The multiple morbidities of Scottish democracy
James Mitchell argues that the focus on what would constitute a democratic mandate to negotiate independence has led us to lose
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Scottish Parliament
Parting with Parliament to spend more time on politics
Scottish Left Review interviews Neil Findlay about a new project to bring capacity building skills to progressive community campaigners Neil Findlay
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Editorial: Old wine in old bottles?
Though Charles Dickens did not say ‘It was not the best of times. It was not quite the worst of times’
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A different radical Scotland: limits of Scottish nationalism and social democracy
Gerry Hassan sees the 2021 election in a longer lens to assess the current state of Scottish democracy and point up
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Chimera of consensus on radical recovery from COVID? Or grounds for optimism?
Mike Danson eyes the prospect of cross-party cooperation for a boldly ‘building back better’. As I wrote in Scottish Left Review
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Bringing up the Bairns O’ Adam – the STUC, Scotland and social justice
Grahame Smith reflects on some tumultuous times as he bows out from leading the STUC Writing a reflection on over thirty-four
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Book Review
Gerry Hassan and Simon Barrow (eds.) Scotland the Brave? Twenty Years of Change and the Future of the Nation, 2019, Luath
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Striking out for our future against a dead planet
Dylan Hamilton reflects on what was achieved in the September climate action On Friday 20 September, the week of climate action
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Scottish Parliament: essential to Scottish democracy but what kind of democracy?
Paul Cairney argues the Scottish Parliament is fundamental to Scottish democracy but legitimises pluralist rather than participatory democracy A well-functioning and
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Editorial – 20th Anniversary Reflections on the Scottish Parliament
The theme of this issue of Scottish Left Review is an examination of the intentions, processes and outcomes of the Scottish
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Red Scotland unrealised?
Elaine Smith argues the Scottish Parliament has made little progress in realising it essential tasks. Gordon Brown, in The Red Paper
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Twenty years of the Scottish Parliament
Alex Neil is both proud and disappointed on the amount of left progress made. When I was elected as a Member
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Scottish Parliament still to reach its full potential
Dennis Canavan says only independence will allow Holyrood to become a heart in a heartless world. Throughout my entire political life,
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Building democracy for the next 20 years
Grahame Smith argues the Parliament has made a good start but has unfinished business. In his iconic speech at the formal
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The campaign for a Scottish Parliament
Pat Kelly recalls the struggle for a Scottish Assembly and how it shaped the Parliament we have today. In his speech
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Calling for a democratic, decentralised revolution
Maggie Chapman believes new opportunities are now presenting themselves In the 1980s, communist stalwart, Joe Slovo, set out a two-stage transition
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The parliamentary road to tackling poverty?
Peter Kelly says policies without powers behind them are coming up short in progress against poverty There are currently more than
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Not yet even a half-way house: parliamentary progress on housing poverty
Graeme Brown reviews progress on housing and homelessness since 1999 1999 seems both close and very distant now. It’s hard to
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