Scotland's Labour leader cannot continue to evade responsibility for the party's decline, argues LAUREN HARPER

by Andrew Murray, Political reporter 

The PM leaves office having squandered Labour’s electoral mandate and alienated its grassroots. He will not be missed, writes BRIAN LEISHMAN MP

ARTHUR WEST surveys the achievements of the Scottish campaign against South African apartheid and how we can draw on them to fight a rising far right

The present drive to war is a cynical and deliberate diversion from deteriorating living standards, argues MATT KERR

Rebuilding Labour’s working-class roots and organising power is essential if the party is to recover, says MERCEDES VILLALBA

Scotland's trade unions challenge politicians to tackle growth of the far right at its roots

MATT KERR takes stock of a night of by-elections, where the long repeated warnings for Labour and the political class remain stubbornly unheeded

MATTHEW HAWKINS explores the initiatives proposed by HEALING ARTS SCOTLAND

FRED BAYER says the cuts to the congress cycle could be disastrous for the Scottish trade union movement

Scottish Labour's leaders cannot keep blaming Westminster for the collapse at the ballot box, says VINCE MILLS

The new Scottish Parliament looks set to continue a cycle of managerial tinkering while public services face the axe, writes STEPHEN LOW

As Scotland heads to the polls, the main parties offer variations on the same script, says MATT KERR

As STUC Congress moves to a biennial format, TOM MORRISON warns of concerns over shrinking lay power

But that’s OK, says MATT KERR, as talking is what will help us get things done

A recent Union Street blaze showed firefighters at their best, but years of underfunding and job losses are stretching the service to its limits, writes JOHN McKENZIE

As the STUC gathers in an election year, the message to politicians is clear – continuing managed decline is unacceptable to Scotland’s workers, says ROZ FOYER

Inspired by Ireland’s success, Equity urges all parties to support a basic income for artists that could unlock talent and boost the economy, says MARLENE CURRAN

FINOLA SCOTT relishes a collection of verse in Scots that, among other things, meditates on the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu

As world leaders posture and local politicians bore, voters are left with a grim choice: despair, disengage — or start imagining something better, says MATT KERR

Labour’s approach to Scotland reveals a long-running tension between rhetoric and reality, warns PAULINE BRYAN

Art matters because stories, herstories, histories, and even flights of fancy matter, posits MATT KERR

After 27 years in Holyrood, the former first minister urged unity and respect — but,  says NEIL FINDLAY, her time in power told a very different story