Unite The Left Behind
Social centres have proven their potential as a model of organising, writes the Aberdeen Social Centre Organising Group.
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The Party Question in Unchartered Waters
Your Party washed up on Scotland’s shores, while Civic Scotland mobilisations have lapped gently against the Parliament’s walls. Neither will help the Left articulate a new national vision, writes Coll McCail.
What Nicola Did
Stephen Smellie reviews Frankly by Nicola Sturgeon (Pan Macmillan, 2025) and finds an autobiography of a mere careerist that is frankly disappointing.
Variant: the Necessity of Critique
The future of cultural criticism in Scotland depends on new forms of support and the old question of funding, write the Variant Editorial Collective.
Starmer in Freefall
Hugh Kerr reviews The Starmer Symptom by Mark Perryman, Pluto Press, 2025 An interesting book overtaken by events: this was my prevailing thought after reading this book. Although dealing with Starmer, the Labour Party and Jeremy Corbyn, it doesn’t deal with the phenomenon that Your Party has become in a very short time. Knowing the […]
Don’t Stop Dreaming
We publish the Jimmy Reid Memorial Lecture 2025, delivered by Ghassan Abu-Sittah at the Glasgow City Chambers on the 2nd October.
Editorial: Can the Scottish Left Align?
This issue brings many clues about what principles will unite the Left in Scotland with new party initiatives south of the border.
Headline Demands for a Left Alternative
The Scottish Left Alternative announce a number of positions to spell out where they stand and what they will offer voters in next year’s Holyrood elections.
A Party for Real Independence?
Ahead of the Communist Party’s debate on the new left party, its executive member Stephanie Martin assesses some of its potential strategies.
The Problems with a Virtual Party
Pauline Bryan considers what lessons Your Party and the Labour left both need to take from Corbyn’s five-year Labour leadership.