Editorial
Living la vida loca lockdown Boris Johnson, for his Tory government, proclaims how ‘incredibly generous’ it is being to those
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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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Community Wealth Building – the beginning of a new economic order
Joe Cullinane explains what North Ayrshire council is doing to roll back the neo-liberal tide. We are in the midst
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A nuclear weapons free world is still possible
Arthur West makes the case for a non-nuclear future ahead of the Scottish Parliament elections. During the Covid 19 crisis
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Testing times – human rights should not be an afterthought in the pandemic.
Mhairi Snowden stress tests our human rights practice and finds our governments wanting. If COVID-19 has been a fundamental test
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A ‘Scottish Question’ time for Scottish questions
In his new pamphlet, James Mitchell highlights the complexities we must comprehend for mature discussion. Debate over Scotland’s constitutional future
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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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Film Review
Hiroshima (2005), produced and directed by Paul Wilmhurst Reviewed by Jackie Bergson. Premiered on British terrestrial television earlier this year,
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Book Review
Lesley Riddoch, Huts: a place beyond – how to end our exile from nature, Luath, 2020, £9.99 Reviewed by Hamish
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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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VLADIMIR McTAVISH – A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS
We have now reached the beginning of the last two months of 2020. The world, at least my admittedly fairly
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Editorial: From clap to slap
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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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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Pandemic panic of the streets of Dundee, Dunfermline and Dumbarton from cruel continuing cuts
Kate Ramsden argues we must take political advantage of the pandemic to rebuild our local public services Covid-19 has highlighted
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Don’t throw our members under the bus
Pat Rafferty looks at the case of ADL to argue that only government action can secure green jobs and help
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Building back better in the ‘Dear Green Place’ with free buses and trains
Ellie Harrison makes the case for getting Glasgow to go green and free in its transport system September 2020 sees
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How green is the EU recovery plan?
Molly Scott-Cato assesses the pros and cons of efforts in Europe to make a green just transition The mantra ‘Build
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Uniting and fighting – how unemployed workers can be collectively organised
Dave Sherry recounts previous examples of campaigns to mobilise the unemployed as part of a wider labour movement struggle The
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