John Bratton and David Erdal argue for one specific method for ‘building back better’. The global Covid-19 pandemic, which has caused unprecedented job losses in Scotland, has highlighted just how out of kilter our current arrangements are for providing well-being, security and prosperity for individuals, businesses and society. Here, we explore what a reimagined system […]
Mick Rice argues workers have potential power in another arena under global corporate capitalism. It has always galled me that unions do all in their power to organise in the workplace but then carelessly allow their members to go back home and spend their wages on products made by anti-union employers. General secretaries and other […]
Ravenscraig by Robert Graham Before the steel mill shut the kids had toys and bikes, their brothers bought old banger cars they’d tinker with and polish till they shone. After the steel mill shut, the toys were gone. Before the steel mill shut the streets felt safe to stroll, to meet with friends and share […]
Roza Salih calls for rebellion against Westminster’s inhumanity and the creation of a Scottish system. It has been 16 years since I first gained notoriety as a teenager with the Glasgow Girls, but all these years later, Britain still has an immigration system deprived of heart and lacking even basic humanity. At just 15, my […]
Henry Maitles recalls the armed battle to save the last of Warsaw’s Jewry against the Nazis. In May 1943, one of the most inspiring events of WWII took place. The Warsaw Ghetto uprising stood no chance of success but was a moral crusade. As the Jewish Fighting Organisation (in Polish, ZOB) announced: ‘All of us […]
Pat Kelly analyses the roots of the bigotry and sets out what now must be done to rid us of it. There was nothing new about Rangers fans engaging in hooliganism, thuggery and violence after they had been presented with the Scottish League trophy in May. And there was nothing new about the same fans […]
Calum Rosie argues that only deep-seated, radical action can address this scourge in our society. It has recently been announced that Scotland is, yet again, the ‘drug death capital’ of the world, with over double the number of drug-related deaths than any other European country. This is a damning statistic, but for anyone living in […]
Andrew Watterson asks who judged who to jab and why in Scotland, and with what effect. Vaccination policies to protect various groups in the population in Scotland – including its workforce from Covid and its variants – have raised many questions over the last twelve months. These involve medical, scientific, public health, political and legal […]
David Betteridge recalls how men and women were made on the Clyde into fighting fortresses. Where did the statesmen and women of the yards come from? Where did they acquire the necessary skills, values and knowledge? These are questions worth finding answers to, and adapting to our own times, because these were the statesmen and […]
Adam Charlton recalls a genocidal episode of internal colonialism from Britain’s past. When we think of the British Empire, we think of distant territories separated from the British mainland by vast expanses of sea. As such, we think of Britain’s colonial policies as directed at people in far off regions like Bengal and Kenya. In […]