Land reform: much remains to be done
by Roz Paterson • “I have described the Grampians as a great faunal region—and so, according to our twentieth-century standards, it is. I ought rather to have ...
environment
Solving the environmental crisis can not be left to the Greens
by Roz Paterson We are experiencing “a step change from one world to another…the changes are as big as those that happened at the end of the last ice age.” So says ...
‘The bottom line is that our economic system and our planetary system are now at war’
by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson Activists from across the world will join together in co-ordinated protests in their capital cities to highlight the 20th UN ...
‘System change not climate change’
RISE – Scotland’s Left Alliance to join climate march, 28 Nov, Edinburgh by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson Governments from all countries will assemble in Paris ...
Second indyref cannot be won by a one-party campaign
by Jenni Gunn The Yes campaign and the referendum as a whole served as an intense political education for many Scots—myself included. The experience is one that many ...
Where is the SNP going on fracking?
by Allan Grogan Thomas Carlyle once wrote that “the greatest of faults… is to be conscious of none”. I am often reminded of this as I see the Scottish ...
Refugee crisis is foretaste of things to come from climate change
by Jack Ferguson In 2015, Europe has begun to get a small foretaste of the human costs of climate change. There are many complex reasons why there are thousands of desperate ...
GM salmon to be let loose
Roz Paterson reports Q: When is a fish not a fish? A: When it’s a commodity. OK, not exactly side-splitting, but then the introduction of Genetically Engineered (GE) salmon ...
Trident moves centre stage
by David McKenzie, Scrap Trident Coalition In the early days of the Yes campaign, I recall having sometimes to argue for a place for UK nukes within the list of critical ...
Bolivia’s Evo Morales wins historic third term
by Bill Bonnar Major celebrations broke out in Bolivia and throughout Latin America on October 12 at the stunning election victory by MAS—The Movement Toward Socialism led ...
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