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Referendum has nothing to offer
07 Jun 2012
Neither Scottish independence nor British unionism. Sarah McDonald looks at the launch of the "Yes" campaign
Chancellor’s book of doom
11 Dec 2014
George Osborne’s autumn statement promises continued austerity and increased attacks on the working class, writes Eddie Ford. But what is the left’s alternative?
Anti-migrant snake oil
04 Dec 2014
Cameron’s immigration speech was an attempt to out-Labour Labour, says Eddie Ford
Immigration controls kill
20 Nov 2014
Eddie Ford calls for the abolition of all border controls, not just ‘racist’ ones
A pseudo-democratic caricature
06 Nov 2014
The problem is not the House of Lords’ London bias, or even its unelected character: there should be no second chamber, argues Paul Demarty
Child abuse: Adding insult to injury
30 Oct 2014
Theresa May’s decision to make Lady Woolf the new head of the child abuse inquiry could turn out to be deeply embarrassing, writes Eddie Ford
Cometh the Brand?
30 Oct 2014
Russell Brand’s anarchistic leftism is sincere enough, but his unlikely importance speaks volumes about the left’s weakness, says Paul Demarty
Holes in the balance sheet
09 Oct 2014
As the general election approaches, Paul Demarty wonders what happened to the left’s ebullient predictions four years ago
Cameron’s can of worms
25 Sep 2014
Demands for English ‘home rule’ and continued agitation for Scottish independence point to a constitutional crisis, argues Eddie Ford
Referenda and direct democracy
18 Sep 2014
Ben Lewis looks at Karl Kautsky’s Parliamentarism and democracy
Yes campaign: In false colours
11 Sep 2014
There are unmistakable parallels between ‘Scottish socialism’ and ‘proletarian nationalism’. Jack Conrad issues a health warning
Determination of revolution
04 Sep 2014
Jack Conrad contrasts the Scottish left-nationalist demand for separation with the communist demand for self-determination
Tories on the back foot
04 Sep 2014
Daniel Harvey looks at the fallout from Douglas Carswell’s defection
More than a union of two crowns
14 Aug 2014
Jack Conrad shows that Scottish national consciousness is complex. Historically there is an unmistakable British dimension
The myth of the English yoke
07 Aug 2014
Was Scotland subject to an English takeover in 1707? Does Scotland suffer from English internal colonialism? Jack Conrad questions the myths and assumptions of Scottish nationalism
Nationalist myths are not Marxism
31 Jul 2014
Jack Conrad argues against the left-nationalist claim that Scotland is an oppressed nation. Indeed, prior to the 1707 Act of Union Scotland was not a nation