Holyrood 2016 needs mandate for second indyref
by Jim Sillars To know why the Scottish Parliament, after the 2016 election, must command a majority for a second independence mandate, look not only at the present but at ...
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Energy of mass independence campaign creates need for RISE
by Jonathon Shafi We live in a historical moment marked by deep and profound ideological and social flux. If you are unconvinced by this, just think back ten years from now: ...
SNP in power: anti-austerity or let’s not rock the boat?
Colin Turbett reports Until earlier this year, I was involved as a UNISON activist in responding each year to my council employer’s budget proposals. In 2012, as elsewhere ...
We need a BBC which meets the desires and needs of the public
NUJ Scottish Organiser Paul Holleran outlines the union’s campaign on the future of the BBC The NUJ has launched a new campaign with the sexy title of ‘The BBC – ...
From Athens to London: elites entrench rich minority rule
by Ken Ferguson The brutal crushing of the Greek people by the unelected Troika heaps further economic misery on them in order to sustain a neoliberal economic order whose ...
Battle for a socialist Scotland needs unity
by Alan Bissett I write this the morning after the Scotland Bill was debated in the House of Commons and am still shocked at how nakedly the Unionist parties showed their ...
Without power we are left with protest
JIM SILLARS on why independence and a left Holyrood challenge is essential Austerity is a socioeconomic envelope which, for those in it, means low wages, zero hours ...
A Red/Green bloc is needed at Holyrood
by Pat Kane As they used to say about Frank Sinatra: it’s a SNP world—we just live in it. Or at least it sometimes seems that way, in terms of the Scottish National ...
Standing up for Scotland needs more than parliamentary soundbites
by Ken Ferguson The hopes raised by May’s stunning election result are set to come under increasing pressure as the Tories scent the blood of majority power and move ...
From Spain to Scotland, the power of money must be tamed
by Ken Ferguson As the Tories unveil their assault on vital services, democratic rights and trade unions amidst the establishment pomp of the Queen’s speech, the need for ...
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