With Labour a political corpse, Scotland needs a new left
by Jim Sillars It was little noticed at the time amid successive Blair-led Labour victories, that the ejection of Clause 4 from its constitution, and the destruction of its ...
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For people and for planet, Scotland needs real change
Editorial by Ken Ferguson If we are to believe the media pundits, Scottish politics is about to be a battle between a leftward moving Scottish Labour squaring up to take on ...
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: ...
Corbyn leadership bid faces implacable hostility of Labour’s Westminster elite
by John McAllion The YouGov poll showing Jeremy Corbyn on track to become Labour’s next leader caused widespread panic across the party’s establishment and parliamentary ...
Chilcot: if it looks like a cover up, it probably is a cover up
Bill Bonnar looks at the long running Chilcot Iraq saga If it looks like a cover up and sounds like a cover up it probably is a cover up. The decision to kick the outcome of ...
Another Scotland is possible
by John McAllion, Scottish Socialist Party (former Labour MP and MSP) One memento I have kept from my time as a Labour politician is a CD of the Reverend Hammer’s Freeborn ...
Scottish Labour is now a shadow of its former self
by John McAllion, Scottish Socialist Party, former Labour MP and MSP The burden of delivering a No majority against independence was always going to fall on the shoulders of ...
Bush and Blair’s war underpins Iraq crisis
by Bill Bonnar Despite Tony Blair’s pleas to the contrary, the current crisis in Iraq is a direct consequence of the American war against that country and its subsequent ...
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