Black Pupils in White Eyes
Any hope of providing an equitable future for young people of colour in Scotland depends on understanding the education system's capitalist genesis and racist design, writes Rohit Rao.
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Scottish Colleges in Crisis
The neglect of our colleges sends a clear message to working class students. That is why they are joining the fight for the future of further education, writes Sher Khalid-Ali.
“Illegal” First, Children Second
The UK Government’s ‘Illegal Migration Bill’ will make a wretched situation for asylum-seeking children far worse, writes Francesca Sella.
Tensions in the Scot Squad
Sorley Complain finds something sinister behind the cheery faces of BBC Scotland’s policing comedy.
Not Only Ferries Run Aground
Scotland’s inability to manage infrastructure requires us to move beyond blame games and towards structural solutions, write Peter McColl and Gilbert Ramsay.
When Pride Fails Us
A Fossil Free Pride organiser explores the implications of LGBTQ+ Prides in Scotland being sponsored by companies deeply implicated in the climate crisis.
Respectable Revolutionaries
Jen Bell considers the central lesson of Weimer Germany’s queer scene: we have nothing to gain from the old order, so let us lead you into the new world.
Ideas to Change the World
Four organisers of a recent weekend of radical education reflect on the spaces and situations where we can grow anti-capitalist culture. In February this year, at Crianlarich youth hostel, over 20 people from different backgrounds, generations and political outlooks came together at a residential weekend hosted by the Popular Education Network (PEN). The aim of […]
Radical History is in the Streets
Following the footsteps of folk who made history in our cities, we can learn how to carry on their work, writes Katherine MacKinnon. There are few better ways of getting to know a city than walking through its streets and learning about the histories of activism and struggles that changed the lives of its inhabitants. […]
The Early Days of the Labour College
Malcolm Petrie explores the rapid expansion and radical ethos of Scotland’s labour colleges more than a century ago. The early decades of the twentieth century witnessed the emergence of a significant movement for independent working-class education. This movement was, in part, a reaction to – and rejection of – existing paternalistic efforts to expand educational […]