Adam Frew statistically debunks the myth peddled by Anas Sarwar MP and others that Scottish Independence will doom England to Tory rule.
Liam O'Hare, who participated in the protest against Farage last Thursday, argues that the unlikely bedfellows of Galloway and Farage both have nothing to offer the future of Scotland.
Reem Abu-Hayyeh remembers the Palestinian 'Nakba' - the 'Catastrophe' - which still hangs over the Palestinian people today and compels them to fight for justice and self-determination.
As part of the 'Women on the Left' series, Kezia Kinder looks at the life of Rosa Luxemburg.
Following the significant support shown for Ken Loach's appeal for a new party of the left, Ben Wray urges a consideration of national peculiarities within the UK.
Fiachra remembers the inspiring life and death of Irish revolutionary, Bobby Sands, 32 years on.
Communiqué Scotland #6: Ben Wray defends the Radical Independence Campaign's protest against Farage from the predictable complaints of its liberal detractors.
Chris Bambery looks at the Farage fiasco and what it says about the specific conditions confronting the Scottish left.
Communiqué Scotland #5: Ben Wray looks at the issue of immigration in Scottish and British politics in light of the rise of UKIP. He argues that demographic changes will intensify the issue of immigration in Scotland, and socialists will have to address the issue head on.
Revolutionary Assata Shakur has been added to the FBI's 'Most Wanted Terrorist' register. Dominique Ucbas reflects on her struggle and the inability of the United States to acknowledge the history of resistance to racist oppression. Assata's Open Letter, written from exile in Havana, is attached at the bottom of the article.
Will Scotland leave England to generations of Tory rule?
Adam Frew statistically debunks the myth peddled by Anas Sarwar MP and others that Scottish Independence will doom England to Tory rule.
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Beyond the politics of resentment
Liam O'Hare, who participated in the protest against Farage last Thursday, argues that the unlikely bedfellows of Galloway and Farage both have nothing to offer the future of Scotland.
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On this Day 15/5/1948: The Nakba
Reem Abu-Hayyeh remembers the Palestinian 'Nakba' - the 'Catastrophe' - which still hangs over the Palestinian people today and compels them to fight for justice and self-determination.
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Women on the Left: Rosa Luxemburg
As part of the 'Women on the Left' series, Kezia Kinder looks at the life of Rosa Luxemburg.
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Left Unity: A Scottish Perspective
Following the significant support shown for Ken Loach's appeal for a new party of the left, Ben Wray urges a consideration of national peculiarities within the UK.
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Remembering Bobby Sands
Fiachra remembers the inspiring life and death of Irish revolutionary, Bobby Sands, 32 years on.
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On this day 5/5/1789: ‘Estates-General’ convened in pre-revolutionary France
Gareth Beynon discusses the convening of the 'Estates General' amidst the fiscal crisis in France in 1789. This prostration of this body would lead to the formation of the National Assembly and the beginning of the revolution.
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The Money Behind the Referendum
Adam Frew looks at where the money lies behind the 'Yes' and 'No' campaigns in the upcoming Scottish independence referendum
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On this day 24/4/1916: The Easter Rising
As part of the 'On This Day' series, Finn Meehan writes a controversial article on what he sees as the strategic folly of the 1916 Easter Rising.
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Is Marxism Deterministic?
Chris Bambery assesses whether there is any validity to the common accusation that Marxism is deterministic.
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Did Thatcher’s economics save the country?
Adam Frew uses empirical data to dispel the myth that Thatcher saved the British economy.
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On this Day 16/4/1520: Rioting in Toledo begins comuneros revolt
In the latest installment of the 'On This Day' series, Gareth Beynon examines the Revolt of the Comuneros in sixteenth century Castile
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Thatcher Death Parties and Moralistic ‘Common Sense’
In a polemic against the liberal commentariat and the sycophantic Thatcherites, Chris Walsh defends the Thatcher death parties and critiques the confused moral code which drives the media outrage.
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Thatcher’s First Chancellor and Austerity Today
Paul Gordon looks at the economics of Thatcherism and the inspiration that George Osborne has taken from Thatcher's first Chancellor, Geoffrey Howe.
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Thatcher, Hegemony and the National-Popular Consciousness
Gregor Clunie argues that the response to Thatcher's death reveals the breadth of neo-liberal hegemony and demonstrates the ongoing challenge of winning sections of the middle class to anti-austerity politics.
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Glasgow Feminist Collective
Jasmin Ka reports from the launch meeting of the Glasgow Feminist Collective and invites self-identified women to attend the next one.
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Thatcher Is Dead
Chris Bambery looks at the life of the greatest class enemy of our time, Margaret Thatcher.
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Class Today
Following the BBC's 'Great British Class Calculator' Chris Bambery argues that we have to accept that the working class has changed, and that the left has to behave accordingly.
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Our Generation Is Your Friend
In an article originally published in Scottish Left Review Sarah Collins argues that the future of the trade union movement depends on young people taking a leadership role now.
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Jesus Christ: revolutionary
In this edited extract from his book "The Jewish Revolt" Neil Faulkner argues that Jesus was a revolutionary.
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