What is the Scottish Union for Education?
by Connor Beaton
Despite what its innocuous name suggests, the Scottish Union for Education is neither a trade union nor an advocate for the interests of teachers and teaching staff, Connor Beaton explains.
Junior doctors on strike: goodwill exhausted
by Ali Khan
Junior doctors in England are striking to preserve the future of the NHS — and their own mental health, writes Ali Khan.
A new phase of Ireland’s Second Land War
by Ewan Forrest
As mass evictions are set to resume in Ireland, housing activists retaliate.
What is the Gender Recognition Reform (GRR) Bill?
by Graham Checkley
Graham Checkley examines the content of the Gender Recognition Reform (GRR) Bill and highlights a problem for the left.
Scottish nurses to strike for fair pay and the future of the NHS
by Connor Beaton
Nursing workers across the whole of Scotland are set to strike next year for increased pay — and to defend the NHS.
Cairnryan blockaders pledge to return
by Michael MacLeod
Michael MacLeod, seafaring RMT member, reports on last week's blockade at Cairnryan in solidarity with sacked P&O Ferries workers.
Scotland’s tenants’ union at the crossroads
by Connor Beaton
Half a decade after transforming itself from a small campaigning organisation into a mass-membership tenants’ union, Living Rent now boasts over 2,000 members and a dozen branches across Scotland – a testament to its success in organising low- and middle-income renters in a challenging period where the politics of class and inequality have often been […]
At COP26, we march for more than just Independence
by Mike Picken
I very much welcome the change in direction by All Under One Banner (The National, 3 November) in recognising that the primary purpose of the COP26 mass demonstration on 6 November is about climate justice and the Global South, and not just another independence march that their previous publicity seemed to suggest. Saturday’s demonstration has been called […]
