A Workers’ Economy from Canteens to Coffins

17th April 20235th May 20235 months ago SLR 4 min read

A Workers’ Economy from Canteens to Coffins

Clare Peden reports on one union’s campaign for an economy in the hands of workers not profiteers. In September last year,

17th April 20235th May 20235 months ago SLR 8 min read

Rally Round the Right to Decide

There are better answers to the national question than ‘class versus nation’, argues Frances Curran At the end of November 2022,

17th April 20235th May 20235 months ago SLR 4 min read

The starting gun for a new independence run?

John Dennis asks: can socialist supporters of independence take the initiative to develop radical policies that allow it to make the

17th April 20235th May 20235 months ago SLR 10 min read

Our Involuntary Union?

Simon Barrow considers the politics of independence after the Supreme Court verdict and describes a strategy for the SNP to grow

17th April 20235th May 20235 months ago SLR 9 min read

The multiple morbidities of Scottish democracy

James Mitchell argues that the focus on what would constitute a democratic mandate to negotiate independence has led us to lose

17th April 20235th May 20235 months ago SLR 11 min read

Private Schools, Rugger, and One of the Boys

Chris Holligan considers what the Registration of Interests by Scottish MSPs reveal about influence as a strategic tool serving political and

17th April 20235th May 20235 months ago SLR 1 min read

Dickensian Dining

A poem by David McKinstry. In our digital Dickensian days Poor law’s long line, In which with hidden heads They queue

17th April 20239th May 20235 months ago SLR 6 min read

Building Leverage for a Wealth Levy

Returning to Jimmy Reid’s renowned ‘alienation’ speech, Graham O’Neill reflects on the prospects of wealth tax in Scotland today 50 years

Credit: Christian Aid

17th April 20239th May 20235 months ago SLR 9 min read

Loss and Damage: A Short History

Dogged determination resulted in some gains at COP27 but they were few and far between. Ben Wilson explores the origins of

17th April 20239th May 20235 months ago SLR 13 min read

Tipping Point in Palestine

Chris Sutherland warns that the relentless march of settlements and the dominance of right-wing ultra-religious Zionism points to the prospect of

17th April 20239th May 20235 months ago SLR 3 min read

Deceived Into War: Film Review

Jackie Bergson reviews Official Secrets (2019). Director: Gavin Hood. Writers: Gavin Hood, Gregory Bernstein, Sara Bernstein Her belief that GCHQ have

17th April 20239th May 20235 months ago SLR 4 min read

Rising More Slowly?

John Wood reviews Scotland Rising: The Case for Independence by Gerry Hassan (Pluto Press, 2022) Gerry Hassan has made timely and

17th April 20239th May 20235 months ago SLR 9 min read

On the road of relative decline? Two books on Scotland’s economic prospects

Mike Danson reviews two books on Scotland’s economic prospects: After Brexit. The Economics of Scottish Independence, by Gavin McCrone (Edinburgh: Birlinn,