Issue 72: On The Rocks
We return to the countries we profiled two years ago to see how they're surviving the Eurocrisis
Issue 72
On the Rocks
Sep – Oct 2012
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Going back to look at what has happened in the countries we profiled two years ago offers a promising starting-point for Scotland - no promises, no guarantees
The Leadership Question
Despite suffering the worst of the Eurocrisis the Irish left has not managed to connet the symptom with its cause. Until it does, argues Donagh Brennan, it will not be able to caputre the public agenda
Taking Catalonia Forward
Anna Arque looks at the relationships between Catalonia and Spain, Catalonia and Scotland and the Catalonian and the Catalonian people. She finds a move towards seeing independence as the starting-point for real political progress.
The Needed Nail
Victor Grossman looks at the state of the German LEFT party and what its electoral fortunes might mean for both the future of European capitalism and the strength of left parties across the continent.
The Constitutional Debate
In every SLR between now and the referendum we’ll pick a policy issue and ask four writers from across the spectrum of constitutional opinion to argue the pros and cons of independence. In this issue we look at whether the size of a nation tells us anything about its likely radicalism
Fear and Change in Scotland
Bill Wilson looks at how a Yes Campaign has to be fought if it is going to motivate the unmotivated. And he sees major problems ahead for an SNP that fails to fight that campaign...
Socialist. Daily.
There’s no point complaining about the bias in the British media if you don’t support the one socialist daily newspaper. Malcolm Burns explains the background to the laucnch of the Scottish edition of the Morning Star
Why Things Get Stuck
The last issue of Scottish Left Review asked who really decides Scottish policy. Jim Gallacher responds that it’s not conspiracy that’s the problem, its bad policy-making processes repeating the same mistakes over and over.
A Communique from New Scotland
Jenna Gormal writes about the launch of Comunique, a new youth-led radical left media project, and explains how her generation of the left sees the independence referendum as our best chance to unite
The ‘Imperial burden’ Hypocrisy
Jim Cuthbert looks at one event in Irish history to show that the very same British argument for Scotland staying in the UK was once used for Ireland to leave it. Can we believe British policy is set in stone?
Reviews
Farewell to Growth, Serge Latouche
Web Review
Web facts about NATO
Kick Up the Tabloids
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