Contents of Issue 132
Editorial: The tectonic plates of politics shift again His and her family firm: Publicly funded pinnacle of inequality in wealth and
Read moreEditorial: The tectonic plates of politics shift again His and her family firm: Publicly funded pinnacle of inequality in wealth and
Read moreThe Foundation held a very successful ninth annual lecture on the evening of Thursday 6 October with around 200 people in
Read moreTories are in a continued crisis but still the attacks continue … but before we get to that, there is the
Read moreTommy Sheppard lays out the case against the monarchy. I’m not sure which is the more depressing: that the UK has
Read moreBill Bonnar examines the feting of the monarchs but sees the prospect of change ahead. As socialists, we were dreading it.
Read moreIs it now time to stand tall And abandon the royal bowing and scraping? If nothing else think of the money
Read moreGregor Gall surveys the options we can choose from and who might help to deliver it. The death of the queen
Read moreRepublic explains the facts behind the lies and statistics. UK tourism is a major part of the UK economy, worth around
Read morePat Rafferty says workers are winning and on the march again. The last two years have demonstrated who really matters in
Read moreMary Senior reports on the on-going battle in universities for pay and pension justice. This summer of unrest, strikes and union
Read moreKatie Gallogly-Nelson lays out what a just transition must mean to the wider array of workers. While the temperature is projected
Read moreStephen Smellie argues we cannot contemplate backtracking on fighting the climate crisis. In the current cost-of-living crisis, it is to be
Read moreStephen Low recommends that the Scottish Government rips it up and starts again. The Scottish Government has broken new ground with
Read moreChris Yuill says the solutions to the health inequalities that still stalk Scotland lie in economic and social change. Walk across
Read moreNick MacWilliam reports on the abuse of human rights in Colombia and the prospects for change. In April 2021, Colombians launched
Read moreAlf Baird tells a woeful tale of incompetence, arrogance and worse on the high and low seas. [Manichaeism is a religion
Read moreDavid McKinstry casts his poetic eye across the decades of the Elizabeth II’s ‘reign’ over us. The 1980s were covered by
Read morePatrick Phillips looks at the social aspects of anthropology and architecture of a lost village in Scotland. On maps today, ruins
Read moreKevin Macdonald, director, The Mauritanian, 2021 (with writers: Rory Haines, Michael Bronner and Sohrab Noshirvani) Reviewed by Jackie Bergson. The Mauritanian
Read moreRalph Guentzel, The Quest for a Feasible Utopia: Historical variants of democratic socialism and their contemporary implications, Nomos, 2022, pp238 Reviewed
Read more’Mon the Workers’. Celebrating 125 Years of the Scottish Trades Union Congress, ed. Daniel Gray with photography by Alan McCredie, Luath
Read moreCatherine Flynn (ed.) The Cambridge Centenary Ulysses: The 1922 Text with Essays and Notes, Cambridge, 2022, £30, pp988, 9781316515945 and Sam
Read moreRoger Seifert, UNITE History Volume 2 (1932-1945): The Transport and General Workers’ Union (TGWU): No Turning Back: The Road to War
Read moreEileen Turnbull, A Very British Conspiracy – The Shrewsbury 24 and the Campaign for Justice, Verso, 2022, £16.99, pp384, 9781804290149 Reviewed
Read moreA week is a long time in politics, as the old cliche goes. We never know what could be just around
Read moreAfter BoJo’s long but often AWOL goodbye since resigning on 7 July 2022, you still need to pinch yourself to recognise
Read moreTracey Dalling sets out what some creative thinking could achieve for raising revenue for public services Faced with demands for decent
Read moreMike Danson examines the constraints and options as we face a coming winter of discontent Few are against workers and citizens
Read moreSara Cowan says women suffer disproportionately from Covid, climate change and the cost-of-living crisis The Covid-19 crisis is not over for
Read moreDave Watson examines a recent investigation and reprises ideas for how to improve the situation This summer, The Ferret, in conjunction
Read moreFrancis Stuart details the case for public, not-for-profit care following the publication of the STUC’s ground-breaking report Scotland’s large private social
Read moreStephen Low argues the National Care Service will be a case of centralised managerialism gone mad The Scottish Government has published
Read moreVince Mills dissects the disaster that is the Starmer leadership of Labour The Starmer ‘phenomenon’ is not one that history will
Read moreDaniel Randall details what Truss and the Tories have in store for unions and workers’ rights Then prospective PM, Liz Truss,
Read moreKaty Clark explains why she has laid a badly needed Bill before the Scottish Parliament This month, I plan to introduce
Read moreGoran Zangana looks behind the media blackout to explain what is going on and what needs to happen Abass was married
Read moreMaurice Hickey explains the initiative to provide concrete solidarity in this time of war The European Association of Employed Community Pharmacists
Read moreChristine Buchholz looks at the crisis enveloping all political parties as the winds of change blow through Though Germany has been
Read moreBarbara Steiner gives an overview of the strength of left parties in Europe, revealing not everything is bad Let’s begin by
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