Editorial When politics trumped economics
As we begin 2021, 2020 should be remembered as the year in which politics trumped economics twice – on Brexit
Read moreAs we begin 2021, 2020 should be remembered as the year in which politics trumped economics twice – on Brexit
Read moreThe founder of Scottish Left Review, Jimmy Reid, played a leading role in the one of the most successful campaigns
Read moreThe editorial of Scottish Left Review (120, Nov-Dec 2020) ended with the statement: ‘As we go to print, Jeremy Corbyn
Read moreLilian Macer looks back on a year of failings and flaws in the battle against COVID-19. Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is
Read moreNick Kempe outlines the key principles and values that must underpin the reform of care in Scotland. The Scottish Government’s
Read moreBrian Boyd and Henry Maitles lay out a wide-ranging critique of what is right and wrong in education. The Covid
Read moreRoz Foyer ask whether the Scottish Government will pass or fail the test of paying up. Since the first lockdown,
Read moreMike Danson asks what sort of economic renewal and recovery do we want in Scotland. As countries and governments struggle
Read moreSandy Hobbs finds the EHRC report to be deeply flawed, amounting to a politically inspired hatchet job. In October 2020,
Read moreTommy Kane analyses changes inside Labour and calls for the left to stay, fight and win. When Keir Starmer won
Read moreKenny MacAskill reviews how the SNP will act after its leadership received a recent bloody lip. Where now for the
Read moreKeir McKechnie reports on how AUOB is changing not just to meet the times but to shape them too. Support
Read moreKonrad Rekas ask those who want to be more than counted to stand up now. What do we need political
Read moreMany readers of Scottish Left Review will likely know the Rock Against Racism (RAR) movement intimately— that political and cultural
Read moreVince Mills assesses the Brexit deal and warns of imminent dangers. After what seemed like interminable debate and disagreement, on
Read moreDan La Botz says Biden’s victory is a positive development but Trumpism remains a force and Biden is no progressive.
Read moreMaggie Chetty recalls the life of Skinnider and the work to keep her memory alive. From the great political ferment
Read moreChris Sutherland unravels the class contours of privilege and power pervading a tiny town in Fife. The 2018 Times &
Read moreFrom her kitchen and computer, Annie Morgan thinks through the implications of mining and money for food and fairness As
Read moreDerek McPherson tells a tale of corporate greed against the hoi polloi. British Gas (BG) is bound to comply with
Read moreOn the occasion of the beginning of the 50th anniversary in 2021 of the UCS work-in, we reprint a book
Read moreDetroit (2017), director, Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter, Mark Boal Reviewed by Jackie Bergson. The first female to win an Oscar
Read moreBen Jackson, The Case for Scottish Independence: A History of Nationalist Political Thought in Modern Scotland, Cambridge University Press, pp179,
Read moreVictor Serge, Notebooks: 1936-1947, New York Review Books, 2019, £14, pp651, 9781681372709 Reviewed by Sean Sheehan. No one writing from
Read moreVLADIMIR McTAVISH – A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS Despite starting the year under lockdown, and despite the disaster that is
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