A New Scotland: Building an Equal, Fair and Sustainable Society
Contents Foreword Rozanne Foyer 1 Introduction Gregor Gall 2 The structural development of poverty and inequality Carlo Morelli and Gerry
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Towards gender justice in Scotland
Kirsty Alexander and Jenny Morrison argue for enhancing participation, reimagining economics and ending gender-based violence. Three inter-connected aspects of distributive
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Community campaigns – the power to change from the bottom up
Willie Sullivan, Lynn Henderson, Linda Somerville and Ruth Lightbody show not all progressive political change comes in the form of
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Putin’s game of Russian roulette at the intersection of rival imperialisms
Bill Bonnar examines the background to the war in Ukraine. To be clear from the outset: The Russian invasion of
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A left divided: Anti-war, anti-imperialism and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Gilbert Achcar dissects the differences as well as their origins and their outcomes. The anti-war, anti-imperialist left worldwide has been
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Consequences of war configured through politics reveal ever greater hypocrisy and inhumanity
Arthur West argues that double standards have outflanked diplomacy but peace can be secured. The tragic war in Ukraine has
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Zero emission strategies in maritime transport
Alf Baird surveys the various energy options for greening sea transport, whether for passenger or goods As with all transport
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Calling out the climate emergency: creating concrete outcomes at COP26
Mary Church and Niamh McNulty lay out what the conference needs to do and what will be done in Glasgow
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Freeports or greenports: Guantanamo Bays of neo-liberalism or marrying economic and environmental concerns?
Peter Henderson surveys the dangers of freeports and wonders whether the SNP’s ‘greenports’ policy can square the circle. The latest
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Flamingo Land’s Lomond Banks: just fun and frolics for the economy or frivolous fallacy for the environment?
Annie Morgan takes the Scottish Government to task for not sinking the proposal to profit from environmental destruction. Scottish Enterprise,
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End the overcharging for Scottish renewable energy
Gordon Morgan exposes the crazy circumstances in which green energy is unnecessarily made more expensive. Far from encouraging renewable energy
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What is the significance of Welsh Labour’s election success?
Assessing and explaining Labour’s new high tide in Wales, Darren Williams points out the continuing challenges. Welsh Labour won an
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UCS work-in 50th anniversary report
Given that the work-in started fifty years ago in June 1971, we are pleased to showcase the work of Derek
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Building back better: Fairer and greener for people not profit
Roz Foyer outlines the STUC agenda for the coming period and how it is working to gain these goals. Across
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Rebooting and rebuilding unions’ fighting capacity
Pat Rafferty sees much opportunity to strengthen union organisation amid the challenges of COVID. The last year has been one
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Neither clapping nor words of acclaim for public servants pay their bills, rent and mortgages
Cat Boyd eyes opportunities to put class before constitution in the coming period. If there’s anything good to say about
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Firefighting doesn’t require firefighting problems but instead sustained and strategic investment
Denise Christie says our fire and rescue service requires the Scottish Government to make a decision turn. The COVID-19 pandemic
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A year unlike any other: pressure in the prison, correctional and secure psychiatric system
Phil Fairlie says the time for debts to be paid to public service workers has now arrived. Following a year
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Navigating through COVID, Brexit and the Scottish Parliament 2021 elections
Mary Senior surveys the changing landscape to identify the countless challenges in higher education. In unprecedented times, last March the
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Coming out stronger – coming out fighting
Mike Kirby reports that UNISON Scotland is meeting the challenge of organising online. Over the last year, UNISON branches across
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The COVID crisis shows Scotland requires constant connectivity
Craig Anderson shows how the CWU union takes a class position on communication. The COVID pandemic has changed how we
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Making devolution work for workers on injuries and illnesses
Mark Griffin explains the rationale behind his Scottish Employment Injuries Advisory Council Bill. The testimonies I heard from the women
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The People’s Recovery: A different track for Scotland’s economy
Roz Foyer introduces the Scottish Trades Union Congress’s response to the COVID calamity. We face the biggest economic crisis in
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Poems penned during the pandemic
Last issue, we featured two poems from history teacher, David McKinstry, who had been engaged in home schooling and dealing
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Failing the test: the calamity of COVID-19 testing in Scotland
Lilian Macer excoriates the Scottish Government’s approach as inadequate to deal with pandemic we are facing. The World Health Organisation
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Keep your 2m distance during the pandemic
Andrew Watterson, Rory O’Neill, Janet Newsham and Hilda Palmer critique the carelessness and incompetence of government policy and practice The
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