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
Read moreRoz Foyer introduces the Scottish Trades Union Congress’s response to the COVID calamity. We face the biggest economic crisis in
Read moreLast issue, we featured two poems from history teacher, David McKinstry, who had been engaged in home schooling and dealing
Read moreLilian Macer excoriates the Scottish Government’s approach as inadequate to deal with pandemic we are facing. The World Health Organisation
Read moreAndrew Watterson, Rory O’Neill, Janet Newsham and Hilda Palmer critique the carelessness and incompetence of government policy and practice The
Read moreKate Ramsden argues we must take political advantage of the pandemic to rebuild our local public services Covid-19 has highlighted
Read morePat Rafferty looks at the case of ADL to argue that only government action can secure green jobs and help
Read moreEllie Harrison makes the case for getting Glasgow to go green and free in its transport system September 2020 sees
Read moreMolly Scott-Cato assesses the pros and cons of efforts in Europe to make a green just transition The mantra ‘Build
Read moreDave Sherry recounts previous examples of campaigns to mobilise the unemployed as part of a wider labour movement struggle The
Read moreCulture and creativity during Covid: teaching and learning at home David McKinstry is a teacher – see his biographical details
Read morePrem Sikka dissects the Westminster governments series of economic and financial initiatives On 30 January 2020, the World Health Organisation
Read moreRoz Foyer reports on what’s been happening in Scotland’s workplaces The STUC supports the Fair Work Convention’s vision that by
Read moreStephen Smellie charts a way out of the crisis in both short- and medium-terms Thousands have died in care homes
Read moreMegan Gordon reports that a bad situation is getting worse – so much more funding is needed Imagine that you
Read moreAllyson Pollock and Louisa Harding-Edgar say there is also an opportunity to end the neo-liberalism that got us to this
Read moreAndrew Watterson says unions must be part of the post-crisis economic and social reconstruction Pandemics cannot be avoided but COVID-19
Read moreStewart Forrest says it should not have taken a crisis to recognise the crucial role of retail workers When the
Read moreMags Hall argues that the precedents being set can be used to open up a greener and fairer future There
Read moreBen Kritikos says a bad situation is getting worse as governments ignore the tenants’ plight The coronavirus pandemic has widened
Read moreMick Cash says though there is ‘clear and present’ danger, we have a political opportunity on our hands It goes
Read moreWorking out where we go from here The outcome of the general election last year means Scotland enters yet another
Read moreIt won’t be ‘business as usual’ as Rozanne Foyer leads the STUC to get its ‘business’ done I begin my
Read moreMike Kirby surveys the terrain on which the battle to defend public services and their workers will be fought The
Read morePat Rafferty lays out what governments can do but only if they are pushed to do so Scotland is being
Read moreStewart Forrest outlines what Usdaw is doing to fight the jobs and violence crisis in retail Usdaw is one of
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