One year in Erskine
Nathan Hennebry discusses the Erskine hotel demonstrations of the past year and how deprived communities can fight for their living standards.
William Gallacher – Reminiscences of Lenin
Willie Gallacher served as a Communist MP for West Fife in Scotland from 1935-1950, and as a member of the Red Clydeside movement, where he played a very important part in the rise of socialism in Britain. Here we republish his writings on his meetings with Lenin, ahead of the formation of the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1920:
<strong>Scotland needs a movement to fight for peace in 2023</strong>
In light of the increasingly tumultuous state of world affairs, Johnnie Hunter discusses the need for a revived peace movement in Scotland and the rest of Britain.
What comes next for the student movement?
A wave of militancy has swept across British campuses. Jack Davidson argues students must link their fight to the broader class struggle, to ensure continued success.
Scotland’s drug problem
In the wake of the Scottish government’s complete failure to remedy the drug death epidemic, Phill Kelly discusses the magnitude of this tragedy, and how the only effective response is the communist response
Hard-won progress for Scottish local authority workers
Strike action by Unite, GMB, and Unison in Scottish local authorities this year was a heroic but difficult fight, with unions facing many hurdles in the process.
UK Supreme Court ruling leaves Scottish referendum hopes in doubt
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that Scotland cannot hold a new independence referendum without the UK parliament’s approval. In a unanimous judgement, the court argued the matter of an independence referendum was reserved for Westminster, not Holyrood
Nothing to see here: entertainment venues facing mass closures in Scotland
MSPs have warned that the epidemic and rising expenses have created a “perfect storm” for Scotland’s cultural sector.
According to Holyrood’s culture committee, the sector is grappling with serious issues as it tries to recover from COVID-19, and the cost-of-living crisis is making matters worse.
Scottish capital for Scottish capitalists
The future is “inherently unpredictable,” First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told the gathered journalists at Bute House. So unpredictable is the future that the SNP have planned Scotland’s demise – or glory – in 100 pages worth of detail in “A Stronger Economy with Independence”.
MTRP Scotland statement
Make The Rich Pay is a retaliation of the masses, who refuse to suffer for an economic crisis they didn’t cause. The MTRP Scotland team have composed this statement on their recent activity.
