Buying it
Neoliberalism is a giant marketing ploy, and we’ve almost all swallowed it. Robin McAlpine argues that we need to face up to our complicity if we want to change it.
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Fragments of truth
Mark Hirst argues that Lockerbie lies are vital to maintain the integrity of Scottish legal system - and shows that lies are indeed being told
Lessons for now
Bob Thomson looks at the legacy of the late Bill Spiers
Minimum isn’t enough
The Scottish Living Wage Campaign has been in existence for nearly two years and is now beginning to have a real impact. In this article Peter Kelly looks at what has been achieved and how the campaign can continue to grow even in recession.
The English postman
Tom Nairn discusses past, present and future of Anglo-British identity
Issue 55: this mess we’re in
We look at the underlying problems which have caused the crises we are now living through, with analysis from Neil Davidson, Isobel Lindsay, Alan McKinnon, John Barker and Robin McAlpine. Also Mark Hirst on Lockerbie, Bob Thomson on Bill Spiers, Peter Kelly on a living wage andTom Nairn on English identity.
Reviews
An Anarchist’s Story: The Life of Ethel MacDonald Chris Dolan, Birlinn 2009, 224 pages, £9.99, ISBN-13: 978-1841586854 When the BBC Film An Anarchist’s Story: The Life of Ethel Macdonald was released in 2006 it came as a bolt from the blue, bringing to light two events, both greatly hidden from history. The first was the […]
Web review
Is there anybody there? Well, yes there is. It is heartening to find through SLR’s internet activity that several thousand are visiting and reading articles from our site monthly
Kick Up The Tabloids
‘FOREIGN MAN NOT DEAD YET’ FURY
Comment
Scottish politics can be remarkable - and not in a good way. The Megrahi affair has not cast Scottish politics in a good light, but not for the usually trumpeted reason. Rather, it just shows that sometimes we just can’t see past ourselves to anything bigger.