Keir McKechnie reports on how AUOB is changing not just to meet the times but to shape them too. Support for the Union has never been more fragile. There have nearly 20 successive polls showing a majority in favour of independence. Parties favouring a break with Britain are on course to win a significant majority […]
Konrad Rekas ask those who want to be more than counted to stand up now. What do we need political parties for in Scotland? For everyday management or for just one issue, i.e., independence. If independence is won, then what? And, which is better: technocratic parties that stifle debate or ideological formations with a programme, […]
Many readers of Scottish Left Review will likely know the Rock Against Racism (RAR) movement intimately— that political and cultural phenomenon played no small part in the movement to defeat the National Front Nazis. We are the Glasgow branch of Love Music Hate Racism. We stand firmly in the tradition of RAR. We organise gigs, […]
Vince Mills assesses the Brexit deal and warns of imminent dangers. After what seemed like interminable debate and disagreement, on 30 December 2020, MPs voted 521:73 for the EU (Future Relationship) Bill based on the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA). There is a fairly simple, but accurate way of describing the agreement: the Tories […]
Dan La Botz says Biden’s victory is a positive development but Trumpism remains a force and Biden is no progressive. Democrat Joe Biden defeated Republican Donald Trump by a popular vote of 81.2m to 74.2m, winning the Electoral College vote by 306 to 232, leading to dancing in the streets in some parts of the […]
Joe Cullinane explains what North Ayrshire council is doing to roll back the neo-liberal tide. We are in the midst of the biggest economic and social crisis of our lifetimes. Coronavirus has exposed the fragilities of our prevailing economic model which for decades has been based on extraction rather than production. An economic system where […]
Arthur West makes the case for a non-nuclear future ahead of the Scottish Parliament elections. During the Covid 19 crisis Scottish CND (SCND) and the wider peace movement have been organising online meetings and discussions. During these, activists have expressed the view that the crisis has probably resulted in the case for abolishing nuclear weapons […]
Mhairi Snowden stress tests our human rights practice and finds our governments wanting. If COVID-19 has been a fundamental test for our societies as Michele Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has insisted it is, how have we done? How have human rights and dignity been respected, protected and fulfilled during the pandemic? At […]
In his new pamphlet, James Mitchell highlights the complexities we must comprehend for mature discussion. Debate over Scotland’s constitutional future is stuck in a rut. Public opinion is roughly even on whether Scotland should be independent. Small movements in these polls are fought for in a form of trench warfare. The constitutional question dominates and […]
William Craig surveys the arguments and evidence on a topical subject The enormous upheaval caused by the pandemic has forced us to look at our society as never before and to ask questions about how we interact with each other. Of all the questions, the most overarching one is this: how do we deliver fundamental […]