Time for a Democratic Economy
The recent Scotonomics conference debated a different kind of economy where money, energy and industry are at the service of the people, report Maggie Chapman and Peter McColl.
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Scotland needs a Working-Class Left Alternative
A range of organisations and individuals have come together to advocate for Left alliances in time for the 2026 Scottish elections.
Cuba’s Cultural Resistance
Calum Baird, the only Scottish artist to perform at the 2024 Havan Biennial in Cuba, sits down with Coll McCail to discuss Cuba's cultural resistance.
Building on the New Deal
Parts of Labour’s programme will help unions to grow, but only hard work will build the class unity that can defeat the far right, writes STUC General Secretary Roz Foyer.
Picking Without Freedom: The Struggle of Seasonal Workers
Kevin, a seasonal agricultural worker from Uzbekistan, and Caroline Robinson of the Workers' Support Centre, are pioneering a new model for building workers' power.
Pioneers of the Burkinabé Revolution
Nirad Abrol explores the character of the education that is central to the revolution in Burkina Faso.
Can Fiscal Rules Ever Be Fair?
William Thompson explains why monetary theory can help explain why the UK Government fiscal rules grind down the poorest for no good economic reason.
Editorial: New Coalitions of Service and Care
Thousands of people are being left to their own communities and collective devices to look after one another. But within the cracks in the welfare and care system, beautiful things can grow.
Defanging the DWP
A Scottish Minimum Income Guarantee could loosen the grip of a punishing welfare regime, writes Jen Bell.
Whither Welfare State Nationalism?
Now past 10 years since Indyref, Arianna Introna offers a disability justice perspective on the waning of welfare demands by the independence movement.