Safe haven for human rights?
Niall McCluskey argues that smoke and mirrors obscure the real reason for the push to scrap the Human Rights Act
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Full of Eastern Promise?
Victor Grossman assesses where Die Linke has come from and goes next
The establishment held to account
Jim Cuthbert sheds light on mysterious goings on in past British foreign policy
Fracking hell, its fracking bad news
Mel Kelly argues that we are headed for environmental and human catastrophe if fracking proceeds
Book Reviews
Henry McCubbin reviews three offerings from Luath Press
VLADIMIR McTAVISH’S KICK UP THE TABLOIDS
Vladimir reflects on new leaders for Scottish Labour and the SNP plus gains for Hamilton Accies
Issue 83 Post Referendum
Where does Scotland go now and what does the left do? How has it reacted to the result and what does it think needs to be done now? Can there be common ground to fight for a common agenda despite differing over means to achieve it?
Issue 82: It Really Can Be Better Than This
In this issue, we look at what a Common Weal Scotland might look like. We recognise recent significant losses on the left in Scotland, and hear from Neil Findlay MSP about why he thinks Labour's devolution proposal is what Scotland needs. Jackson Cullinane furthers the debate in responding to a Reid Foundation report on industrial democracy, and Gerry Mooney gives us insight into why independence is our real chance for change.
The Case for Mini-publics
Prof Stephen Elstub, UWS lecturer in Politics, discusses the advantages of mini-publics in building a Scottish participative democracy.
Reclaiming Local Democracy
Prof Paddy Bort, Edinburgh University lecturer in Politics, analyses the problems of Scotland's 'local' democracy and argues that it must be reclaimed as genuine community-based democracy.