Socialists Must Join The Fight Against AI Data Centres
Harry Mackle outlines the key issues in the fight against AI Data Centres, and makes the case for why socialists must join that fight.
Harry Mackle
06.08.2026
Opinion
Fighting for the Soul of the Scottish Working Class: Reflections from the TUiC Opening Day
Groundel presents Forth Valley’s Trade Unions in Communities (TUiC) as a hopeful revival of nineteenth-century working-class solidarity, arguing that by rebuilding grassroots infrastructure and delivering real material support in places like Falkirk, TUiC offers a practical and moral blueprint for resisting deindustrialisation, digital alienation, and the rise of the far right in contemporary Scotland.
Groundel
03.03.2026
What the Epstein Files Reveal About Power and Patriarchy
Beau Gallagher argues that the Epstein revelations expose a global network of elite power, patriarchy, and class privilege that enables abuse and corruption.
Beau Gallagher
01.03.2026
Who Profits From a Woman’s Fear of Ageing?
Anna Loxley examines how societal pressures, influencer culture, and profit-driven beauty conditions women to fear ageing.
Anna Loxley
01.03.2026
No, Scottish Independence Does Not Mean Austerity: We Can Build a Radical Economic Alternative
Josh Parsonage dismantles the claim that Scottish independence would demand a decade of austerity, arguing instead for a radical economic alternative.
Josh Parsonage
18.02.2026
A Socialist Introduction to the Issue of Porn
Anna Loxley explores how the porn industry reflects capitalist exploitation, shapes young people’s understanding of sex and relationships, and is adverse to the socialist ideals of equality and collective liberation.
Anna Loxley
11.02.2026
Does the Left have a Rural Problem?
As inheritance taxes spark nationwide protest and rural communities slip to the far right, one question remains – why has the left been silent?
Groundel
03.09.2025
Left-Transphobia: An Overview and Critique
Enough time has passed from the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the Equality Act to allow us to properly observe a phenomenon which has been
Ben Alker
23.07.2025
Raptors and Landlords
Raptors, also known as Birds of Prey, are hypercarnivorous bird species. In Scotland you can find eighteen different species including Golden Eagles, Peregrine Falcons, and
Finlay Stevenson
31.05.2025
Wider Europe, Dark Red America and Socialist Scotland
The new American regime presents Europe with a choice, and as we Scots are bound to Britain, so too are we bound to the dilemmas
Ben Alker
26.04.2025
The Crisis Facing Scottish Universities
Scottish universities are in crisis. Dundee University faces losing 632 full time jobs (20% of its workforce) to deal with a £35 million deficit. Several
Harry Mackle
23.03.2025
Labour’s Welfare Cuts Are The Most Violent Act of Class Warfare Since Thatcher
The UK Government has taken its neo-liberal agenda to our society’s most vulnerable, slashing up to £5 billion from welfare in a brutal act of
Josh Parsonage
20.03.2025
What hope is there for wildlife under capitalism?
This year, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List changed the conservation status of the Western European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) from
Finlay Stevenson
10.12.2024
The Land Question in Scotland
Land Today Land reform holds a less prominent place among the policies of leftwing groups than it once did, at least within Western nations. As
Finlay Stevenson
25.09.2024
A Case Against Endless Growth
Endless expansion of industrial production under a new red banner will still destroy the planet’s ecosystems and endanger all life on Earth – degrowth must become a key component of our economic planning.
Finlay Stevenson
07.04.2024
Socialism Needs A New Face
Various organisations seem to recognise the disconnect between ordinary people and the socialist movement. Many believe to be addressing it, but are they really?
Josh Parsonage
06.04.2024
Changing Scottish Drug Policy
Young socialists are calling for an end to the failed war on drugs. It’s time for a new approach: help, not harm.
Help Not Harm
25.05.2023
What do we do about statues?
Is it time to tear all statues down and build new ones? And if not, which statues should we keep? And what does that choice say about us?
Simi Borovská
22.01.2023
Grassroots Organising & Scottish Football
As socialists, we should be inspired by the organisation and activism that fan owned football clubs provide to their communities.
Andy Paterson
17.07.2022
A Nuclear Scotland?
Radioactive waste and nuclear meltdowns have become a bogeyman for our generation. It’s past time to get serious about low-carbon power.
Morgan Lewis-Wilson
08.06.2022
