Editorial
Asking an awkward question and needing an honest answer: What’s left of the left? The May 2022 local elections were
Read moreGeorge Kerevan surveys the scene, suggesting the SNP’s dominance results from a lack of choices. How often have you heard
Read moreJoe Cullinane explains why Labour lost but is proud of its achievements in North Ayrshire. For five and half a
Read moreGordon Munro looks back on missed opportunities to advance local democracy and delivery. The left in Scotland has been a
Read moreHaving taken the fightback to London, Roz Foyer says we’ve also building it in our workplaces and communities. We’re now
Read moreKate Ramsden casts her eye over the health of the union movement as it gears up for an almighty battle.
Read moreHere we reprint the speech of Rab Noakes from the Musicians’ Union moving Motion 64 at the 2022 STUC congress
Read moreScots folk singer and union activist, Iona Fyfe, wins the STUC Equality Award. One of Scotland’s leading folk singers has
Read moreRuby Gibson explains the evidence-based case for the shorter working week in the Scottish civil service. Working time can and
Read moreAlex Rowley shows how the Scottish Parliament can together tackle climate change and fuel poverty. I have introduced a consultation
Read moreStuart Fairweather recounts the new initiatives to connect different types of poverty into one campaign. Recent Scottish Left Review editorials
Read morePeter Lomas surveys the contours of an increasingly dangerous and unstable Europe. Someone once said that nuclear weapons make the
Read moreThen University of Glasgow student, Dougie Harrison, recall’s Reid’s election fifty-one years ago. In summer 1971, with every active communist
Read moreRaphael De Santos looks at the implications of high inflation, rising interest rates and a contracting economy for Scotland after
Read moreWe reprint the speech Tabassum Niamat gave to open the first Festival of Resistance. Good afternoon, everyone. I hope you
Read moreFatima Uygun and Tabassum Niamat reflect on how a community stood up to be counted. Kenmure Street in Pollokshields on
Read moreGraham Smith takes comfort from the continuing long-term decline of the monarchy in Britain. Observers from overseas might be forgiven
Read moreJohn Barker exposes those that are effectively judge and jurors in their own malfeasance. Earlier this year there were reports
Read morePoems from Mathew Knights and Dr David McKinstry. Based in Arbroath, Matthew Knights is a writer and creative writing tutor
Read moreJonas Poher Rasmussen, director, Flee (2021) Reviewed by Jackie Bergson True stories which are told in first person throughout a
Read moreJavier Blas and Jack Farchy, The World For Sale: Money, Power And The Traders Who Barter The Earth’s Resources, Random
Read moreMike Phipps, Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow, OR Books, 2022, 9781682193693, £13, pp230 Reviewed by Dexter Govan. When the storm
Read moreArnold Weinstein. The Lives of Literature: Reading, Teaching, Knowing, Princeton University Press, £14, 9780691177304, pp352 Reviewed by Sean Sheehan. The
Read morePatrick O’Hare Rubbish Belongs to the Poor: Hygienic Enclosure and the Waste Commons, Pluto Press, 2022, 9780745341408, pp240, £19.99 Reviewed
Read moreGregor Gall (ed.) A New Scotland: Building an Equal, Fair and Sustainable Society, Pluto, £14.99, 9780745345062, pp352 Reviewed by Matthew
Read moreWhen issued with a fixed penalty by the Metropolitan Police for breaking Covid rules, Boris Johnson said he was not
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