Issue 90
It's super Corbyn! What does Labour's new leader mean for the left in Scotland?
Issue 90
Super Corbyn
Nov – Dec 2015
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Editorial
Ninety, not out
Labour is the only anti-austerity party
John McDonnell calls for the winds of change to blow away cobwebs of the old politics
How the contest was won
Martyn Cook and Tommy Kane provide an anatomy of Corbyn’s challenge
Kez + Jez = something spezial?
Laying out her step plan, Lesley Brennan says Jez achieved the impossible so why can’t Kez?
Challenges for Corbynmania
Doubting whether Corbyn will turn around Scottish Labour, Daniel Kenealy nonetheless sees a way forward.
Corbyn Challenges Cosy Consensus
Tom Mills argues the media has meted out special treatment for the ‘enemy inside’
Corbyn and anti-austerity
Phil McGarry and Keith Stoddart welcome the Corbyn advance but worry about duplication of efforts
Corbyn’s Challenge: To survive and prosper
Eric Shaw looks at the challenges of leadership
Workers’ rights are human rights
Carole Ewart looks at what needs to be done to make human rights effective
Indyref 2014: Nation vs. Class
We are pleased to reprint summaries of the debate between Foster and Davidson from the recent ‘Class and nation in contemporary Scotland’ conference in Glasgow in September this year
Lessons from America on the Trade Union Bill
Sarah Collins writes a letter from America after a recent trip there
Union political funds
Jim Slaven says opening up union political funds to reflect diversity will make them effective
Real reform or a missed moment?
Will Dinan examines Scottish government proposals on regulating lobbying
Reclaim the state, reform the EU
Peter Lomas argues for a Europe of citizens not spivs and speculators
Sulphur + brimstone for BBC
Leslie Mitchell says the very basis of the BBC offends the Tories
Building Worker Links
Davy Brockett discusses increasing engagement with Scottish Left Review
Managerialism in the public sector
A worrying political consensus exists over our public services
The trouble with foreigners
Chris Sharpe says xenophobia knows the price of everything and the worth of nothing
Modern apprenticeships
Margaret and Jim Cuthbert argue they’re not much more than cheap labour for unskilled sectors
Owen Dudley Edwards: Book Review
Reviewed by Finlay Smith
Will Thorne: My life’s battles
Reviewed by Gregor Gall
Vladimir McTavish’s A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS
Several weeks into his leadership of the Labour Party, it is still far too early to assess what impact, if any, Jeremy Corbyn has made on all but one person in Scotland.