Jimmy Reid Foundation
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Scottish think tank founded in memory of trade unionist Jimmy Reid, to continue his legacy of radical political thinking and action. His words still echo.
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Jimmy Reid Memorial Lecture 2025 – The Jimmy Reid Foundation
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If you were unable to attend the memorial lecture or would like to hear Professor Ghassan Abu-Sittah again, you can watch the lecture on our YouTube channel or read the transcript here. reidfoundation.scot/2025/08/jimm...
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“By this time we were both moving crabwise, heads tilted, systematically scanning the shelves…”
Voltaire & Rousseau, a second-hand bookshop in Glasgow, has made at least one science-fictional literary appearance to date, in THE STONE CANAL by @amendlocke.bsky.social
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Voltaire & Rousseau, a second-hand bookshop in Glasgow, has made at least one science-fictional literary appearance to date, in THE STONE CANAL by @amendlocke.bsky.social
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November 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
“By this time we were both moving crabwise, heads tilted, systematically scanning the shelves…”
Voltaire & Rousseau, a second-hand bookshop in Glasgow, has made at least one science-fictional literary appearance to date, in THE STONE CANAL by @amendlocke.bsky.social
💙📚
bookriot.com/voltaire-and...
Voltaire & Rousseau, a second-hand bookshop in Glasgow, has made at least one science-fictional literary appearance to date, in THE STONE CANAL by @amendlocke.bsky.social
💙📚
bookriot.com/voltaire-and...
Scotland’s green energy boom - who really benefits? Community reaction. A key question from who is benefitting – is the issue of foreign-ownership. www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...
Who really benefits from Scotland’s green energy revolution?
Across Scotland, communities question who profits from the green energy boom as foreign ownership rises and local benefits fail to materialise.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Scotland’s green energy boom - who really benefits? Community reaction. A key question from who is benefitting – is the issue of foreign-ownership. www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...
Is there a strong economic case for dropping the two-child benefits cap? This is what the evidence tells us. The limit was introduced to cut the welfare bill, but at what cost? Scrapping it could take 500k out of child poverty. theconversation.com/is-there-a-s...
Is there a strong economic case for dropping the two-child benefits cap? This is what the evidence tells us
The limit was introduced to cut the welfare bill, but at what cost?
theconversation.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Is there a strong economic case for dropping the two-child benefits cap? This is what the evidence tells us. The limit was introduced to cut the welfare bill, but at what cost? Scrapping it could take 500k out of child poverty. theconversation.com/is-there-a-s...
‘Honest John’ gets caught out on Scots income tax levels. Or, merchant banker objects to his wealthy pals paying more tax. This rant is an evidence free zone of complete mince. www.heraldscotland.com/politics/hol...
‘Honest John’ gets caught out on Scots income tax levels
Scotland’s tangled income tax system delivers pennies to the low-paid while hammering middle earners and driving talent away — all to fund a…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:39 AM
‘Honest John’ gets caught out on Scots income tax levels. Or, merchant banker objects to his wealthy pals paying more tax. This rant is an evidence free zone of complete mince. www.heraldscotland.com/politics/hol...
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🔴 NEW: A Russian oligarch praised by Vladimir Putin has amassed a property portfolio in the UK under the veil of secretive offshore trusts.
Anti-corruption campaigners say our investigation is a “shocking indictment” of the UK’s “dirty money” defences
www.theferret.scot/r...
Anti-corruption campaigners say our investigation is a “shocking indictment” of the UK’s “dirty money” defences
www.theferret.scot/r...
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔴 NEW: A Russian oligarch praised by Vladimir Putin has amassed a property portfolio in the UK under the veil of secretive offshore trusts.
Anti-corruption campaigners say our investigation is a “shocking indictment” of the UK’s “dirty money” defences
www.theferret.scot/r...
Anti-corruption campaigners say our investigation is a “shocking indictment” of the UK’s “dirty money” defences
www.theferret.scot/r...
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Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
Is the Office for Budget Responsibility anti-democratic? The OBR wields power not through policy decisions but through the narratives it constructs. Its Economic and Fiscal Outlooks do not simply describe the economy; they frame it. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Is the Office for Budget Responsibility anti-democratic? | British Politics and Policy at LSE
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) plays a pivotal role in shaping fiscal policy. But, it may also inadvertently constrain political imagination.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Is the Office for Budget Responsibility anti-democratic? The OBR wields power not through policy decisions but through the narratives it constructs. Its Economic and Fiscal Outlooks do not simply describe the economy; they frame it. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Supporting workplace learning. The latest round of the Scottish Government’s Union Learning Fund will support 23 programmes in sectors ranging from social care to the steel industry. www.gov.scot/news/support...
Supporting workplace learning
Strengthening skills development.
www.gov.scot
November 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Supporting workplace learning. The latest round of the Scottish Government’s Union Learning Fund will support 23 programmes in sectors ranging from social care to the steel industry. www.gov.scot/news/support...
Where is the left? Radical organising was once backed up by a network of physical spaces, with many examples in Glasgow. How can we rebuild them to support the movements we need now? newint.org/protest/2025...
Where is the left?
Radical organizing was once backed up by a network of physical spaces. How can we rebuild them to support the movements we need now? By Rosie Hampton.
newint.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Where is the left? Radical organising was once backed up by a network of physical spaces, with many examples in Glasgow. How can we rebuild them to support the movements we need now? newint.org/protest/2025...
How to make new housing estates work for the people who live there. Lack of public transport and limited availability of schools, childcare facilities or GP surgeries are making life harder in new developments. theconversation.com/how-to-make-...
How to make new housing estates work for the people who live there
Lack of public transport and limited availability of schools, childcare facilities or GP surgeries are making life harder in new developments.
theconversation.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:23 AM
How to make new housing estates work for the people who live there. Lack of public transport and limited availability of schools, childcare facilities or GP surgeries are making life harder in new developments. theconversation.com/how-to-make-...
Trump’s tariffs threaten the future of global innovation – UK tech could be collateral damage. UK is exposed because of its post-Brexit positioning. It trades independently from the EU but is still tightly intertwined with it, particularly in tech sectors. theconversation.com/trumps-tarif...
Trump’s tariffs threaten the future of innovation – and UK tech could be collateral damage
Innovation thrives on collaboration and trust acros borders – tariffs undermine this.
theconversation.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Trump’s tariffs threaten the future of global innovation – UK tech could be collateral damage. UK is exposed because of its post-Brexit positioning. It trades independently from the EU but is still tightly intertwined with it, particularly in tech sectors. theconversation.com/trumps-tarif...
Audit Scotland: “Devolved taxes are growing Holyrood’s budget, but their impact is weakened by Scotland’s lower earnings and employment growth compared with the rest of the UK.” Scotland needs to be more radical on workplace ill health and Fair Work. www.holyrood.com/news/view,lo...
Lower wages reducing impact of Scottish taxation, Audit Scotland finds
Auditor General calls for transparency over impact of tax choices
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November 13, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Audit Scotland: “Devolved taxes are growing Holyrood’s budget, but their impact is weakened by Scotland’s lower earnings and employment growth compared with the rest of the UK.” Scotland needs to be more radical on workplace ill health and Fair Work. www.holyrood.com/news/view,lo...
All your data belongs to us: the rise of Palantir. A company that has facilitated the genocide in Gaza and mines social media and phone location records for ICE. Do we really want to be handing over government data to them? www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
All your data belongs to us: the rise of Palantir
A biography of the tech company’s founder Alex Karp reveals the philosophy behind its troubling conquest of the world
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November 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
All your data belongs to us: the rise of Palantir. A company that has facilitated the genocide in Gaza and mines social media and phone location records for ICE. Do we really want to be handing over government data to them? www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
Why Scotland's teachers want 90 minutes back. it is almost five years since the SNP's election manifesto promise to cut class contact time by 90 minutes a week to give teachers more time for activities such as lesson preparation and marking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why Scotland's teachers want 90 minutes back
Scotland's teachers are preparing to vote on industrial action over workload and time spent in front of pupils.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Why Scotland's teachers want 90 minutes back. it is almost five years since the SNP's election manifesto promise to cut class contact time by 90 minutes a week to give teachers more time for activities such as lesson preparation and marking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Bad wealth made good: how to tackle Britain’s twin faultlines of low growth and rising inequality. Over the past half-century, a rising share of economic activity in the UK and other rich countries has been connected with ‘bad’ wealth accumulation. theconversation.com/bad-wealth-m...
Bad wealth made good: how to tackle Britain’s twin faultlines of low growth and rising inequality
Over the past half-century, a rising share of economic activity in the UK and other rich countries has been connected with ‘bad’ wealth accumulation.
theconversation.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Bad wealth made good: how to tackle Britain’s twin faultlines of low growth and rising inequality. Over the past half-century, a rising share of economic activity in the UK and other rich countries has been connected with ‘bad’ wealth accumulation. theconversation.com/bad-wealth-m...
Muscatelli report: What will it take to grow Scotland's economy? Note that the promise doesn't mention councils. Regional economic strategy is important, but so is the truly local economy. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Muscatelli report: What will it take to grow Scotland's economy?
Prof Anton Muscatelli's report calls for a range of reforms to planning, business rates and skills in Scotland.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Muscatelli report: What will it take to grow Scotland's economy? Note that the promise doesn't mention councils. Regional economic strategy is important, but so is the truly local economy. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why threats to academic freedom are growing (395 documented cases) – and how universities can respond to intimidation. When scholarship is politically steered, the public loses access to evidence and the means to hold power to account. theconversation.com/why-threats-...
Why threats to academic freedom are growing – and how universities can respond to intimidation
When scholarship is politically steered, the public loses access to evidence and the means to hold power to account.
theconversation.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Why threats to academic freedom are growing (395 documented cases) – and how universities can respond to intimidation. When scholarship is politically steered, the public loses access to evidence and the means to hold power to account. theconversation.com/why-threats-...
Will China win the AI race? China’s state-led industrial policy aligns research, infrastructure and industry than the more fragmented western system can struggle to match. US has the chips, energy and computer capacity. Although, does it really matter who ‘wins’? theconversation.com/will-china-w...
Will China win the AI race?
Nvidia boss Jensen Huang is warning that China could pull ahead. Two experts offer opposing views on whether he’s right.
theconversation.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Will China win the AI race? China’s state-led industrial policy aligns research, infrastructure and industry than the more fragmented western system can struggle to match. US has the chips, energy and computer capacity. Although, does it really matter who ‘wins’? theconversation.com/will-china-w...
Muscatelli urges minsters to 'think' about tax divergence. It is unlikely that ministers are not ‘thinking’ about this, but as he concedes, “Now, we do not have really fantastic evidence on all this yet.” Speaking to ‘a few people’ is not evidence. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2560802...
‘People are being put off’: Muscatelli urges minsters to 'think' about tax divergence
Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli has warned Scotland risks deterring workers and investment if it continues to diverge too far from UK income tax…
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November 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Muscatelli urges minsters to 'think' about tax divergence. It is unlikely that ministers are not ‘thinking’ about this, but as he concedes, “Now, we do not have really fantastic evidence on all this yet.” Speaking to ‘a few people’ is not evidence. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2560802...
Huge amounts of plastic waste goes unnoticed – here’s what to do about it. Plastic pollution is often hidden in plain sight – behind positive “eco” or “recyclable” labels, within supply chains and under the convenience of online shopping. theconversation.com/huge-amounts...
Huge amounts of plastic waste goes unnoticed – here’s what to do about it
Plastic pollution is often hidden in plain sight – behind positive “eco” or “recyclable” labels, within supply chains and under the convenience of online shopping.
theconversation.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Huge amounts of plastic waste goes unnoticed – here’s what to do about it. Plastic pollution is often hidden in plain sight – behind positive “eco” or “recyclable” labels, within supply chains and under the convenience of online shopping. theconversation.com/huge-amounts...
When I met Jimmy Reid, his 'no bevvy' line belonged to another era. “He has been Scotland’s great rallying figure over the last four decades, and was one of the few political figures who can genuinely say that they provoked real change for the better.” www.heraldscotland.com/news/2560713...
Diehard socialist Jimmy Reid spurned the chance to be stockbroker
This week: Jimmy Reid
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November 9, 2025 at 8:34 AM
When I met Jimmy Reid, his 'no bevvy' line belonged to another era. “He has been Scotland’s great rallying figure over the last four decades, and was one of the few political figures who can genuinely say that they provoked real change for the better.” www.heraldscotland.com/news/2560713...
Minister talks a good game, but is he ready to act? In the real world, colleges have faced a real terms funding cut of 20% over the course of this parliament alone, and if things don’t change, then some of them are going to have to start closing campuses. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2560416...
Minister talks a good game, but is he ready to act?
Education specialist and former lecturer James McEnaney reflects on his discussion with the man overseeing the country’s colleges and universities
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November 9, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Minister talks a good game, but is he ready to act? In the real world, colleges have faced a real terms funding cut of 20% over the course of this parliament alone, and if things don’t change, then some of them are going to have to start closing campuses. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2560416...
Imagined immigration is shaping our politics. Exposes the wide-spread misconceptions about the levels and type of immigration to the country, but warn that myth-busting is not enough to alleviate people’s concerns. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Imagined immigration is shaping our politics | British Politics and Policy at LSE
Immigration has become the number one political priority for the public. But there is one problem: this immigration is imagined, it doesn't really exist.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 8, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Imagined immigration is shaping our politics. Exposes the wide-spread misconceptions about the levels and type of immigration to the country, but warn that myth-busting is not enough to alleviate people’s concerns. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
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A major protest has been held outside the offices of Grand Theft Auto developers Rockstar Games in Edinburgh, after more than 30 staff were allegedly sacked for trade union activity.
November 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
A major protest has been held outside the offices of Grand Theft Auto developers Rockstar Games in Edinburgh, after more than 30 staff were allegedly sacked for trade union activity.