Jonathon Shafi
Jonathon Shafi

The New Workplace Fightback is Real and Growing

Jonathon Shafi surveys the increase in workplace militancy in Scotland and around the world, arguing a window of opportunity has been created for advances.

Jonathon Shafi
The New Workplace Fightback is Real and Growing
Jonathon Shafi

Scotland: Independent or a vassal state?

The leadership of the SNP is continuing to move the case for independence to the right, with no reference to the desires of its membership or the wider independence movement, argues Jonathon Shafi.

Jonathon Shafi
Scotland: Independent or a vassal state?
Jonathon Shafi

UK Gov Leak shows we need a ‘Clean Break’ Independence

Jonathon Shafi argues the British state has found a real weakness in the official indy case, and argues for a ‘clean break’ independence that can strengthen our hand.

Jonathon Shafi
 UK Gov Leak shows we need a ‘Clean Break’ Independence
Jonathon Shafi

Independence: Democratic Control is not an Optional Extra

Support for independence continues to surge. But independence supporters must be honest about the weaknesses of the official independence case and demand real democratic control argue Jonathon Shafi.

Jonathon Shafi
Independence: Democratic Control is not an Optional Extra
Jonathon Shafi

Class Politics and the Independence Surge

With polling recording historic levels of support for Scottish independence, Jonathon Shafi looks at the class politics driving pro-independence sentiment, and the consequences.

Jonathon Shafi
Class Politics and the Independence Surge
Jonathon Shafi

#BLMprotests: Solidarity and class politics

Jonathon Shafi reports on the ideas discussed at a recent Conter forum with US activists involved in the new movement. He says ideas of class politics and solidarity are well represented in the protests.

Jonathon Shafi
#BLMprotests: Solidarity and class politics

How Brexit ends

Jonathon Shafi writes that no matter how serious the crisis of the British state represented by Brexit, it will be resolved either by the left or the right, and outlines what the socialist left’s resolution might look like.

How Brexit ends

Responding to the Catalan Crisis

Events in Catalonia are unraveling at a dramatic pace: Catalan ministers have now been placed into custody and leader Carles Puidgemont is in Belgium. Writing from Barcelona, Jonathon Shafi, co-founder of the Radical Independence Campaign and a signatory to the newly formed Catalan Defence Committee Scotland, argues there needs to be a Europe-wide response from the left...

Responding to the Catalan Crisis