Stuart Fairweather looks at the successful creation of the Dundee Action Forum and asks what next. Dundee Action Forum (DAF) was established in May of this year. There were two main reasons for this: one, a wish to coordinate campaigning and two, a recognition that the Covid-19 pandemic meant that things would need to be […]
Victor Grossman argues much was lost and not much gained by East Germans under the new Germany. Despite being the thirty-year anniversary of German unification, this year’s 3rd October speeches seemed more restrained, without balloons, laser shows and packed auditoriums. The blame lay largely on the virus but also reflected fears about the economy, the […]
Talat Ahmed surveys the progress made in organising the fight against racial injustice ‘The current anti-racism protests are unprecedented in my lifetime and probably the largest ever since the late 18th and early 19th centuries’. These are the words of Hakim Adi, Professor of History of Africa and the African Diaspora at the University of […]
Annie Morgan examines the issues behind carbon capture, storage and usage bioenergy carbon capture and storage Though I do not have a background in science or engineering, an honours degree in social sciences has given me the benefit of the skill to conduct research. This has been used to examine evidence for my involvement with […]
George Kerevan says a grassroots revolt is needed to make the SNP stand by what it says it is for Some on the left define the SNP as a ‘bourgeois nationalist’ party. If so, the Scottish working class has suffered one of the gravest defeats in its history. The latest polls show support for the […]
Jim Sillars thinks through the stages and issues in the struggle for independence I start by not apologising for being pedantic. We have to plan to get an overwhelming majority in Holyrood to get a referendum on independence, and plan for the fact that even when we win it, we don’t get independence next day, […]
Kenny MacAskill argues all is not well in the house of the SNP if it is to lay the foundations for independence Trenchant debate’s normal in politics. Parties and movements are broad churches with passionate beliefs and critical issues adding to the mix. The SNP’s iron discipline over recent years was in many ways an […]
Chris Sutherland analyses the lasts contours of the one of the most successful political campaign of recent years Has reporter John Ware’s BBC Panorama programme, ‘Is Labour Anti-Semitic’ (broadcast 10 July 2019), effectively triggered a split and possible purge of the Labour left? Keir Starmer’s decision not to contest a High Court action by seven […]
Stella Rooney explains her changing perspective on her campaigning priorities In 2014, I was inspired to take political action for the first time. Aged fifteen, I was full of hope about what the future could look like and what role young people like myself could have in shaping it. To myself and many other young […]
Tommy Kane argues Labour can resolve its constitutional carry-on to allow its radical politics to shine through Nicola Sturgeon is right. Next year’s Scottish Parliamentary elections are as important as any election Scotland has faced. For many, the election will be about another referendum and independence. For others, like me, the election offers a chance […]