Imperialism by Stealth

RADICAL SCOTTISH POLITICAL WRITING

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Imperialism by Stealth

Sean Sheehan reviews Promised Lands: The British and the Ottoman Middle East, by Jonathan Parry (Princeton 2022). Promised Lands begins with

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Contents of Issue 133 Online Supplement

This special online issue, supplementing the printed issue 133, features articles submitted to the magazine during its change in editorial staff,

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

A New Phase of Politics in Scotland

Editorial introduction to this special online-only issue comprising articles submitted for the Jan-Feb issue of the Scottish Left Review. They say

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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

15th November 202215th November 202211 months ago Scottish Left Review 1 min read

Report winter 2022

The Foundation held a very successful ninth annual lecture on the evening of Thursday 6 October with around 200 people in

15th November 202215th November 202211 months ago Scottish Left Review 11 min read

The tectonic plates of politics shift again

Tories are in a continued crisis but still the attacks continue … but before we get to that, there is the

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In Truss, they trusted

After BoJo’s long but often AWOL goodbye since resigning on 7 July 2022, you still need to pinch yourself to recognise

13th July 202213th July 20221 year ago Scottish Left Review 10 min read

Editorial

Asking an awkward question and needing an honest answer: What’s left of the left? The May 2022 local elections were an

9th May 202212th May 20221 year ago Scottish Left Review 14 min read

Editorial: UK to Ukraine and back again – conflict and class

For the left, the ‘test of war’ is said to be the ultimate test of their politics. This phraseology follows the

14th March 202214th March 20222 years ago Scottish Left Review 9 min read

Editorial

The hope of humanity? There is a relatively well-known saying on the left that ‘the cause of labour is the hope

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Editorial

On the road to hellfire, damnation and floods: the great COP-out With BoJo’s leadership of the Tories and the Tories themselves

10th January 202213th January 20222 years ago Scottish Left Review 7 min read

No home but the struggle – from red to green

Dougie Harrison recalls why he joined the Communist Party in 1968 and and resigned from it in 1990 Few reading this

10th January 202210th January 20222 years ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read

Vladimir McTavish – A Kick Up The Tabloids

Few have made the transition from COP to flop with such outstanding speed as Boris Johnson. He had, in the space

15th November 202115th November 20212 years ago Scottish Left Review 3 min read

Editorial

COP26 ≠ much cop On the face of it, there may not seem to be a much of a theme to

15th November 202115th November 20212 years ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read

Care + COVID = crisis continues

Wilma Brown reports on her experience of an overstretched and under-resourced NHS in Scotland We know staff in the NHS are

Scottish Left Review 125th issue graphic

8th September 202110th September 20212 years ago Scottish Left Review 8 min read

Editorial: Eyes on the planetary prize

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

15th July 202115th July 20212 years ago Scottish Left Review 10 min read

Editorial

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

25th May 202125th May 20212 years ago Scottish Left Review 10 min read

Editorial: Old wine in old bottles?

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