Or, how Greta Gerwig took on Plato and won. By Quan Nguyen. Encountering mass cultural phenomena can be conflicting for us on the left. We know how the ideological machinery of Hollywood productions constrains any progressive messaging in pop culture, and is able to capture and appropriate radical ideas, whether Black radicalism in Black Panther, […]
Will Oppenheimer do for the anti-nuclear movement what Braveheart did for independence? The release of Braveheart in 1997 had an impact on the cultural identity of Scotland and on politics. To what extent is of course a matter of contestation to this day, but the tourist industry and the independence movement has never looked back. […]
SNP Socialists co-convenor Graham Campbell reviews the SNP’s new strategy and its significance for the wider independence movement. There was a very low level of expectation or excitement in advance of June 24th’s SNP Convention in Dundee. In lieu of the special conference that was postponed after Nicola Sturgeon’s sudden resignation in March, a thousand […]
A few days ago I finally graduated in International Politics from the University of Stirling. To show solidarity with striking lecturers, I wore the pink sash of the Universities and Colleges Union (UCU) on stage while receiving my degree. Little did I know that the next day my university would cut me out of the […]
The British Crown, we are told, holds Scotland dear in its heart. From the rolling hills of Balmoral to the beauty of the Castle of Mey, the House of Windsor has many favourite haunts in Scotland. Seeing that they own a fair chunk of the land, you would hope that they were getting some kind […]
Industrial action in further education is continuing into the summer. Despite all the challenges it is bringing students, and all the pain of unrewarded work, they have every intention to keep up the fight, writes Sher, a social sciences student at New College Lanarkshire. There is a crisis brewing in Scotland’s further education sector, and […]
As Nicola Sturgeon leaves the political scene, Coll McCail reflects on how Scottish politics and public debate has faded to grey. Nicola Sturgeon’s arrest on the 11th of June caught many off guard. In the swamp of British politics, Nicola Sturgeon is the last person one would expect to see photographed in the back of […]