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PEACE 🕊️ SOCIALISM 🚩 INDEPENDENCE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 CLIMATE ✳️ It’s time for a Scotland that puts All of Us First.

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The Common Weal@Common_Weal
19 Jul 2025
Robin McAlpine says we have a financial services sector whose purpose is to take money away from you and not to support the economy.
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22 Nov 2025
Is Scotland squandering its offshore potential? Almost four years on from the ScotWind leasing round, Dave Moxham (@ScottishTUC) and Laurie Macfarlane (@FutureEconScot) offer their perspectives. Listen to the latest episode of Nest of Fearties now: buff.ly/4bAhXVT
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23 Nov 2025
Laurie Macfarlane (@L__Macfarlane) sets out who owns ScotWind.
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16 Dec 2025
It's time to give Scotland's land back to the people, says Rory Hamilton (@rory_hamiltonnn).
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Robin McAlpine reports back from the @ReviveCoalition conference. His main takeaway? Real land reform is coming, just not from this crop of politicians…
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Dr Craig Dalzell uncovers the bizarre and nefarious ways companies like BlackRock eat away at the ordinary things in your life. Link below 🔗
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“Scotland needs a better way of managing its manufacturing and service economy.” commonweal.scot/articles/mag…

Private equity ate my cats’ lunch — Common Weal

How private equity ate my cats’ lunch and what it tells us about modern Capitalism.

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7 Nov 2025
The pace of change in Scotland is glacial, says Stella Rooney.
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Dr Craig Dalzell in @ScotNational argues that a Scottish Energy Development Agency would address both energy and land ownership injustices. Link below 🔗
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“Communities have been left alone to fight each application individually when it turns out they are all facing the same spin everywhere.” commonweal.scot/articles/mag…

This Skye wind farm fight shows Scotland's national energy injustice — Common Weal

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Future Economy Scotland@FutureEconScot
5 Nov 2025
Scotland’s offshore wind should power a fairer future - not just profits for distant shareholders. The wind belongs to all of us. We should all have a stake in our energy future. 🧵
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After 3 years with us, Policy Communications Coordinator Kaitlin Dryburgh bids us a fond farewell as she moves onto pastures new. Kaitlin has been a wonderful and consistent part of the team, she will be sorely missed. Read her words at the link below 🔗
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“After more than 1,000 days, 3 FMs, 4 PMs I have learned that setbacks are inevitable, and progress rarely as swift as we want it to be, but that Scotland is full of extraordinary people with extraordinary ideas.” commonweal.scot/articles/mag…

Three years of learning — Common Weal

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Robin McAlpine says our reliance on technology has whittled away at society’s capacity for resilience. Link below 🔗
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“I increasingly think that states which don’t have wholly-public systems managed and controlled by a single agency are in trouble. Having society rely on a patchwork of private business interests just to phone the doctor is madness.” commonweal.scot/articles/mag…

This is a warning — Common Weal

We take modern digital connectivity for granted - too for granted. We are woefully ill-prepared for inevitable and possibly catastrophic outages.

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REVIVE@ReviveCoalition
6 Nov 2025
REVIVE's reaction to Land Reform Bill passing in the Scottish Parliament => revive.scot/land-reform-bill… This fires the starting gun for our conference as we aim to build the most ambitious legislation ever, after the next election! 👇 perththeatreandconcerthall.c…
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7 Nov 2025
As buildings crumble, services slide and bills soar, workers and tenants in Scotland’s largest city are battling back against decline. 🎧 Listen to ‘A Glasgow We Can Afford’ w/ Paul Shaw (@GetGlesgaMoving) and Stella Rooney (@Glasgow_LR) now: buff.ly/WKfXBHH
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As with most legislation in Scotland, progress and change is held up with mountains of (often self-inflicted bureaucracy). @BetterBusesSPT needs you to demand your MSP takes action to improve transport in Glasgow.
Better Buses for Strathclyde@BetterBusesSPT
23 Oct 2025
Why are we still waiting for Better Buses? 🚌 In Sept, @SPTcorporate finally approved plans to take our buses back into public control 👏 But @ScotGov are now holding things up!😠 Watch & share our new animation and email your MSPs to demand action👇 📨 betterbuses.uk/strathclyde/#…
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Paul Shaw@PaulShaww
27 Oct 2025
paulshaw94ps.substack.com/p/… Buses In Scotland - How Do We Get Out of This Mess? Watch our animation to find out then complete our e-action!
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Better Buses for Strathclyde@BetterBusesSPT
23 Oct 2025
Why are we still waiting for Better Buses? 🚌 In Sept, @SPTcorporate finally approved plans to take our buses back into public control 👏 But @ScotGov are now holding things up!😠 Watch & share our new animation and email your MSPs to demand action👇 📨 betterbuses.uk/strathclyde/#…
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Scottish CND@ScottishCND
5 Nov 2025
Kate Whitaker of @FoEScot at our conference this past weekend, discussing the relationship between climate collapse and intensifying conflict worldwide:
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