Gender violence: Groundhog Day of ‘we’ve been here before’ again and again
Marsha Scott says strategic, resourced action tackling causes and symptoms is the only way forward Scottish Women’s Aid (SWA) has
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COVID
Care + COVID = crisis continues
Wilma Brown reports on her experience of an overstretched and under-resourced NHS in Scotland We know staff in the NHS
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The calamity of COVID that was avoidable
Lilian Macer looks back on a year of failings and flaws in the battle against COVID-19. Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is
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After the acclaim, the rightful pay claim for our key workers
Roz Foyer ask whether the Scottish Government will pass or fail the test of paying up. Since the first lockdown,
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Progressive consensus versus neo-liberal stagnation
Mike Danson asks what sort of economic renewal and recovery do we want in Scotland. As countries and governments struggle
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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
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Poems from Lockdown
Culture and creativity during Covid: teaching and learning at home David McKinstry is a teacher – see his biographical details
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COVID 19: government failures counter-balanced by solutions from unions and NGOs
Andrew Watterson says unions must be part of the post-crisis economic and social reconstruction Pandemics cannot be avoided but COVID-19
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