Editorial: Manchesterism is No Movement
Burnham's coronation is only proving the urgency of building real mass politics, writes Cailean Gallagher.
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Building Unions’ New Community Foundations
In the second part of an interview with Cailean Gallagher and Stephen Smellie, Karren Morrison and Charlie McArthur discuss the pitfalls and potential power of trade union community organising.
Why Surveillance is a Workers’ Issue
Trade unions already confront employers using data to monitor work. Daniele-Hadi Irandoost and David William Parry argue that the left must also challenge the surveillance of workers as political actors by the state.
The Basic Principle of Community Organising
With so many workers outside the protection and power of collectives, unions need to respond, writes Roz Foyer, STUC General Secretary.
The Equal Right to be Seasick
Dylan Brewerton-Harper talks to Janice McGarry about joining Glasgow’s shipyards, her trail-blazing career, and her battle with - and victory over - a sexist and harassing boss.
What Did we Win in the General Strike?
100 years since the General Strike, Amber Ward reviews books by David Torrance, The Edge of Revolution (Bloomsbury, 2026) and Callum Cant and Matthew Lee, The Future in Our Past: The General Strike, 1926/2026 (Verso, 2026).
The Old Red Thistle Quest
A History of the Scottish Labour Party, by David Torrance (Edinburgh University Press, 2026) reminds us that Labour's woes in Scotland run deep through its history, finds Finn Smyth.
Freedom and Guilt in Ireland and Scotland
The Union Theatre Company delivers a thought-provoking debut in their production of Shall Roger Casement Hang? at the Hill Street Theatre, Edinburgh, finds Allie Kerper.
What is going wrong with education?
More school democracy and student agency must be part of the solution, write Brian Boyd and Henry Maitles.
Double Rainbows Above the Court
A short story by Ngan Nguyen.