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Dundee University Principal Gone

Friday December 6th saw University of Dundee unions, staff and students receive the news that Professor Iain Gillespie has gone with...

Wednesday's Budget: 'Difficult Decisions'

December 4th will see Finance Secretary, Shona Robison, present her budget to the Scottish Parliament. It will constitute the second of...

Labour smiles ... but watch Reform ...

Stuart Fairweather assesses the significance of recent council by-election results - and asks whether Reform UK could re-form Scottish...

Joining Some Dots in the Eastern Mediterranean

Perspectives discussion articles are your chance to share diverse views and angles on current issues. Here, Ronnie Smith discerns a...

The environment after Trump’s election: concerns and questions

Cathie Lloyd offers first thoughts on the likely impact of the US election result on international action on the environment Trump’s...

Modern day indulgences

Cathie Lloyd shows that scepticism about enterprises claiming to be ‘green’ is a crucial attitude for everyone concerned to see positive...

The bricklayer spy from Possilpark

Anni Donaldson has written a piece for The Glasgow Wrap sharing the remarkable story of when her father, as a young bricklayer from...

‘Bonds of unity’? The deselection of a Dundee parliamentary hopeful

Mike Arnott recounts an episode when the party machine decided to over-ride Labour Party members’ wishes about who should be the city’s...

Kenya and the struggle against imperialism

There’ll be a very interesting and progressive workshop about the history of progressive struggles in Kenya this Saturday, 24 August,...