Is ambition our choice, or our chains?
“Why have we become obsessed with ‘self-fulfillment’,” asked Shiv Malik. “Why do we now feel our jobs need to be of great global significance rather than just a living?” “We…
Internal decisions
Marco is SNP MSP for Edinburgh Central Amongst the pronouncements of the department for stating the bleedin’ obvious must rank Alan Milburn’s observation two years ago in the Fair Access…
A generation’s choice
This piece first appeared on the Edinburgh Green Party blog Edinburgh’s Meadows in the spring sun are always a sight – scattered with revising students and pink cherry blossom. I imagine…
Class Activism
I wanted to write a response to the previous article about the anti cuts movement because frankly, I'm obsessed with class (I can't even make a curry without wittering on…
Chips on our shoulders; Class Food and the Jilted Generation
This is a cross post from our new spin off recipe blog 101 ways to cook mushrooms - where it is the introduction to an excellent curry recipe. I read…
On immigration
It is very tempting for the liberal left to scream "racist" every time the subject of immigration comes up. But if we do so without understanding the material problems for…
Against social mobility: equality, class and the Jilted Generation.
This week Nick Clegg announced a new strategy to improve social mobility in the UK. Firms will have to advertise work experience in schools, they'll have to allow staff time…
Strike! University lecturers to take industrial action over pension changes.
Last week members of the Universities and Colleges Union (UCU) at over 60 universities across the UK voted to take strike action in defence of our pensions. 65% voted to…
Freedom from the curse of oil
Is the writing on the wall of the house of cards? Will dictators across the Middle East fall? While Mubarak clings to power Yemen and Jordan have already seen significant…
For Our Generation it’s the Greens or it’s Nothing
Our generation has taken a beating. Where the Thatcher government waged a thinly disguised class war, our generation has been under attack for the past 13 years. The anger we’ve…