Issue 96
Nov – Dec 2016
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This Edition includes a number of articles to mark the UN's 16 Days of Action Campaign Against Gender Based Violence which runs from 25th November - 10th December. Events will be taking place across Scotland to raise awareness of the urgency of addressing this pernicious problem.
The Editor sets out why Jeremy Corbyn is the Labour leader that many on the left have been wanting - and waiting for.
Carole Ewart outlines the rationale of the on-theme articles
Claire Simpson ponders eradicating gender violence while teaching children sometimes violence is okay.
Angela O’Hagan says gender analysis of spending decisions supports policy objectives.
Lilian Macer says employers must establish safe work systems.
Marsha Scott on a movement to rid Scotland of gender-based abuse.
Alison Dickie urges local government on gender equality in schools.
Lesley Brennan on what feminist economics can do in Dundee.
The director explains the rationale behind the film
Stephen Low charts a way back for Scottish Labour.
Neil Findlay and Alex Neil say there are progressive opportunities to be had
Peter Kerr examines the roots of May and Corbyn’s politics.
Bill Ramsay warns of trouble ahead.
Victor Grossman explains the rise of the racist right.
Podemos: In the Name of the People by Íñigo Errejón and Chantal Mouffe, Soundings, Lawrence and Wishart, £10.00, 9781910448809
Jim Campbell & Morag Gillespie (eds.), IAFFE series on feminist economics, Routledge, pp232, 1138950866
Andy Anderson, Anderson Publications, pp146 pages, 0992828422
Neil Davidson, Haymarket Books, Chicago, £16.99 9781608465682
Copy deadlines dictate that I am writing this article more than a week in advance of the US presidential election. That aside, the timing of this edition’s theme could not have been more apt. The theme of marking sixteen days of activism against gender-based violence comes at a time when a high-profile court case frees […]