Some key links
Democratic Left Scotland is committed to working together with different organisations, and with people who are members of progressive political parties – and with those who are not members of any party.
We want to help develop a politics that starts from popular activity – in workplaces, localities and voluntary associations – and builds connections to the world of parties and government, on the one hand, and the world of ideas and culture, on the other.
We aim to develop partnerships, alliances and collaborative approaches for positive change. Here are some of the organisations and publications which DLS members are pleased to work with and to be involved in.
European Left
Democratic Left Scotland is a European organisation. We are a partner organisation of the Party of the European Left, which was formed in 2004 and brings together socialist, communist, red-green and other democratic left parties and organisations across the continent.
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STUC
The Scottish Trade Union Congress’s purpose is to co-ordinate, develop and articulate the views and policies of the trade union movement in Scotland, promoting trade unionism; equality and social justice; the creation and maintenance of high-quality jobs; and the public sector delivery of services.
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Scottish Left Review
Scottish Left Review is a bi-monthly not-for-profit magazine founded in 2000 by the late Jimmy Reid and others, seeking to provide a forum for thought and discussion for people on the Scottish left - of all parties and none.
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Luath Press
Distinctive writing from radical publishers: Luath Press was first set up in the heart of Robert Burns
country, and is now based a few steps up the road from Burns’ first lodgings in Edinburgh.
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Soundings
Committed, informed and thoughtful writing on contemporary debates. Soundings was founded
twenty years ago by Stuart Hall, Doreen Massey and Michael Rustin. The journal’s theoretical
framework is broadly based on the traditions of the New Left and the Gramscian tradition, but it also draws on emerging ideas from contemporary movements and cultural politics, especially ideas about intersectionality.