RADICAL SCOTTISH POLITICAL WRITING

Issue 117

Editorial: ‘Strange times, indeed. But maybe not that strange’. As Shakespeare’s dark and dystopian verse seems to be commonly quoted[…]

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A first-time reader, Mary MacCallum Sullivan, reflects on our general election analysis (SLR 115) I am ‘of the left’, but[…]

Coronavirus crisis: underfunding, restructuring, privatisation and fragmentation at the heart of the crisis in Holyrood and Westminster

Allyson Pollock and Louisa Harding-Edgar say there is also an opportunity to end the neo-liberalism that got us to this[…]

Carers amidst the COVID-19 crisis

Helen Glancy reports on her work as a carer in the coronavirus crisis and highlights the persistent problems The role[…]

From sidelined to significant: how retail workers became key workers in our communities

Stewart Forrest says it should not have taken a crisis to recognise the crucial role of retail workers When the[…]

Out of crisis, opportunity: economics and the environment

Mags Hall argues that the precedents being set can be used to open up a greener and fairer future There[…]

Rainbow picture with clouds on it to ullustrate the symbol of hope

On the union frontline in a pandemic

Stephen Smellie recounts the pressures and learning curve to become a health and safety expert I am not a frontline[…]

Wracked by rent but fighting back against the pandemic penury

Ben Kritikos says a bad situation is getting worse as governments ignore the tenants’ plight The coronavirus pandemic has widened[…]

After COVID-19, there can be no more ‘business as usual’ for our railways

Mick Cash says though there is ‘clear and present’ danger, we have a political opportunity on our hands It goes[…]

Now war is declared and battle come down – the coming conflict in the SNP over Salmond’s success

Jim Sillars says it’s going to be nasty and brutish but the independence movement can and must survive Alex Salmond[…]

Sex, lies and Salmond – lots of speculation and insinuation but no video tape

Kenny MacAskill picks through the detritus of the trial of the century and finds some unpalatable truths The Alex Salmond[…]

Does the end of Corbyn mean the end of Corbynism?

Pauline Bryan looks at the implications of the outcomes of Labour’s leadership elections How has Labour’s membership shifted so quickly[…]

Near or far? What are the chances of another Scottish independence referendum?

As Sturgeon accepted there’ll be no 2020 indyref2, Joe Middleton assesses the complicated terrain Brexit has happened and Britain has[…]

Bringing up the Bairns O’ Adam – the STUC, Scotland and social justice

Grahame Smith reflects on some tumultuous times as he bows out from leading the STUC Writing a reflection on over[…]

Remembering Rodney Bickerstaffe

Bob Thomson recalls the life and work of ‘Bick’ following the launch of a website about his life and work[…]

Scottish Labour must take its head out of the sand

Neil Findlay proposes a way forward for Scottish Labour on its constitutional crisis Labour cannot ignore or wish away constitutional[…]

Book Review

Shutting down and switching off Silicon Valley Wendy Liu’s ‘Abolish Silicon Valley: How to Liberate Technology from Capitalism (Repeater Books,[…]

Opera Review

Can lefties like Wagner? Graeme Arnott previews his granddaughters’ forthcoming production of her great-grandfather’s opera ‘Lohengrin’. It’s August 1876 and[…]

Book Review

Whitfield, D. Public Alternative to the Privatisation of Life, Spokesman, 2019, £25, 978085124 8837, pp580 Reviewed by Stuart Fairweather Public[…]

Book Review

McCarraher, E. How Capitalism Became the Religion of Modernity, Harvard University Press, 2019, pp816, 9780674984615, £31.95 Reviewed by Sean Sheehan[…]

VLADIMIR McTAVISH – A KICK UP THE TABLOIDS

This is, indeed, a strange time that we are living through. At the end of last year, when we all[…]