Scotland’s rapidly growing support for Reform UK is the result of a profound crisis of trust in mainstream politics — one that progressives share, and must harness, writes DEREK THOMSON
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Scotland’s education crisis demands bold vision
The devastating impact of austerity has left Scotland’s education system on its knees, argues ANDREA BRADLEY, urging politicians to show courage by increasing wealth taxation to fund our schools properly
COLL McCAIL rejects the Scottish Establishment’s attempt at an ‘elite lockout’ of Reform UK and says the unions should be wary of co-option by their class enemies in Holyrood just to keep one set of austerity-mongers in power instead of Reform UK
That Scotland was an active participant and beneficiary of colonialism and slavery is not a question of blame games and guilt peddling, but a crucial fact assessing the class nature of the questions of devolution and independence, writes VINCE MILLS
On the 80th anniversary of liberation from Nazi-fascism, left forces in Italy mobilise against genocide, armament, and the Meloni government, reports ANA VRACAR
After a ruinous run at Tolkien, the streaming platforms are moving on to Narnia — a naff mix of religious allegory, colonial attitudes, and thinly veiled prejudices that is beyond rescuing, writes STEPHEN ARNELL
Congress can chart a bold course that will force meaningful transformation for the people of Scotland
ANYONE looking to count the challenges facing the Scottish education system wouldn’t have far to look for them and would need more than the fingers on two hands to count them all.
EIS members in every sector are struggling to deliver quality education on bargain basement budgets due to successive years of political decision-making since 2010 in Westminster and at Holyrood, that short-changes our students and exacts more labour from the education workforce than is actually paid for through salaries.
In early years, the teacher-to-child ratio is sitting at 1:131 despite the swathes of evidence showing that getting it right in the earliest stages of a child’s education is critical, not only to their future educational progress, but this has lifelong and society-wide implications. Qualified teachers are essential for getting pre-school quality education right, yet their numbers have been decimated over the past decade.
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After a wave of activity in the build-up to the ballot, our members have delivered a stunning mandate for industrial action on pay that deserves universal support, writes Educational Institute of Scotland general secretary ANDREA BRADLEY
