Issue 51
Mar - Apr 2009
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Henry McCubbin on developments in political parties across Europe, Ed Walsh on EU democracy and the Irish referendum experience, Drew Scott on joining the Euro,John Monks on the power of trade unions in Europe, Kim Bizzarri and Will Dinan on lobbying and the corporate takeover of Brussels, Robert Beveridge on the way Europe is covered in the UK media, Tony Bunyan […]
Sometimes it can be exasperating being of the left in Britain. First of all you live through three decades in which right-wing neoliberal capitalism sweeps all other ideologies before it, conquering the world and redrawing it in its own image. Then, just as neoliberalism falls apart under the weight of its own stupid dogma, we […]
The Scottish Left Review celebrated its 50 issue last issue. In that time we have tried to cover Scottish society, politics and culture from a radical perspective. We are grateful for all the support we have received in Scotland but also for the extent to which we have been able to reach out beyond Scotland. We were therefore delighted when […]
Henry McCubbin looks at the development of new left parties and the manifestos of left groupings to see what potential there is for European socialists. So long as they don’t live in Britain of course.