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Keir Starmer’s racket: echoes of the French Revolution
Keir Starmer’s racket: echoes of the French Revolution
WRITING on the eve of the French Revolution in 1789, Abbe Sieyes, a leading political theorist of the French Revolution, noted that the nobility of the ancien regime had become a “nation within a nation.” The privileges afforded to the second estate were such that its members had become “a separate people” with their own representatives, institutions and cultures.
Lammy and Starmer seek to crack down after jury sabotages war machine
Lammy and Starmer seek to crack down after jury sabotages war machine
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Scottish Labour is a party stuck in long-term decline | The Herald
Scottish Labour is a party stuck in long-term decline | The Herald
Scottish Labour is in long-term decline, writes former executive committee member Coll McCail
Trump’s Venezuela Spectacle Shows US Empire Is in Decline | Novara Media
Trump’s Venezuela Spectacle Shows US Empire Is in Decline | Novara Media
Washington’s power is waning - so it’s little wonder the US president is resorting to crude shows of aggression, writes Coll McCail.
'Ignored by their government, we can't let the hunger strikers die this Christmas'
'Ignored by their government, we can't let the hunger strikers die this Christmas'
As Christmas approaches the government is hoping you'll forget about the eight Palestine activists on hunger strike in British jails, writes Coll…
Coll McCail | Substack
Coll McCail | Substack
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The Party Question in Unchartered Waters – Scottish Left Review
The Party Question in Unchartered Waters – Scottish Left Review
Your Party washed up on Scotland’s shores, while Civic Scotland mobilisations have lapped gently against the Parliament’s walls. Neither will help the Left articulate a new national vision, writes Coll McCail.
Scotland's first minister backed Israeli sanctions, but met with Airbnb while it promoted West Bank 'occupation tourism'
Scotland's first minister backed Israeli sanctions, but met with Airbnb while it promoted West Bank 'occupation tourism'
Airbnb’s business practices in the West Bank have long been in the spotlight, prompting criticism from human rights campaigners. We can now reveal that the firm has lobbied the Scottish Government 52 times since 2018.
Mossmorran workers are the latest to be betrayed by government
Mossmorran workers are the latest to be betrayed by government
Caledonian Paralysis
Caledonian Paralysis
Frankly: Legacy Management In Parochial Scotland – Conter
Frankly: Legacy Management In Parochial Scotland – Conter
Earlier this year, Nicola Sturgeon’s autobiography entered a political sphere still reeling from its author’s departure from frontline politics in March 2023. Frankly promised to offer welcome, if temporary, relief from the concocted melodrama of a Scottish political class gradually limping towards
Scotland is not for sale. Can someone tell the Scottish government?
Scotland is not for sale. Can someone tell the Scottish government?
"NATURE is not only something to save, it is something to invest in ..."
This Genocide Belongs to Britain, Too
This Genocide Belongs to Britain, Too
Not just Israel’s leaders are responsible for the genocide but also all those who support them. The Gaza Tribunal held in London last week heard evidence of direct British government involvement in Israel’s crimes.
Keir Starmer's Palestine recognition speech was so full of colonial arrogance
Keir Starmer's Palestine recognition speech was so full of colonial arrogance
Glasgow University accused of profiting from 'blood money' due to Gaza ties
Glasgow University accused of profiting from 'blood money' due to Gaza ties
The University of Glasgow has been accused of profiting from 'blood money' due to multiple financial ties to a company whose weapons have killed…
“The Multipolar World: A Pact for the Future”
“The Multipolar World: A Pact for the Future”
The Progressive International’s Coll McCail speaks at the International Forum for Peace in Brussels, Belgium.
Behind the British State’s War on Kneecap
Behind the British State’s War on Kneecap
We're Still Out For Life
We're Still Out For Life
Last month marked International Workers’ Memorial Day. As trade unionists around the world gathered to mourn the dead, they committed – as Mary “Mother” Jones urged a century ago – to fight like hell for the living. Today, that struggle is of particular importance. Humanity, in the eyes of our ruler
Cuba’s Cultural Resistance – Scottish Left Review
Cuba’s Cultural Resistance – Scottish Left Review
Calum Baird, the only Scottish artist to perform at the 2024 Havan Biennial in Cuba, sits down with Coll McCail to discuss Cuba's cultural resistance.
Fight Farage, but don’t support Swinney’s ‘unpopular front’ | Morning Star
Fight Farage, but don’t support Swinney’s ‘unpopular front’ | Morning Star
LAST Friday morning, Glasgow City Councillor Thomas Kerr took to social media to announce that, following a recent surge in recruitment, Reform UK now has more than 10,000 members in Scotland. If Kerr, a recent Tory defector, is correct, Nigel Farage’s party is now the country’s third-largest — and may yet surpass Scottish Labour.
Easter eggs trump child poverty in Scotland
Easter eggs trump child poverty in Scotland
'Mainstream' Scotland must grow a backbone if it wants to counter Reform UK
'Mainstream' Scotland must grow a backbone if it wants to counter Reform UK
Why Does FIFA Refuse to Sanction Israel?
Why Does FIFA Refuse to Sanction Israel?
Resisting the Work of the Gringos
Resisting the Work of the Gringos
Anti-Imperialism And Repression: Defending The Movement
Anti-Imperialism And Repression: Defending The Movement
Rebuilding Fortress Scotland
Rebuilding Fortress Scotland
Liberalism’s Collapse: From Washington to Edinburgh
Liberalism’s Collapse: From Washington to Edinburgh
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Keir Starmer, Anas Sarwar and why Labour has a Scotland problem
Keir Starmer, Anas Sarwar and why Labour has a Scotland problem
Scottish Nationalism's Industrial Crisis
Scottish Nationalism's Industrial Crisis
Why the Commonwealth Games are the last thing Glasgow needs in 2026
Why the Commonwealth Games are the last thing Glasgow needs in 2026
Scotland’s ‘generation Yes’ after a decade of disappointment
Scotland’s ‘generation Yes’ after a decade of disappointment
The Evaporating Protest Left – Scottish Left Review
The Evaporating Protest Left – Scottish Left Review
How Britain Did(nt) Vote: Apathy runs deep, ignore it at your peril
How Britain Did(nt) Vote: Apathy runs deep, ignore it at your peril
The Starmer Tsunami?
The Starmer Tsunami?
Third-party candidates will hope voters deliver Independents’ Day
Third-party candidates will hope voters deliver Independents’ Day
What is GB Energy Anyway?
What is GB Energy Anyway?
Starmer’s Campaign: Preparing For Power, Ignoring The Problems | Conter
Starmer’s Campaign: Preparing For Power, Ignoring The Problems | Conter
Surging student protests deserve our solidarity, not suppression
Surging student protests deserve our solidarity, not suppression
Scotland's Cartel Politics | Conter
Scotland's Cartel Politics | Conter
The UK has stopped arms sales to Israel before – why won't it now?
The UK has stopped arms sales to Israel before – why won't it now?
The enemy within,’ then and now
The enemy within,’ then and now
The Palestinian Surgeon Burying Balfour’s Legacy
The Palestinian Surgeon Burying Balfour’s Legacy
Journalistic freedom is on trial alongside Julian Assange
Journalistic freedom is on trial alongside Julian Assange
The (Un)Just Transition
The (Un)Just Transition
Lessons From Rochdale | Conter
Lessons From Rochdale | Conter
Why 2023 brought the end of Nicola Sturgeon's political consensus
Why 2023 brought the end of Nicola Sturgeon's political consensus
Smoke And Mirrors In The Scottish Budget | Conter
Smoke And Mirrors In The Scottish Budget | Conter
Labour MPs must back the SNP's Gaza ceasefire motion | The Herald
Labour MPs must back the SNP's Gaza ceasefire motion | The Herald
Pro-Palestine marches are not about 'hate'. They are about history
Pro-Palestine marches are not about 'hate'. They are about history
From the Ashes of Left Populism – Scottish Left Review
From the Ashes of Left Populism – Scottish Left Review
Anti-war organisation is needed now more than ever
Anti-war organisation is needed now more than ever
How The British State Fought Allende And Helped The Coup | Conter
How The British State Fought Allende And Helped The Coup | Conter
Scotland's teachers and pupils are crying out for education reform
Scotland's teachers and pupils are crying out for education reform
Operation Ajax: When Britain & The US Toppled Democracy In Iran | Conter
Operation Ajax: When Britain & The US Toppled Democracy In Iran | Conter
Defying Gravity: Reflections on the 2023 Cuba May Day Brigade
Defying Gravity: Reflections on the 2023 Cuba May Day Brigade
When Britain Sided With Franco | Conter
When Britain Sided With Franco | Conter
Under Sturgeon’s Shadow
Under Sturgeon’s Shadow
When Socialists Fought Against Versailles | Conter
When Socialists Fought Against Versailles | Conter
They’re right, this is Rigged
They’re right, this is Rigged
“A Tremendous Mess”: On the SNP Leadership Contest
“A Tremendous Mess”: On the SNP Leadership Contest
Privatising Scotland’s Trees
Privatising Scotland’s Trees
Nicola Sturgeon and Scotland’s Unspoken Political Consensus
Nicola Sturgeon and Scotland’s Unspoken Political Consensus
We inhabit purgatory. How do we get out? | Red Paper Collective
We inhabit purgatory. How do we get out? | Red Paper Collective
2022 in Review | Morning Star
2022 in Review | Morning Star
The Scottish Greens: The SNP’s Gardening Wing
The Scottish Greens: The SNP’s Gardening Wing
At COP26 in Glasgow, the Spirit of “Red Clydeside” Inspires Protests for a Green New Deal
At COP26 in Glasgow, the Spirit of “Red Clydeside” Inspires Protests for a Green New Deal
It’s Win or Die for Scottish Labour. So Why Is the Party Fighting to Lose? | Novara Media
It’s Win or Die for Scottish Labour. So Why Is the Party Fighting to Lose? | Novara Media
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