Issue 78: A Year to Go
Three pairs of articles from each side of the debate outlining where the campaigns are and what is the direction forward.
Issue 78
September 18: a Year to Go
Sep – Oct 2013
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Is utopia of any use in the modern world?
A marathon not a sprint
We asked both YesScotland and Better Together to contribute articles on the state of the independence campaign so far. Dennis Canavan writes for YesScotland.
Better Together
We asked both YesScotland and Better Together to contribute articles on the state of the independence campaign so far.
We will not disappear
We asked writers supporting different constitutional outcomes the same question: “The constitutional outcome you favour wins. Describe the path from there to the Scotland you want to see.” Independence supporter Cat Boyd replies.
Class not nation
We asked writers supporting different constitutional outcomes the same two question: “The constitutional outcome you favour wins. Describe the path from there to the Scotland you want to see?” and “The constitutional outcome you favour loses. What are your fears for the future?” The Red Paper Collective chose to contribute one longer article.
Regret, bitterness, apathy
We asked writers supporting different constitutional outcomes the same question: “The constitutional outcome you favour loses. What are your fears for the future?”. Independence supporter Michael Gray answers.
A giant of the movement
Len McCluskey will give the second Annual Jimmy Reid Memorial Lecture on 10 October. Here he looks at the life and lasting legacy of Jimmy Reid.
A privatisation too far
Despite overwhelming public opposition, the Coalition Government is determined to press on with privatisation of the Royal Mail. If previous privatisations are anything to go by, we’ll all regret it argues John Brown
Democracy behind bars
Lucy Blackburn argues that the Scottish Government hasn’t lived up to its commitment to equal rights by pushing through a blanket ban on prisoner voting rights in the Scottish independence referendum
The not working programme
Stephen McMurray provides an in-depth analysis of the Coalition Government’s welfare-to-work scheme, and finds problems from top to bottom
Reviews
Scotland’s Road to Socialism
Kick Up The Tabloids
Declaration of Arbroath: low turnout sparks apathy fears