Jonathan Deans examines the extent of the Scottish Government’s unused powers and explains their existence When an act of legislation passes parliament, whether at Westminster or Holyrood, it will contain a commencement provision which states when the act comes into force as law. Usually, instead of setting a date, the legislation will state something like […]
‘Late Night Girl’ reports on her continuing campaign for fairness and justice at Pret-A-Manger As I continue to recuperate and come to terms with everything that happened in my personal life and from work since my last article (‘On the frontline: crushed by corporate capitalist culture’, Scottish Left Review, May/June 2019), a lot has happened […]
Mhairi McAlpine argues that cryptocurrencies and artificial intelligence offer the prospect of fully automated luxury communism A decade on from its low-key birth, most people have now heard of Bitcoin and other associated cryptocurrencies. An alternative in this new technology has come from the libertarian right, with the left alternatively ignoring or denouncing. It’s time […]
Aidan Beatty spoke to Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on her writing on racism in housing in the US Since the publication of her first book, From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation, in 2016, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (KYL) has emerged as one of the most incisive commentators on the politics of race and class in the contemporary United States. Her […]
Sorry We Missed You (2019), Ken Loach (director) and Paul Laverty (screenwriter) Reviewed by Jackie Bergson Possibly excepting The Angels’ Share, Ken Loach’s audiences have come to expect earthy, human storylines that end unhappily. Sorry We Missed You proves to be no exception, although signs of potential optimism within this latest feature film appeared to […]
The content of this article may be utterly irrelevant by the time it appears in print. Writing this column in 2019 has proved has been a bit of a matter of guesswork. Nobody knows what will happen to the Brexit process in the period between my copy deadline and this magazine’s publication. We may get […]
Like many others, Scottish Left Review is outraged at the attack on democracy represented by prorogation and condemns this extended suspension of Parliament to allow for a no-deal Brexit to be forced through without any parliamentary scrutiny or the opportunity for parliamentary opposition. Scottish Left Review supports initiatives to mobilise citizens outside of Parliament to […]
Fascism and the far right There are few things more important to the working-class movement than responding to the threat of fascism. Cry ‘fascist’ at every right-wing politician and there’s a danger of missing the real thing. Ignore the risk and then the potential horrors of Nazi Germany await. Neil Davidson (Scottish Left Review Jul/Aug […]
George Kerevan says the British ruling class is experiencing an extended crisis best epitomised by Brexit When Boris Johnson’s political obituary is finally written, you can bet it will contain the infamous quote which said: ‘F*ck business’. But how could a senior bourgeois politician, vying for the leadership of the world’s oldest ruling class political […]
Peter Lynch dissects the new cabinet of BoJo after the night of the long knives It’s hard to know where to start with the Johnson cabinet. Its ideological contours and intentions are very clear in the short term in relation to Brexit, crime and immigration. But, we’re not only unsure how long this government will […]