How To Imagine Scotland’s Future
A new future is always being created in the shell of the old and the Left always has a role in creating it. Cailean Gallagher introduces the 150th issue.
A new future is always being created in the shell of the old and the Left always has a role in creating it. Cailean Gallagher introduces the 150th issue.
From our flag to our social fabric, our nation is being warped and rewoven in ways that can appear beyond our control.
This issue brings many clues about what principles will unite the Left in Scotland with new party initiatives south of the border.
While government prohibits certain organisations, it cannot inhibit the duty that drives us to resist.
Marginalisation, racism, and isolation make union organising challenging, but seeds of future strength are starting to take root.
Who today is willing to fight for that dream of peace, equality, and a nation that helps produce a far, far better world?
Technology is a weapon that enables a tightly ordered system of control. Inverting it depends on struggle in which technology can be an aid but never an agent.
Can a people dominated by landowners and developers be stirred to resistance? How do little struggles mobilise and build momentum in the interest of the masses as a whole?
What can the labour movement do to make Scotland into a place for anyone who seeks freedom, a decent income, and a comfortable home?
Our changing climate will give rise to new challenges, battles between capital and communities, new ways of living, and new senses of the self that may be individual or collective.