Hard to Feel Hopeful
CAMHS services are on a downward curve and new ‘throughput’ policies will make life harder still for young people in difficulty, writes David Jenkinson.
Cailean Gallagher
Highland Healthcare Before the NHS
On the 110th anniversary of the Highlands and Islands Medical Service, Feargus Murray explores its history and legacy.
Is the Jury Out?
Anna Murray reviews the debate about juryless trials that is torn between the the right to a fair trial, and the responsibility to protect survivors.
Polluters Must Pay
Ending the era of ecocide is essential if we are serious about climate and social justice, argues Monica Lennon.
Humza Yousaf’s Social Priorities
Developing the wellbeing economy that the First Minister described in his Jimmy Reid Lecture will require government to rethink its economic priorities and activities, writes Charis Scott.
The Borders of Ourselves
Naomi Klein’s Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World (Penguin, 2023) explores the dark corners of our political era and seeks hope only in the possibility for collective action, finds Jack Ferguson.
A Coup that Shook the World
Enas Magzoub reviews Aye Venceremos! Scotland and Solidarity with Chile in the 1970s - and Why It Still Matters Today, by Colin Turbett (Calton Books, 2023).
Dreamer of Tomorrow
In a nation beset by extraction and drought, the poetry of Munir Niazi yearns for justice not escape, writes Ali Shehzad Zaidi.
Trade Unionists for Palestine
A new collaborative research project and resource base will support trade unionists as they divest from the Israeli arms trade. By the Editors of New Socialist and Cailean Gallagher. First published on New Socialist. Many of the bombs being dropped on Gaza are being dropped from drones made by unionised workers in Britain. The missile […]
Closing the Cinema will further divide St Andrews
Henry Roberts explains how wealthy investors are ridding St Andrews of its cultural spaces. Justin Timberlake and Tiger Woods recently announced plans to open a high-end US-style sports bar in St Andrews, the golf capital of the world. What has angered both students and residents is that the bar’s proposed site is the beloved cinema […]