Chris Stephens surveys the shifting political terrain the coming period Making predictions on what is going to happen in our politics is always difficult. However, once again Scottish Left Review has asked me to pick up the mantle and peer into the immediate future and what the prospects are for Boris Johnson and a ‘no […]
Stephen Low argues Labour’s guns are ready and loaded to shoot Boris and the Tories given the chance A Labour Government led by Jeremy Corbyn Government in the near-ish future is a real prospect. You don’t need to take my word for it. If the spectre of Corbynism wasn’t haunting Westminster, the establishment wouldn’t – […]
Leanne Wood says it’s time for Wales to go its own Welsh way to social justice We live in a time of rapid polarisation and political division. The President of the United States is free to support far-right and neo-Nazi groups while the American left brings an alternative politics to the forefront, even using the […]
Gerry Carroll argues a Tory Brexit will spell a disaster for working people The seemingly never-ending saga of Brexit appears to be entering the crunch stage, as the October 31 deadline for exiting approaches. In Ireland, people are continually shocked at the arrogance, incompetence and ignorance shown by a Tory party intent on forcing through […]
The Jimmy Reid Foundation made this submission to the Institute of Employment Rights The Jimmy Reid Foundation, with 11 affiliates from the major unions in Scotland and an interest and expertise in matters of employment relations, welcomes the publication of the Institute of Employment Rights (IER) draft Charter of Workers’ Rights as an attempt to […]
Though still in poll position, Kenny MacAskill argues all is not well in the ‘House of SNP’ Scotland’s political order has changed with SNP straddling the land as Labour once did. The former giants now reduced to sniping from the side-lines. That this is about the life cycle of politics and that all political parties […]
Robbie McLaughlan explains the SNP’s double-speak on the plight of the poor In September 2005, actor, Mike Myers, and hip-hop artist, Kanye West, appeared on US television to solicit donations as part of a celebrity-driven fundraiser for the displaced victims of Hurricane Katrina. It was during their segment on the hour-long A Concert for Hurricane […]
Angela McCormack reports on how people are revolting against the politicians’ inaction In 2018 in Scotland, the number of drug-related deaths reached 1,187. This is an increase of 27% from 2017. It is the largest number ever recorded and it has more than doubled in the last decade. These figures are the highest in Europe. […]
Stephen Smellie looks forward to the rebellion unleashed by a Swedish school student Thousands of young people across the world are preparing for strike action on 20 September. However, it is not unions or any leftist parties that are organising and leading this strike movement. Instead, hundreds of school students, co-ordinating through social media, have […]
Dylan Hamilton outlines a week of escalating action against climate change by youngsters From 20 to 27 of September, there will be a massive week of action with people in over one hundred countries around the globe taking part. This week of action has come after years of governments and corporations ignoring climate change to […]