Mick Lynch says the RMT will stand firm against gangster capitalism and to defend workers. The sacking of 800 P&O workers in March shocked and appalled the entire union movement. The callousness of the decision with no thought towards the livelihoods it would destroy or the inevitable damage it would wreak on a struggling industry […]
Louie Gibson explains the process by which he became interested and active in left-wing politics. I attribute my interest in politics to two factors. The home I grew up in, and the turbulent political period I became a teenager in. I grew up in a house in which politics was on the discussion table. My […]
Lynn Henderson argues for radical change in our electoral system to ensure radical political outcomes Twelve years of Tory rule has seen workers’ wages stagnate, their basic employment protections ripped up and they now face a crippling cost-of-living crisis that is plunging families into poverty. The need for a progressive government that stands up for […]
Carole Ewart reports on the campaign to prevent the rich and powerful remaining unaccountable Curiosity in – and scrutiny of – supply chains has resulted in exposures of and improvements to the food industry, clothing manufacture, PPE production and a host of other issues. The news and information supply chain also deserve rigorous scrutiny because […]
Dr David McKinstry Teaches History at Holyrood Secondary in Glasgow. The 70s A more naïve and innocent time Where no one scratched the head, Whilst Eric and Ernie Were sharing a double bed. The miners were still underground Whilst the Wombles were overground And wombling free, Virginia won Wimbledon In the silver jubilee. The only […]
James Bluemel, director (2020) Once Upon a Time in Iraq, KEO Films – Reviewed by Jackie Bergson Award-winning documentary series, Once Upon a Time in Iraq, focuses upon the experiences of civilians, journalists and soldiers who were actively involved, or involuntarily trapped, in the midst of war conflicts in Iraq during the past two decades. […]
Richard Seymour, The Disenchanted Earth: Reflections on Ecosocialism and Barbarism, Indigo Press, 2022, £9.99, 9781911648413 Reviewed by John Wood Capitalism is a ‘multi-species affair’ whose success is fortified by its ability to produce a superficial ‘screen’ distracting from its destructive origins. This trait, usually in the form of material goods or perhaps digital experiences like […]
Lachlan Munro., R. B. Cunninghame Graham and Scotland: Party, Prose, and Political Aesthetic, Edinburgh University Press, 2022, £85, 9781474498265 Reviewed by Gerry McGarvey R. B. Cunninghame Graham (1852-1936) was, and remains, the great enigma of Scottish politics. Graham was a quarter-Spanish cowboy in South America; a large Scottish landowner who was the first declared socialist […]
Andrew Cockburn, The Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine, Verso, 2021, pp288, 9781839763656 Reviewed by Bill Ramsay Cockburn powerfully evidences the theory that where western weaponry is deployed and used is not driven by rational operational far less strategic considerations. Often, what is passed off as strategy are really post-facto ‘rationales’ […]
Adam Tooze, Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World’s Economy, Allen Lane, 2021, pp368, 9780241485873, £25 Reviewed by Will Podmore This is an exceptionally useful study of the impact of Covid. Tooze is a noted economic historian, author of Crashed: how a decade of financial crisis changed the world and is the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom […]