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History’s most dismal manifesto – the emptiness of the ‘more powers’ promise
PublishedAdam Frew examines the details of Labour and Better Together's promises of greater devolution in the event of a No vote.
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Review: Scottish Independence – A Feminist Response
PublishedSinead Dunn reviews "Scottish Independence - A Feminist Response". Recognising the book as a valuable and timely contribution to the referendum debate, Sinead notes how the two authors' approaches fuse to form a readable, robust and unapologetic feminist voice.
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The way to stop the Islamic State is a united, free Kurdistan – just what the US does not want
PublishedWestern calls to arm the Kurds and bomb Iraq are both hypocritical and dangerous, argues John Rees.
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Best of Both Worlds? Understanding the austerity Union
PublishedUnpacking Better Together's campaign strategy, Adam Frew explains how the Scottish Parliament's extremely limited fiscal powers render it defenceless against Westminster cuts. Recounting the financial crash, the saddling of taxpayers with private debt and the development of the austerity consensus, Adam concludes that remaining in the UK would condemn Scots to low wages, falling living standards and humiliating welfare cuts.
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The Great War Part V: The Aftermath
PublishedAs the battlefields of World War I fell silent, there was ushered in an era of recession, revolution, fascism and yet more war. In the concluding part of his series on the Great War, Chris Bambery examines the bitter consequences of the conflict.
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Fracking: UK’s latest energy absurdity?
PublishedBritain trails other European countries in renewables and faces an energy crisis resulting from a lack of infrastructural investment. Gillian Wales argues that the decision to open up half of Britain's landmass to fracking represents a further backwards step in UK energy policy.
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Five things we learned from the leaders’ debate
PublishedTalking currency, spin and strategy, Adam Frew dissects the first of the 'Scotland Decides' TV debates. Moving forward, he argues that the Yes camp needs to hammer home its critique of Westminster politics and the neoliberal policies which have created grinding poverty and obscene inequality.
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Palestine: the urgency of action
PublishedAs the weight of public opinion begins to turn against Israeli atrocities in Gaza, Brian Christopher argues that it's time for the campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) to charge forward. He argues that we should isolate Israel’s every export, prevent every arms deal and cut all cultural ties with Israel while building a thousand bridges in and out of Gaza.
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The Great War Part IV: Graveyard of the Empires
PublishedIn the fourth instalment of his World War I series Chris Bambery explains how resistance to the war laid low the great empires of Europe.