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Editorial: Eyes on the planetary prize

8th September 202110th September 20212 months ago Scottish Left Review 718 Views Afghanistan, climate emergency, Editorial, Scottish Green-SNP pact, SLR issue 125 8 min read

Though our cover celebrates reaching issue 125, this should not detract from the major global issue continuing to be the climate emergency

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15th July 202115th July 20213 months ago Scottish Left Review 1088 Views ‘new’ Labour, ‘new’ Labour returns, Editorial, Neo-liberalism, Non-death of neo-liberalism 10 min read

Non-death of neo-liberalism and ‘new’ Labour returns This is an editorial of two parts. The first parts deals with the

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Editorial: Old wine in old bottles?

25th May 202125th May 20215 months ago Scottish Left Review 2174 Views 6 May 2021 elections, George Square, Greens, Kenmure Street, Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, Scottish Government, Scottish Labour Party, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Scottish Parliament, SNP, Tories 10 min read

Though Charles Dickens did not say ‘It was not the best of times. It was not quite the worst of

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With ‘fire-and-re-hire’ raging, will BoJos’ Brexiteers get their way in trampling over workers’ rights?

25th May 202125th May 20215 months ago Scottish Left Review 180 Views AUEW engineering union, Brexiteers, EU working time directive, Mick Rice, UK Internal Markets Act 2020, UNITE Retired Members branch Glasgow, Workers' rights 4 min read

Mick Rice considers a new way to skin this Tory tiger on work and employment. With Tory Brexiteers dreaming of

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Editorial:The fight for a Scotland we want.

8th March 20218th March 20218 months ago Scottish Left Review 980 Views Editorial, Holyrood election, Scottish Labour, SNP, STUC 4 min read

This issue is our traditional STUC congress themed issue. In it, and in addition to hearing from the STUC itself,

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For investment and education-led recovery and restitution

8th March 20218th March 20218 months ago Scottish Left Review 687 Views chools, colleges, EIS, Scottish Education 3 min read

Larry Flanagan does not pull his punches in laying out what the EIS demands of the Scottish Government. Scottish education,

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A Poem

8th March 20218th March 20218 months ago Scottish Left Review 201 Views ‘Visionaries’ by David McKinstry, Churchill, rebuild, welfare state 0 min read

‘Visionaries’ by David McKinstry, Glasgow As winter turned to spring And Churchill’s bombast stilled, The nation turned to quiet Clem

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Editorial When politics trumped economics

12th January 202112th January 202110 months ago Scottish Left Review 1245 Views Brexit, COVID-19, Editor, Holyrood, Labour, SNP, Tories 5 min read

As we begin 2021, 2020 should be remembered as the year in which politics trumped economics twice – on Brexit

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Towards a set of principles for a National Care Service

12th January 202112th January 202110 months ago Scottish Left Review 993 Views Human Rights, National Care Service, Nick Kempe, reform of care in Scotland 9 min read

Nick Kempe outlines the key principles and values that must underpin the reform of care in Scotland. The Scottish Government’s

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9th November 20209th November 202012 months ago Scottish Left Review 1552 Views Bortis Johnson, COVID-19, Keir Starmer, lockdonw, Tories 3 min read

Living la vida loca lockdown Boris Johnson, for his Tory government, proclaims how ‘incredibly generous’ it is being to those

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Editorial: From clap to slap

7th September 20207th September 20201 year ago Scottish Left Review 1069 Views Boris Johnson, Chancellor, COVID-19. NHS, Rishi Sunak 5 min read

So, Boris’s near death experience this spring did not bring about any noticeable change of heart in his politics. Those

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2nd July 20202nd July 20201 year ago Scottish Left Review 564 Views COVID19, Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011, Labour, Left, Tories 8 min read

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

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

2nd July 20202nd July 20201 year ago Scottish Left Review 293 Views Bill Ramsay, children's rights, EIS, reade union rights, return to school, Scottish Education 4 min read

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

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

2nd July 20202nd July 20201 year ago Scottish Left Review 320 Views Councils, FoI, shop workers 9 min read

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

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Issue 117

9th May 20209th May 20201 year ago Scottish Left Review 511 Views Coronavirus 7 min read

Editorial: ‘Strange times, indeed. But maybe not that strange’. As Shakespeare’s dark and dystopian verse seems to be commonly quoted

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17th January 202017th January 20202 years ago SLR 675 Views Brexit, General Election, LibDems, Scottish Labour, SNP victory, Tories 9 min read

Regroup and resist – but how? Well, the polls were stunningly accurate so we well and truly had our ‘Friday

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