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There’s a common refrain at the moment in the UK which goes along the lines of ‘no one can predict what is going to happen’, or ‘there is a lot...

Brazilian journalist and activist Nathália Urban explores the Latin American response to the Coronavirus pandemic, and what lessons the West can draw from it IN THE MIDST of this storm...

Common Weal Versus the Virus: The virus is exposing the reality of the weaknesses in our economy, society and democracy. Over the last six years Common Weal has been showing...

Local knowledge is key to dealing with community’s basic needs during crisis, but the government should be doing everything they can to provide funding and support, in order to protect...

Just before hundreds of thousands across Scotland and the UK cheered on the NHS last night, I had a conversation with a nurse in Glasgow working in the emergency department,...

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VOX  LIMINIS, an organisation that undertakes arts-based research into issues affecting those that have experienced the criminal justice system, has recently published a paper giving insight into the hostile environment...

In an open letter to “European friends and neighbours”, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Scotland was “proud European nation”.  Nicola Sturgeon urges Europe to “leave a light on” for Scotland ...

The first minister said a referendum in 2020 was her preference, but conceded it may not happen until after the 2021 Scottish Parliament elections No shortcuts to independence, Nicola Sturgeon...

Common Weal director Robin McAlpine argues that Scotland is being eaten from the inside by the legalised misappropriation of public money THERE is an enormous, all-pervasive and all-encompassing corruption at...