The Clash of Rhetoric
Chik Collins reviews Languages of Class Struggle: Communication and Mass Mobilisation in Britain and Ireland, 1842-1972 by John Foster (Praxis Press, 2024).
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The Black Hole of Miscalculation
Rachel Reeves' 'black hole' narrative echoes the Treasury shock doctrine that tipped Jim Callaghan's government into chaos, finds Liam Payne.
We Are Everywhere
Derek Newton reivews Becoming Pro-Palestinian: Testimonies from the Global Solidarity Movement, edited by Rosemary Sayigh (I. B. Taurus, 2024).
Why Harris Can’t Give Netenyahu the Boot
Have Palestinians anything to look forward to in the event of Kamala Harris winning the White House? Phil Chetwynd looks at the ties that bind the US and Israel in this particular ‘axis of evil'.
A Just Transition Means Resisting AI
There can be no just transition without challenging the AI apparatus that is accelerating the social and environmental crisis, writes Dan McQuillan.
Large Language Steam Engines
Kate McCurdy explores how LLMs do and don’t threaten workers in the here and now.
Technological Change and the Scottish Economy
Technologies are reshaping economic activity, as they always have done. Stephen Boyd offers five approaches the Scottish Government should take towards technological change.
AI and Centralisation in the NHS
Unions have a struggle on their hands to reverse the privatising, AI–driven, centralising trends in Scotland's NHS, writes Drew Gilchrist.
Red Lines for Labour
General Secretary of PCS Fran Heathcote sets out the union’s bargaining position as the new government comes to power.
Scotland Can’t Afford Privatised Social Care
With a solid collective bargaining strategy in place, workers would be prepared to do what it takes to de-privatise the Scottish care sector, writes Robyn Martin.