RADICAL SCOTTISH POLITICAL WRITING

Editorial

Is the left now coming up for air? The left is in one of its classic dilemmas. On the one[…]

Feedback

Mary MacCallum Sullivan starts with an apology to SLR: I wish I’d met you earlier I regret the delay. I[…]

Money begets money: how the Tories helped the rich get richer during the COVID-19 crisis

Prem Sikka dissects the Westminster governments series of economic and financial initiatives On 30 January 2020, the World Health Organisation[…]

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Fighting for fairness in COVID-19 crisis: workers and unions provide the sensible solution

Roz Foyer reports on what’s been happening in Scotland’s workplaces The STUC supports the Fair Work Convention’s vision that by[…]

Crisis within a crisis: the failure of private sector care

Stephen Smellie charts a way out of the crisis in both short- and medium-terms Thousands have died in care homes[…]

Domestic abuse and COVID-19

Megan Gordon reports that a bad situation is getting worse – so much more funding is needed Imagine that you[…]

Scottish education in the Covid pandemic: to be forewarned is to be forearmed

With so much still unknown, Bill Ramsay says the rush to return to school is ill-advised and dangerous When considering[…]

Universal Basic Income: simple solution to a complex conundrum?

William Craig surveys the arguments and evidence on a topical subject The enormous upheaval caused by the pandemic has forced[…]

Covid-19 and the campaign against climate change and a just transition

Gordon Morgan lays out a 22-point plan to bring about a decisive change Across the world, CO2 emissions are falling[…]

Is Coronavirus causing a shift in attitudes towards immigration?

Lubnaa Joomun reveals some seemingly positive changes but wonders whether they will be permanent Only four years ago, immigration was[…]

Crisis in the councils … mental health challenges … key workers still key? … freedom of information

Comment: Four Separate Issues Arising from COVID-19 Response Councils in Scotland have been at the forefront in dealing with COVID-19[…]

Combating misogyny and sexism on the left: a shift is needed and must come

Frances Curran recounts her personal and political experience of coming up against ‘male privilege’ Attitudes towards women’s oppression and sexism[…]

What should an ideal Scottish male leader look like?

Heather Farley and Saffron Roberts say there should be a non-gendered type of ideal leadership Abuse of power by leading[…]

Taking arms dealing seriously – what needs to happen

Jonathan Deans explains the how and why of an unregulated business that gets away with murder What do the movement[…]

How will the pandemic change the Scottish political landscape?

Ahead of the Holyrood 2021 elections, Colin Fox argues all that is solid just might melt into air With less[…]

Forget your roots at your political peril

Kenny MacAskill considers the case of Kansas to give a handle on those feeling left behind but not left It’s[…]

‘Jack Jones: The Unsung Hero’ – making a film about a union leader

Nigel Flanagan tells the tale of the subject of the film and the means by which is was made Sat[…]

Remembering Neil Davidson

By celebration and critique, Gregor Gall commemorates the contribution of Neil Davidson Socialists in Scotland lost one of their finest[…]

Film Review

Midnight Traveller (2020) – Director: Hassan Fazili, Editor: Emelie Mahdahvian Reviewed by Jackie Bergson Increasingly soaring refugee numbers within recent[…]

Book Review

Murray Armstrong The Fight for Scottish Democracy: Rebellion and Reform in 1820, Pluto Press, 2020, 9780745341330, pp228 Reviewed by Sean[…]

Book Review

Kenny MacAskill Radical Scotland: Uncovering Scotland’s Radical History – from the French Revolutionary era to the 1820 Rising, Biteback, 2020,[…]

VLADIMIR McTAVISH – A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS

Twelve weeks into lockdown, and our through-the-looking-glass ‘new normal’ becomes ever more bizarre. While everyone’s lives seem identical from one[…]