Neither clapping nor words of acclaim for public servants pay their bills, rent and mortgages
Cat Boyd eyes opportunities to put class before constitution in the coming period. If there’s anything good to say about
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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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Unions must lead the fight back
Denise Christie shows how the FBU is fighting back and calls for coordinated action to support sister unions There have
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Challenging the climate crisis and COP26: getting ready for Glasgow
Stuart Graham lays out what needs to be done in the unions in the run up to the November conference
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Just Transitioning – marrying environment protection and social justice
Stephen Smellie lays out what is meant by Just Transition and what role unions have to play. The concept of
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Greening economics and politics with social justice
Francis Stuart argues unions are central to creating the Just Transition At STUC’s most recent annual congress, a number of
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Partnership for progress
Matthew Crighton outlines the Just Transition Partnership between the STUC and Friends of the Earth Setting up a Just Transition
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Age, ageing and ageism: how ageist is Scotland?
Bill Johnston argues the left needs to start taking ageism seriously and act accordingly Part one (Scottish Left Review issue
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John Kelly Contemporary Trotskyism: Parties, Sects and Social Movements in Britain, 2018, Routledge, 9781138943810, £23.99, pp296 Reviewed by Gordon Morgan
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