Issue 65
Jul - Aug 2011
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These are times of big political change in Scotland – what are the opportunities for the left? Bill Kidd, Richard Leonard, Peter McColl, Robin McAlpine, Stephen Boyd, Ailsa McKay, John Campbell, Pat Rafferty and Elaine C Smith on what now?
A few weeks on, is the left viewing the Scottish Election result as more of a threat or more of an opportunity?
Bill Kidd looks beyond SNP euphoria at the Scottish Election victory and explores if the Scottish Government can start to roll out a programme for government which is a genuine alternative to what is happening in London
Richard Leonard argues that if Scottish Labour is to recover from the 2011 Election defeat it must rediscover its roots as a movement and not just as a party
Peter McColl dissects the Scottish Green Party election campaign and finds a party with confused messages and not enough will to fight for votes on the ground
Robin McAlpine argues that the post-election period in Scotland signals a number of opportunities for the Scottish left but that it needs to do things differently to grasp them
Stephen Boyd puts forward an agenda which shows that the Scottish Government is not powerless in transforming the nature of the Scottish industry base – it just needs to use its power of procurement imaginatively.
As the first part of the recession in the private sector hit men harder, the second part in the public sector is affecting women most. This has big policy implications, argue Ailsa McKay and Jim Campbell
Pat Rafferty argues that the best way to promote both economic growth and social justice is to devise a Scottish solution to workplace democracy
Elaine C. Smith makes passionate plea for why a Scottish digital TV channel is essential both to give Scotland a window on itself and to build and sustain a television industry of our own
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