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Editorial

Regroup and resist – but how? Well, the polls were stunningly accurate so we well and truly had our ‘Friday[…]

Battered, bloodied and bruised: down but not out

Richard Leonard says when the people speak, political parties must listen The election result was grave for Labour. Though we[…]

Where and what now for the Scottish left?

Kenny MacAskill offers suggestions on how to build a united anti-Tory, democratic alliance The elections over and the debacle has[…]

Independence, yes, but for whom and from what?

Grahame Smith says resolving constitutional matters can unlock progress on social and economic issues After such a momentous election result,[…]

Towards a constitutional crisis: Scotland and Britain after the general election

Michael Keating says choppy waters lie ahead for both defending and defeating the Union Once again, Scotland and England have[…]

Against the lie machines – Labour and anti-semitism

Mike Cowley reviews ‘Bad News for Labour: Antisemitism, the Party and Public Belief’ (Pluto, September 2019) In conducting their research[…]

Responses to #GE2019

We asked a further range of left activists and commentators to provide their assessments of what happened and what we[…]

COP25 ignores demands for climate justice

Mary Church argues COP26 in Glasgow in 2020 must be a rallying point for people and planet The outcomes of[…]

Why our peace movement must be intersectional

The word, pacifism, was coined in Scotland in the early twentieth century. Tim Gee asks if is it time to[…]

Microphones, megaphones and class

Albert Brenchat Aguilar recounts the unseen and forgotten workers that make conference happen and their fightback I dish nibbles and[…]

Surveying the unspoken concepts underpinning higher education

Reflecting on his experience of applying to university, Patrick Phillips gives a critical appraisal Last summer I applied to ‘attend’[…]

Feedback to the Editor

General election 2019 analysis We would welcome any responses to the analysis contained in this issue – what’s right, what’s[…]

‘The Only Game in Town’ part 2 – the response as cover-up

Campbell Martin gives an update on his expose on the PPP scandal in North Ayrshire When ‘new’ Labour swept to[…]

Documentary Review

The Big Meeting (2019), director: Daniel Draper, editor: Christie Allanson Reviewed by Jackie Bergson The Big Meeting is a documentary[…]

Book Review

Gerry Hassan and Simon Barrow (eds.) Scotland the Brave? Twenty Years of Change and the Future of the Nation, 2019,[…]

Book Review

Classic recounted: Edwin Muir’s Scottish Journey, Mainstream Publishing, new edition, 1996 Commented on by Rory Green Maggie Chapman reviewed James[…]

Book Review

Slavoj Žižek Sex and the Failed Absolute, Bloomsbury, 2019, £20.00 Reviewed by Sean Sheehan Žižek’s first English-language book, The Sublime[…]

Book Review

Gardner Thompson, Legacy of Empire: Britain, Zionism and the Creation of Israel, Saqi Books, £20.00, 9780863563614 Reviewed by Sandy Hobbs[…]

Book Review

Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, Profile Books, 2019, £10.99 Reviewed by Colin Fox Whilst reading this international bestseller[…]

VLADIMIR McTAVISH’S KICK UP THE TABLOIDS January 2020

As the bells rang in the New Year and 2019 drew to a close, many on the left were still[…]