What’s Left of Planning?
Planning and governmental attitudes to economic development have turned planning processes into a sideline of the neoliberal project, argues Andy Inch. We need a rethink.
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Citizen Smith
The appropriation of Adam Smith by the right is a travesty of his writing. Bill Wilson, recently catching up on the Wealth of Nations, argues that he is closer in spririt to the Occupy movement.
A Genuine Debate
Peter Welsh responds to assumptions that the trade unions sector is going to slavishly follow a political path set for them during the referendum campaign by explaining that it’s much more open than that
It’s Scotland’s Wind
The current plans for the development of off-shore wind in Scotland will hand control of and profit from this natural resource to Chinese multinationals. There are better ways to proceed, arges Gordon Morgan.
Reviews
Posthuman International Relations, Cudworth, Erika & Hobden, Stephen
Kick Up The Tabloids
Thatcher Spare Room Eviction Tragedy
Issue 75: Where Now for the Scottish Trade Union Movement?
Writers consider what next for Scotland's trade unions
Comment
This STUC Congress special edition of the SLR may have come out more critical of the trade union movement than we expected, but that is a message of hope
Hard truths and hope
Labour MP John McDonnell looks at the momentum for radical transformation in Britain and finds it only among the smaller and more radical trade unions. It is time for the others to up their game, he argues.
Between Union and union
Bill Ramsay explores the relationships between the trade unions and the constitutional debate. He suggests a leadership that may be growing apart from its own membership.