Editorial: Is Devolution Going to Seed?
This Scottish Left Review addresses how a quarter-century of devolution has dampened the power of those far removed from Scotland’s governing classes.
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Oct – Nov 2024
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This Scottish Left Review addresses how a quarter-century of devolution has dampened the power of those far removed from Scotland’s governing classes.
The Scottish Government has abandoned its Human Rights Bill, but as the causes of migration multiply the struggle for cultural rights continues, writes Robert Rae.
Ruby Alden-Gibson sets out the spate of victories that PCS members have won in the campaign for a shorter working week.
The disrepair of Scotland’s prisons estate is failing prisoners, victims, and all of society. Phil Fairlie explains why it’s time for a genuine debate about the purpose of prison in our country.
To build Scotland back up from the bottom requires the development of community strength and the devolution of economic power below the Holyrood level, writes Dave Watson.
A working class united in their trade unions and campaigning organisations needs to build towards collective extra-parliamentary action, write Kate Ramsden and Tom Morrison.
With the Commonwealth Games set to return to Glasgow, Dylan Brewerton-Harper returns to some of the communities that were condemned last time it came to town.
Now that land redistribution has stalled, Olivia Oldham-Dorrington looks at the kinds of reform that can happen when social movements and cross-class coalitions build the power to win it.
140 years after the Highland Land League drew up a list of its demands in Dingwall, the land justice movement is developing new strategies, writes Tara Wight.
Vijoo Krishnan, General Secretary of India’s 15-million strong Kisan Sabha, speaks to Cailean Gallagher about the biggest farmers’ strike in history and the issue-based unity that underpins the movement.
Liam Turbett shares the story of Chrissie Wallace, the only Scottish woman who did not make it home from the Spanish Civil War.
Chik Collins reviews Languages of Class Struggle: Communication and Mass Mobilisation in Britain and Ireland, 1842-1972 by John Foster (Praxis Press, 2024).
Rachel Reeves' 'black hole' narrative echoes the Treasury shock doctrine that tipped Jim Callaghan's government into chaos, finds Liam Payne.
Derek Newton reivews Becoming Pro-Palestinian: Testimonies from the Global Solidarity Movement, edited by Rosemary Sayigh (I. B. Taurus, 2024).
Have Palestinians anything to look forward to in the event of Kamala Harris winning the White House? Phil Chetwynd looks at the ties that bind the US and Israel in this particular ‘axis of evil'.
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