The class critique of the social order in Scotland and around the world is at a low ebb, argues our new editor David Jamieson. Conter will seek to restore it in a bid to strengthen the necessary challenge to power in an era of catastrophe.

During Mental Health Awareness Week, Conter published pieces that expressed the importance of seeing issues in context and identifying wider causes of individual symptoms. However, this also extends to physical health and addiction. Aaron Sheridan argues we need to look at hard drug use as a symptom of consumerist culture...

Much has been made about the SNP's new “blueprint” for an independent Scotland, which indicates a move away from the mooted Nordic model towards a more neo-liberal prospectus. But Hugh Cullen, Scottish Socialist Party organiser in the Lothians and member of the party's NEC, argues the Nordic model itself is no quick fix and fails to address key issues...

In light of discussions around personal responsibility on the left and Scotsman columnist Darren McGarvey's comments on the subject, Matt Parrott takes a nuanced look at the limitations of personal responsibility under capitalism. He argues personal agency needs to be channelled into collective agency...