Scottish Left Review

Our latest issue is now online📰 “Duties Against Empire” features new writing on resisting rearmament, militarism, and genocide. With articles on football, windfarms, the future of the left, and much more. Read and subscribe now! scottishleftreview.scot scottishleftreview.scot/subscribe/

We ended today by reclaiming the spot the fascists had hoped to hold their final rally! Thank you to all the anti-racists, Trade unionists, Palestine activists and community activists who joined us today ✊

New article by Cailean Gallagher: The Jacobite groundwork of James Steuart’s Political Economy cambridge.org/core/journals/…

The Vietnam war sparked one of the greatest solidarity movements in history. 50 years on it is still difficult to comprehend the global significance of the conflict. scottishleftreview.scot/the-liberation…

It’s time for the peace and climate movements to get Britain’s nuclear proliferation back in the crosshairs By @ScottishCND's Samuel Rafanell-Williams scottishleftreview.scot/the-deterrence…

Great article by Sean O’Neill

The demonisation of football fans is a class issue, and if the left fail to tackle it the far-right stands to win. By Sean O'Neill. scottishleftreview.scot/towards-a-fair…

Under liberalism, our moral concepts have been lost to modernity, and we keep using words like “rights” or “justice” without them referring to anything meaningful. Quân Nguyen on Glasgow-born Alasdair MacIntyre (1929-2025) and his lessons for the Left. scottishleftreview.scot/whats-our-stor…

The far-right sees climate change as a welcome crisis and opportunity to harness energy. The ideology of this alliance is nothing new, write @ScotClimateCamp. scottishleftreview.scot/the-age-of-fos…

Scotland is receding into international irrelevance. Most of the Scottish commentariat barley even touch on international affairs. Where are the ideas and movements that can reverse this trend? @SophieJayJoe @Jonathon_Shafi scottishleftreview.scot/low-ebb/

The whole profit-making machine relies on working people’s wages being poured into it, year on year. What do we get in return? Shafted by inflated ticket prices. Demonised by media and politicians. Repressed by police. Fans are demanding a fairer deal. scottishleftreview.scot/towards-a-fair…

Ever so proud of the good people of Syros theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…

Packed @GlasgowStopWar meeting tonight with speakers including @andrewfeinstein and the great Stephen Kapos. A real determination in the room to redouble our solidarity efforts with Gaza and to defend civil liberties at home.

The Presbytery of Perth is an unlikely spearhead of solidarity action, but its role in a recent campaign proves the breadth of support for Palestine across Scotland’s oldest democratic institution. scottishleftreview.scot/editorial-duty…

Colin Fox of @The_SSP_ responds to the initiative, launched in our pages, to form a new left alliance for next year's Scottish Parliament elections. scottishleftreview.scot/the-problem-wi…

Thirty years since the mass murders in Srebrenica, whatever happened to ‘Never Again’? By @HenryMaitles scottishleftreview.scot/remembering-th…

A British spy plane set off for Gaza 45 minutes ago It will spend 5 hours over the besieged and starving Palestinian territory The intelligence collected will be provided to Israel But UK government refuses to say what parts of the Netanyahu regime it is handing the intel to

David Lammy today said intel from the RAF spy flights over Gaza is not going to the Israeli military But an Israeli military official told the New York Times that Britain is providing "intelligence from the air and cyberspace that Israel cannot collect its own" Lammy is a liar

Today in the Israeli Knesset (sign translation): “Meeting of the Lobby for the Renewal of Jewish Settlement in the Gaza Strip Topic: "The Gaza Riviera – From Vision to Reality" “ It’s not just rhetoric, they mean business. We have to stop the ethnic cleansing. Credit:…

The 5-day @ScotClimateCamp starts today. In our latest issue, the organisers define the enemy: fossil fascism: "The far-right sees climate change as a welcome crisis. Climate activists and their allies on the left need to wake up now and face the enemy"⬇️ scottishleftreview.scot/the-age-of-fos…