Jamie Wood, a writer in the United States who is in recovery and been sober for 6 years, argues that drug addiction is endemic in western society, and won’t be effectively tackled until the stigma around it is challenged head on, and we all become comfortable with normalising interventions
CommonSpace analyses why the Trump-Putin Summit was so significant
THE press conference following the Summit in Helsinki between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will perhaps be remembered as one of the most politically remarkable in recent memory, as the US president set himself against not just the US media and foreign policy establishment, but also his own Intelligence services.
The United States has long defined its enemies as ‘rogue states’. Is the world starting to realise that Trump’s America fits the bill?
UNTIL the advent of the Trump administration, the idea that the US could be a rogue state was counter-intuitive to the common wisdom of mainstream political discourse in the West. The US accused such troublesome nations of that tag; the republic commonly regarded as the last remaining superpower could not, by definition, become one itself.
On #WorldRefugeeDay, CommonSpace editor Ben Wray says that while Donald Trump’s family separation policies towards migrants seeking to enter the US has touched a nerve, the problem of how we treat immigrants and refugees is much deeper than one President and will require systemic changes to address
Lorna Miller (@MistressofLine) begins a new weekly satirical cartoon on CommonSpace, and introduces herself below.
I'VE been dipping pen in ink for over 25 years. I was the first Scottish woman to have my comic stories published in the US before graphic novels became popular.
For 15 years I was a colourist and illustrator for Britain’s best selling children’s comics including: Thomas & Friends, Toxic and Moshi Monsters.
Demonstration organiser Jonathon Shafi laughed at claims from Tories that Scotland could be a safe haven from protests for Trump
A POSSIBLE visit to Scotland by US President Donald Trump will trigger “a monster response”, as anti-Trump activists and politicians prepare to announce details of demonstrations around the country.
Many have expressed scepticism of Benjamin Netanyahu’s claims regarding Iran’s alleged covert pursuit of nuclear weapons, but the Israeli prime minister needs only convince Donald Trump
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu this week presented what he described as “new and conclusive evidence about the nuclear program Iran is hiding from the international community since years ago.”
Alex Salmond has joined Jeremy Corbyn in expressing doubt over who was responsible for the chemical weapons attack, despite Theresa May’s declarations of certainty over the Syrian Government’s culpability.
FORMER FIRST MINISTER Alex Salmond has stressed the importance of “letting the importance of international inspection complete before military action”, following Prime Minister Theresa May’s repeated assertion that responsibility for the chemical weapons attack in Douma lay with the Syrian Government.
From the legality of the military action to the effectiveness of the strikes, Theresa May still has plenty of explaining to do
PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAY today [16 April] stood before the House of Commons to defend Saturday’s military strikes against Syrian Government facilities alleged to site chemical weapons.
Despite recent call for action by Patrick Harvie, the Scottish Government avoids commenting on Scotland’s relationship with the United States under Donald Trump
THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT has reaffirmed its opposition to prejudice and hate crime, saying “they will never be tolerated in Scotland”, but has avoided commenting specifically on the issues raised by Patrick Harvie in his recent call for Scotland to do more in opposing the far right and the administration of Donald Trump.