Scottish Left Review
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The Scottish Left Review is a bi-monthly publication of the political-left in Scotland
. Established in 2000 by several figures of the Scottish left including Henry McCubbin
, Jimmy Reid
, Roseanna Cunningham
and John McAllion
it collects articles on a number of issues written by various individuals. Contributions come from members of all parties of the Scottish left, and none.
Its current editorial committee consists of Scottish Green Party
politician Mark Ballard
, Liberal Democrat
Moira Craig, Scottish Socialist Party
leader Colin Fox
, Academic and author Gregor Gall
, peace activist Isobel Lindsay, Leigh Matthews, former Labour politician John McAllion, Robin McAlpine, Scottish Young Greens
convener Peter McColl and former MEP Henry McCubbin.
In their May/June 2008 edition, the journal claimed issues that the SLR has consistently been raising, are finally becoming mainstream, such as concern about climate change
, opposition to wars
and nuclear weapons, the problems with PFI
, the need for economic regulation and the downsides of economic globalisation.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. Established in 2000 by several figures of the Scottish left including Henry McCubbin
Henry McCubbin
Henry Bell McCubbin is a Scottish politician. After a career as a film cameraman for television companies, he served one term in the European Parliament for the Labour Party; more recently he has left the party, but remains involved in politics.-Early career:McCubbin was born in Glasgow and...
, Jimmy Reid
Jimmy Reid
James "Jimmy" Reid was a Scottish trade union activist, orator, politician, and journalist born in Govan, Glasgow. His role as spokesman and one of the leaders in the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Work-in between June 1971 and October 1972 attracted international recognition...
, Roseanna Cunningham
Roseanna Cunningham
Roseanna Cunningham is the Scottish Government's Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs and Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Perthshire South and Kinross-shire, having previously represented Perth.-Early life:Raised in Australia, she returned to Scotland and...
and John McAllion
John McAllion
John McAllion is a former Labour Party convener of Tayside Regional Council, Member of Parliament and Member of the Scottish Parliament , and a campaigner for Oxfam in Scotland...
it collects articles on a number of issues written by various individuals. Contributions come from members of all parties of the Scottish left, and none.
Its current editorial committee consists of Scottish Green Party
Scottish Green Party
The Scottish Green Party is a green party in Scotland. It has two MSPs in the devolved Scottish Parliament, Alison Johnstone, representing Lothian, and Patrick Harvie, for Glasgow.-Organisation:...
politician Mark Ballard
Mark Ballard
Mark Ballard is a former Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Lothians region between 2003 and 2007, representing the Scottish Green Party and was Lord Rector of the University of Edinburgh between 2006 and 2009...
, Liberal Democrat
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
Moira Craig, Scottish Socialist Party
Scottish Socialist Party
The Scottish Socialist Party is a left-wing Scottish political party. Positioning itself significantly to the left of Scotland's centre-left parties, the SSP campaigns on a socialist economic platform and for Scottish independence....
leader Colin Fox
Colin Fox
Colin Fox is the national spokesperson of the Scottish Socialist Party, and a former member for Lothian in the Scottish Parliament...
, Academic and author Gregor Gall
Gregor Gall
Gregor Gall is a British left-wing academic and writer. He is research professor of industrial relations at the University of Hertfordshire, but lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was previously professor of industrial relations at the University of Stirling...
, peace activist Isobel Lindsay, Leigh Matthews, former Labour politician John McAllion, Robin McAlpine, Scottish Young Greens
Scottish Young Greens
The Scottish Young Greens is the youth wing of the Scottish Green Party. It formally, and amicably, split from the Young Greens of England and Wales in 2003, more than ten years after their parent organisations had similarly split. The two still work closely together...
convener Peter McColl and former MEP Henry McCubbin.
In their May/June 2008 edition, the journal claimed issues that the SLR has consistently been raising, are finally becoming mainstream, such as concern about climate change
Climate change
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
, opposition to wars
Anti-war
An anti-war movement is a social movement, usually in opposition to a particular nation's decision to start or carry on an armed conflict, unconditional of a maybe-existing just cause. The term can also refer to pacifism, which is the opposition to all use of military force during conflicts. Many...
and nuclear weapons, the problems with PFI
Private Finance Initiative
The private finance initiative is a way of creating "public–private partnerships" by funding public infrastructure projects with private capital...
, the need for economic regulation and the downsides of economic globalisation.