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Voices of sanity convene in Glasgow
In recent years, the UK government has committed more and more resources to building omnicide nuclear weapons whilst the country suffers national decline. Out-of-date nuclear submarines and facilities have been causing radiation risks and pollution on Scotland's West Coast.  Meanwhile, the global order of "nuclear deterrence" has utterly failed to ensure international security, and we have come perilously close to nuclear war in recent years.  So-called ‘mainstream’ politic
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A light shining from Edinburgh
The team who produce Scottish Left Review are having a wee event In Edinburgh on the evening of Tuesday 14th October (click here for...
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Responding to STV job cuts
A recent emergency meeting of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) Scottish Executive Council indicated it will take action to respond...
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Perspectives & Views


Reasoning in response to conspiracy theories
Our recent post on conspiracy theories has generated a range of thoughts and observations amongst visitors to the website. Complementing...
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Conspiracy theorists: Why I've had enough (and how I'm going to deal with them)
A discussion piece on the pernicious and dangerous phenomenon of conspiracy theories ... Comments and responses are welcome. We live in...
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A just transition or the industrialisation of the Highlands?
Cathie Lloyd underlines the case for making far more careful use of our country's natural resources, in a piece drawing on the insights...
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Reviews and Reflections


Another fringe is possible
Edinburgh, of course, of course ... But we're also very pleased to see the Kirkcudbright fringe in the south west returning for its...
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(When there was) a new left party in Dumfries
A review in the latest issue of the Socialist History journal considers Ian Gasse's detailed book on the emergence of labour politics in...
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The writing on the wall
Quotations from the poetry of three of Scotland's previous Makars have been set in stone and incorporated into our Parliament's Canongate...
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