Conditions for Change in the Here and Now

17th April 20235th May 20235 months ago SLR 8 min read

Conditions for Change in the Here and Now

Stuart Fairweather surveys three groups campaigning for social transformation in Scotland: ‘In between the action of the unions, largely but not

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

VLADIMIR McTAVISH – A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS

Who knows what the fight the UK will have started in Europe by the time this appears in print. After noising

15th July 202115th July 20212 years ago Scottish Left Review 2 min read

Poetry

Two political poems by David Bleiman Get Brexit, Donne? The grass grew green again over the rust and richer dust, where

12th January 202112th January 20213 years ago Scottish Left Review 5 min read

Editorial When politics trumped economics

As we begin 2021, 2020 should be remembered as the year in which politics trumped economics twice – on Brexit and

12th January 202112th January 20213 years ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read

Britain after Brexit: footloose and fancy free for capricious capitalism

Vince Mills assesses the Brexit deal and warns of imminent dangers. After what seemed like interminable debate and disagreement, on 30

Front cover illustration in full colour

17th January 202017th January 20204 years ago SLR 9 min read

Editorial

Regroup and resist – but how? Well, the polls were stunningly accurate so we well and truly had our ‘Friday the

17th January 202017th January 20204 years ago SLR 4 min read

Battered, bloodied and bruised: down but not out

Richard Leonard says when the people speak, political parties must listen The election result was grave for Labour. Though we tried

17th January 202017th January 20204 years ago SLR 4 min read

Independence, yes, but for whom and from what?

Grahame Smith says resolving constitutional matters can unlock progress on social and economic issues After such a momentous election result, almost

ion Tracker A data-led quest to make sense of politics

15th November 20194 years ago SLR 8 min read

Brexit election tracker – at long last, the election is on!

Matthew Goodwin reveals the major trends trajectories to look out for in the run up to 12 December Britain is now

15th November 201915th November 20194 years ago SLR 4 min read

Time to stuff the Tory turkey

Tommy Sheppard believes Scotland will answer the call but is hesitant about calling the result elsewhere. This article was written before

15th November 201915th November 20194 years ago SLR 4 min read

Daunting challenges posed by global capitalism

Colin Fox surveys the landscape and get prepared to batten down the hatches. This article was written before the announcement of

15th November 201915th November 20194 years ago SLR 4 min read

Time for transformation is now – we must fix our broken constitution

Lynn Henderson says that out of crisis comes opportunity 200 years on from Peterloo. This article was written before the announcement

16th September 201919th September 20194 years ago SLR 6 min read

Editorial

Like many others, Scottish Left Review is outraged at the attack on democracy represented by prorogation and condemns this extended suspension

16th September 201916th September 20194 years ago SLR 9 min read

Brexit and the rise of the ‘Del boy’ ruling class

George Kerevan says the British ruling class is experiencing an extended crisis best epitomised by Brexit When Boris Johnson’s political obituary

16th September 20194 years ago SLR 4 min read

The revolution of radical reactionaries?

Peter Lynch dissects the new cabinet of BoJo after the night of the long knives It’s hard to know where to

16th September 20194 years ago SLR 4 min read

Independence via Brexit break up?

Chris Stephens surveys the shifting political terrain the coming period Making predictions on what is going to happen in our politics

16th September 20194 years ago SLR 3 min read

Vladimir McTavish’s A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS

We live in such volatile times that it is distinctly possible that every word of this column will be either irrelevant

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