The Point

Issue No. 3 - Spring 2013

 

New in The Point this week:

Special Independence Editorial: The Independence Campaign needs to move up a gear

UKIP and the End of Britain - Adrian Cruden

National campaign against Bedroom tax launched; Demo called - Ken Ross

Cuts, 'Community', and the politics of Town Hall - Gary Fraser

So Long - Now the dings have donged: Graeme McIver explores the musical legacy of Margaret Thatcher and asks "what's your favourite anti-maggie song?" 

 

 

This month:

Iain Banks: Is the Culture his greatest creation? - Steve Arnott 

Dreamers: an Independence poem by Andrew Barr

Capitalism's Achilles Heel Pt II -  Bruce Wallace

 

The Death of Margaret Thatcher - 3 articles

 

  

Graeme McIver looks at the death of Margaret Thatcher and argues that the left should not celebrate but organise to defeat Thatcher’s political legacy.

Margaret Thatcher is Dead and I Will Shed No Tears John Wight refuses to accept that Thatcher's death should be mourned or that her impact on British society and the world was anything other than a baneful one.

Margaret Thatcher The Point's Gary Fraser looks at the woman who divided a nation in life and death.

 

Other Recent Articles in The Point -

Shirley Gibb asks the question, "Is there hope for the Left in Scotland?"

John Wight reviews Ken Loach's new film, "The Spirit of '45"

Around the Blogs - we highlight some interesting and controversial articles currently doing the rounds in the newspapers, left wing blogs and political websites.

     

Core in our Spring Issue:

 

Editorial:   The Independence Campaign needs to move up a gear

 

Issues:         Eco-socialism – a personal view, Will Duckworth, Deputy Leader of

                                    the Green Party, England and Wales

 

                      Tommy Sheridan says stand up Against the Bedroom Tax

                      Ben Wray and Kezia Kinder on 5 reasons to Scrap Trident this April

                      Ana Dreyfuss-Quillon on corporate tax avoidance and what might  

                                   be done about it

                      Lives on the Line – Graeme McIver looks at gambling, capitalism

                                   and the working class

                      Sean Robertson on Independence and our national game

 

                      Robin McAlpine on The Jimmy Reid Foundation

                      Alex Salmond’s Jimmy Reid Memorial Lecture, reviewed by Gary

                                   Fraser

                     There’s a sex abuse time bomb still ticking, argues Bruce Wallace

 

Science:      Time and Space for a bit of fun with Spacebound Ape’s Big Science Quiz

 

Culture:        Do you hear the people sing?  Graeme McIver gets dragged to Les

                                     Miserables and finds the tears welling up, the big softie

                      Anne Edmonds reviews Nobel prize winning Jose Saramago’s

                                    Raised from the Ground

                      Adrian Cruden on Channel 4’s bloody cult hit Utopia

  

The Big Idea:      The Marxist theory of Crisis, part 1. Bruce Wallace looks at 

                                             Capitalism’s Achilles’ Heel  

        

History &:          John Wight on Lincoln; the man, the movie and a remarkable

Philosophy                    period in world history

                                        Just what is it with the Ultra Left and Crime? 

                                                          Gary Fraser investigates

International:          Steve L. Mowat, Impressions of China

                                   Dreams that Die, Hollywood, war, Ben Affleck, and the

                                                Communist Manifesto – an extract from John Wight’s new book

 

                                               Cuba 2012 – an essay in pictures, Steve Arnott