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Could Scotland become the new Norway?

15th November 202115th November 20219 months ago Scottish Left Review 9 min read 1378 Views

Though Raphael De Santos argues that while there’s no way to be a new Norway, there is still much scope

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Taking back the power: forcing the EU’s hand

15th November 201915th November 20193 years ago SLR 4 min read 679 Views

Though a little late in the day, Gregor Gall suggests a way out of the ‘leave’/’remain’ stasis for the left.

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Vladimir McTavish’s Kick up the Tabloids

15th November 20193 years ago SLR 3 min read 583 Views

The content of this article may be utterly irrelevant by the time it appears in print. Writing this column in

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Backstop, borders and Brexit – a threat to life and liberty in the Emerald Isle

16th September 201916th September 20193 years ago SLR 4 min read 611 Views

Gerry Carroll argues a Tory Brexit will spell a disaster for working people The seemingly never-ending saga of Brexit appears

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When nothing goes right, go left

Where now for Corbyn on Brexit?

15th July 201916th July 20193 years ago SLR 4 min read 886 Views

George Reid wonders whether Corbyn is hamstrung by his attachment to the ‘left analysis’ of the EU ‘Blimey, that was

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City Building (Glasgow): inspirational model of low energy construction and direct labour

18th March 20193 years ago SLR 7 min read 1018 Views

Linda Clarke and Melahat Sahin-Dikmen show how two aspects of the Just Transition combine European Union (EU) 2020 plans to

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Demos Kratia – it is all Greek to us for people power?

18th March 20193 years ago SLR 4 min read 1306 Views

Ian Paterson argues there are ways of producing proficient politics Us Scots are kidding ourselves, if we think we’re a

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Tories in tatters results in rise of right?

14th January 20194 years ago SLR 4 min read 723 Views

Sean Duffy argues that the beneficiaries of May’s meltdown are like to be Rees Mogg and his cohorts The Conservative

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Helping capitalism dig its own grave

12th November 201819th June 20204 years ago SLR 8 min read 819 Views

George Kerevan sets out his socialist position in the context of the contradictions of capitalism WHAT position should socialists advance

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Brexit still represents an opportunity

12th November 201820th November 20184 years ago SLR 8 min read 752 Views

Jim Sillars say capital rules the roost in the EU so the only way is out In requesting views on

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Labour and Brexit
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Tory Party implodes as Brexit explodes

12th November 201829th November 20184 years ago SLR 4 min read 631 Views

Neil Findlay articulates Labour’s position The next few weeks and months will see the culmination of a forty-year civil war

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Call for a people's vote
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Against Brexit and for a ratification referendum

12th November 201820th November 20184 years ago SLR 8 min read 729 Views

Molly Scott Cato makes the case for stopping a disaster by having a ‘People’s Vote’ ‘Brexit means Brexit’ declared Theresa

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Demanding what was promised

12th November 201820th November 20184 years ago SLR 6 min read 772 Views

Mick Whelan lays out why his union supported Brexit and what it expects from the negotiations ASLEF backed Brexit –

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Where is Brexit heading and with what impact on independence?

12th November 20184 years ago SLR 4 min read 741 Views

Kirsty Hughes shows Brexit has thrown up many more questions than answers The October summit where a Brexit deal was

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Brexit, the ruling class and prospects for a left Labour government

12th November 20184 years ago SLR 4 min read 763 Views

Neil Davidson warns of dangers past, present and future for Corbyn, Labour and socialists For over 200 years after 1688

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A role for unions in careers education

12th November 20184 years ago SLR 4 min read 795 Views

Nick Cimini and Pete Robertson say careers advice should not be shackled to neo-liberal diktats Unions are well placed to

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A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS


12th November 20184 years ago SLR 4 min read 1219 Views

Vladimir McTavish’s
 A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS
 There has been no lack of hyperbole in the media over the past

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