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Our Involuntary Union?

17th April 20235th May 20231 month ago SLR 10 min read

Simon Barrow considers the politics of independence after the Supreme Court verdict and describes a strategy for the SNP to grow

Rising More Slowly?

17th April 20239th May 20231 month ago SLR 4 min read

John Wood reviews Scotland Rising: The Case for Independence by Gerry Hassan (Pluto Press, 2022) Gerry Hassan has made timely and

Feedback

13th September 202213th September 20229 months ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read

In Scottish Left Review (Jul/Aug 2022), George Kerevan bemoaned what he sees as increased working-class support for the SNP in the

Editorial

13th July 202213th July 202211 months ago Scottish Left Review 10 min read

Asking an awkward question and needing an honest answer: What’s left of the left? The May 2022 local elections were an

Whither the Scottish left?

13th July 202213th July 202211 months ago Scottish Left Review 9 min read

George Kerevan surveys the scene, suggesting the SNP’s dominance results from a lack of choices. How often have you heard someone

Alba, action stations and the forthcoming local elections

10th January 202210th January 20221 year ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read

Kenny MacAskill issues a rallying cry for those dispirited and disillusioned with the submissive and subservient SNP The local elections this

Book Review

10th January 202210th January 20221 year ago Scottish Left Review 2 min read

Jim Sillars A Difference of Opinion: My political journey, Birlinn, 2021, 97817802706830, £14.99, pp303 Reviewed by Will Podmore Jim Sillars is

Editorial: Old wine in old bottles?

25th May 202125th May 20212 years ago Scottish Left Review 10 min read

Though Charles Dickens did not say ‘It was not the best of times. It was not quite the worst of times’

Onwards down the yellow brick road – the SNP will do what it says it has on its tin

25th May 20213rd June 20212 years ago Scottish Left Review 7 min read

Chris Stephens says the populace is behind the SNP’s prospectus for a socially just independent Scotland. Seven days after Scotland went

Editorial:The fight for a Scotland we want.

8th March 20218th March 20212 years ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read

This issue is our traditional STUC congress themed issue. In it, and in addition to hearing from the STUC itself, we

Editorial When politics trumped economics

12th January 202112th January 20212 years ago Scottish Left Review 5 min read

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

The Say No Party – the battle is just beginning to stop the Stalinism of Sturgeon

12th January 202112th January 20212 years ago Scottish Left Review 9 min read

Kenny MacAskill reviews how the SNP will act after its leadership received a recent bloody lip. Where now for the SNP

The struggle for Scotland: from marching to movement for the moment at hand

12th January 202112th January 20212 years ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read

Keir McKechnie reports on how AUOB is changing not just to meet the times but to shape them too. Support for

Self-determination for Scotland: do we have Lenin’s courage?

12th January 202112th January 20212 years ago Scottish Left Review 2 min read

Konrad Rekas ask those who want to be more than counted to stand up now. What do we need political parties

Reflections on democracy, diktat and despotism in the SNP

7th September 20207th September 20203 years ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read

Kenny MacAskill argues all is not well in the house of the SNP if it is to lay the foundations for

Forget your roots at your political peril

2nd July 20202nd July 20203 years ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read

Kenny MacAskill considers the case of Kansas to give a handle on those feeling left behind but not left It’s never

Photo of badge to show support for independence

Sex, lies and Salmond – lots of speculation and insinuation but no video tape

9th May 20209th May 20203 years ago Scottish Left Review 9 min read

Kenny MacAskill picks through the detritus of the trial of the century and finds some unpalatable truths The Alex Salmond case

Near or far? What are the chances of another Scottish independence referendum?

9th May 20209th May 20203 years ago Scottish Left Review 9 min read

As Sturgeon accepted there’ll be no 2020 indyref2, Joe Middleton assesses the complicated terrain Brexit has happened and Britain has left

So where now for the independence left?

24th March 202024th March 20203 years ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read

Kenny MacAskill offers a welcoming hand to those now seeing independence as a credible option Boris Johnson’s rejection of a Section

Where and what now for the Scottish left?

17th January 202017th January 20203 years ago SLR 4 min read

Kenny MacAskill offers suggestions on how to build a united anti-Tory, democratic alliance The elections over and the debacle has come

Editorial

15th November 20194 years ago SLR 8 min read

All articles in this issue bar the editorial and the Brexit election tracker were written before the decision of parliament to

Time to stuff the Tory turkey

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

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

Realigning the left

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

Kenny MacAskill argues for a form of left cooperation and consensus as the new way forward. This article was written before

Missed opportunities? Stagnant statutory powers in Scottish legislation

15th November 201915th November 20194 years ago SLR 8 min read

Jonathan Deans examines the extent of the Scottish Government’s unused powers and explains their existence When an act of legislation passes

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

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

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

Independence via Brexit break up?

16th September 20194 years ago SLR 4 min read

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

‘New’ SNP but same old party lessons?

16th September 20194 years ago SLR 9 min read

Though still in poll position, Kenny MacAskill argues all is not well in the ‘House of SNP’ Scotland’s political order has

Reuniting the left in Scotland

16th September 20194 years ago SLR 3 min read

Using his personal experience, longstanding activist, John Dennis, calls for the radical left to come together again We face an uncertain

SNP EU election success: a case of the emperor’s new clothes?

15th July 20194 years ago SLR 4 min read

Kenny MacAskill says behind the apparent advance lie deep-rooted problems of policy and participation The EU elections were a good result

Editorial – 20th Anniversary Reflections on the Scottish Parliament

20th May 20194 years ago SLR 9 min read

The theme of this issue of Scottish Left Review is an examination of the intentions, processes and outcomes of the Scottish

Why and how the SNP must stop being ‘the party of oil’

14th January 20194 years ago SLR 4 min read

Simon Barrow argues the SNP must more fully commit to the Just Transition Climate change is the all-embracing challenge of our

Labour’s Scottish problem

14th January 20194 years ago SLR 4 min read

Róisín McLaren argues Scottish Labour’s star cannot rise until it changes course on independence A YouGov opinion poll published on 16

Another Edinburgh revolt: staff and students elect a radical rector

14th January 20194 years ago SLR 4 min read

Angi Lamb recounts her experience of managing Ann Henderson’s successful rectorial campaign My participation began with an email to Ann Henderson

Preparations for the day of reckoning on independence

12th November 20185 years ago SLR 4 min read

Max Wiszniewski explains what the Scottish Independence Convention funding raising initiative is about It’s time for the Scottish independence movement to

SNP’s Growth Commission report – Surely No surPrise?

24th September 20185 years ago SLR 4 min read

Neil Findlay says those looking for radical social change should join and support Labour. This year corporate lobbyist and former RBS

Recipe for austerity and exploitation

24th September 201824th September 20185 years ago SLR 8 min read

David Byrne argues that Tartan Toryism is back on the cards. In 2015, Nicola Sturgeon established a Sustainable Growth Commission chaired