- Issues - As New Labour and the
pro-capitalist press look for scapegoats to blame
for the banking crisis and recession, John Wight
looks at historical roots of the capitalist
crisis; March saw the 25th
anniversary of the start of the historic miners strike of 1984-85, Jock Penman
remembers the heroic struggle of the mining
communities and looks at the lessons of the
dispute; Twenty years on from the introduction of
the poll tax in Scotland Anne MacLeod interviews
Steve Arnott on the lessons of mass non-payment
and Tommy Sheridan celebrates the
poll tax refuseniks who brought down Thatcher.
- Science - As leading Green
activists sell the jerseys on nuclear power, Iain
MacLeod argues that renewables, not nuclear, are the only rational
answer to global climate change
- International
- March 28th marked the fall of
Madrid and victory for Franco's fascists in the Spanish Civil War. Stewart Hunter
commemorates the men and women who fought against
fascism in Spain; Tribute to former brigadista, James
Larkin (Jack) Jones who died in London on Tuesday,
April 21.
- The Big
Idea -
In the Bicentenary of Darwin's
birth, Steve Arnott begins a series of articles
on Darwinism and Marxism. In the opening chapter
he critically examines left attitudes to modern
Darwinian science and calls for an end to the
sterile nature vs. nurture debate.
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poetry and energy co-ops.
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