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UK and Scottish Governments silent on potential foreign intervention against the South American government ANTI-WAR CAMPAIGNERS have condemned US policy on Venezuela, following revelations that the Trump administration held secret meetings over...

10 years on from the financial crash, how Britain was brought to the brink of collapse A DECADE on from the crash of 2008, major questions are still unanswered about...

Membership must be the ultimate decision makers on Growth Comission proposals councillor argues AFTER the SNP's final National Assembly in Edinburgh on Sunday  to discuss the SNP's Growth Commission proposals in Edinburgh,...

Common Weal calls for the creation of a publicly owned energy company (POEC) with the goals of creating new energy infrastructure, accelerating energy system reform, increasing public engagement with the...

CommonSpace wants to hear your ideas on alternatives to bankruptocracy during our special week of coverage – email ben@common.scot 15 SEPTEMBER will be exactly 10 years since the Lehmann Brothers US...

Film critic Scott Wilson asks if American Animals, a film validating toxic masculinity-fuelled crime, is really what the world needs right now American Animals – ★☆☆☆☆ american-animals.jpg Dissecting the heist genre in his recent...

Beyond the Noise with David Jamieson is a weekly podcast with CommonSpace journalist David Jamieson, where he gets behind the 24/7 outrage-driven social media news circus and gets to heart...

Richie Venton, UK executive of the Usdaw shop workers’ union and Scottish trade union activist, explains why the TUC is poised to back a guaranteed minimum 16-hour working week at...

In her Cartoon of the Week, Lorna Miller (@mistressofline) looks at Labour’s anti-semitism row after the party endorsed the IHRA full working definition and on the day Tony Blair made his...

Legislation to remove ‘justifiable assault’ from Scots law looks certain to pass with Scottish Government support SCOTLAND appears set to become the first part of the UK to pass a...