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Christopher Silver

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Month: August 2021

Culture, Politics Posted on30th August 202130th August 2021

To move beyond the culture wars, we must tackle the loneliness of capitalism

Whatever stage of life it hit you at, the pandemic has accentuated the process of ageing.  Whether you’re seventeen or seventy-one, there is a sense […] Read More

Politics Posted on21st August 202125th August 2021

More than politics? The SNP/Green deal can be a victory for social movements

Marked by the emergence of  a diverse social movement, mass political self-education, and panic at the pinnacle of the British state – the heady days […] Read More

Climate Change, Scottish Politics Posted on13th August 202125th August 2021

Scotland’s choice: oil or freedom?

By the end of 2021 the city of Glasgow will become shorthand for a landmark moment in human history; one way or another. As things […] Read More

Islands Posted on6th August 202125th August 2021

Power to the Islands!

In 1970 the island of Papa Stour, one of the fifteen smaller inhabited isles in Shetland, made headlines by advertising in a national newspaper for […] Read More

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