Can the Fair Work Framework make Scotland a fair work nation?
Gregor Gall analyses a recent report by the Fair Work Convention and finds it fatally flawed. The ‘Fair Work Framework’
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Weegie climate warriors go to war to green up the dear old ‘Green Place’ of Glasgow
Stuart Graham lays out what union activists in Glasgow are organising for in the run-up to COP26. Glasgow Trades Union
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‘Play it again, Sam’: projecting the prizes and pitfalls for the political parties
Malcolm Harvey assesses the likely outcome that we shall wake up to on 7 May 2021. Elections happen frequently in
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Finding a new ‘third way’ between independence and unionism
Neil Findlay lays out the case for a third option in any future referendum. Tony Benn famously set out five
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(In)Equality and (Un)Diversity at the University of St Andrews
Chris Sutherland unravels the class contours of privilege and power pervading a tiny town in Fife. The 2018 Times &
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From her kitchen and computer, Annie Morgan thinks through the implications of mining and money for food and fairness As
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Not cooking with (British) Gas
Derek McPherson tells a tale of corporate greed against the hoi polloi. British Gas (BG) is bound to comply with
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Only by having constitutional choice can Scottish Labour’s radical reasoning be realised
Katrina Faccenda says the roadblock must be removed so socialist policies can become attractive again. The fightback against the latest
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Smoke and mirrors make for ‘The Great SNP Enigma’
Campbell Martin unravels the continuing battle for the soul of the SNP. In years to come, students of Scottish politics
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All change at the top of the big unions?
Stephen Smellie surveys the field and asks whether change at the top will presage change beneath. Over the next 18
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Tackling the epidemic of gender-based violence in the midst of a global pandemic
Natalia Equihua reports on continuing campaign to protect women from male violence. This 25 November marks 29 years since the
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Feeding the thousands: the right to food in Scotland
Elaine Smith outlines the progress on her bill to enact the right into law. In Scottish Left Review (111, May/June
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Dundonians doing it for a decent Dundee
Stuart Fairweather looks at the successful creation of the Dundee Action Forum and asks what next. Dundee Action Forum (DAF)
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The other October revolution – reflecting on a counter-revolution
Victor Grossman argues much was lost and not much gained by East Germans under the new Germany. Despite being the
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Racism and anti-racism in the age of Black Lives Matter
Talat Ahmed surveys the progress made in organising the fight against racial injustice ‘The current anti-racism protests are unprecedented in
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The monetisation of fossil again?
Annie Morgan examines the issues behind carbon capture, storage and usage bioenergy carbon capture and storage Though I do not
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Desperately seeking social democracy in Scotland
George Kerevan says a grassroots revolt is needed to make the SNP stand by what it says it is for
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Calling the troops to the field of battle in a longer war
Jim Sillars thinks through the stages and issues in the struggle for independence I start by not apologising for being
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Reflections on democracy, diktat and despotism in the SNP
Kenny MacAskill argues all is not well in the house of the SNP if it is to lay the foundations
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Let the purges begin: Corbyn, alleged anti-Semitism and Labour
Chris Sutherland analyses the lasts contours of the one of the most successful political campaign of recent years Has reporter
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