictions of further snowfall. …

It has the same feeling as reporting the loss of the Titanic with the apocryphal headline attributed to the Aberdeen Press and Journal: “North-east man lost at sea”, to report on events in Caracas in relation to Scotland, but here we go. Trump’s emboldened gangster regime is fundamentally changing the entire orientation of Western politics. […] Source

Just two Moray schools are expected to avoid a full closure tomorrow, amid predictions of further snowfall overnight. …

The response of the European leaders to Trump’s bombing of Caracas and kidnapping of Maduro is uniformly craven. Here’s Macron: “The Venezuelan people are today rid of Nicolás Maduro’s dictatorship and can only rejoice. By seizing power and trampling on fundamental freedoms, Nicolás Maduro gravely undermined the dignity of his own people.” “The upcoming transition […] Source

CELTIC are close to paying £2 million for a player being sold by an Israeli football club with links to the genocide in Gaza. Source

First Minister John Swinney has plans for a bank holiday after Scotland’s World Cup match against Haiti. …

How do we understand Global Capitalism and the World We Live In? Sven Beckert, Capitalism: a global history, Allen Lane £50. Review by Dave McCrone These days, we are used to seeing hot-air books which seek to account for large things, and actually explain nothing much. Here is a book to be taken seriously, not […] Source