Ben Wray
Ben Wray

Time for ecological Leninism?

Ben Wray finds radical honesty in the Andreas Malm’s call for ecological War Communism, but wonders where the agency for such a shift will come from.

Ben Wray
Time for ecological Leninism?
Ben Wray

Unions Must Change in the Age of Finance

Financialisation has changed the relationship between bosses and workers. Unions must change to face these realities argues Ben Wray, in a review of a new study of these problems.

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Unions Must Change in the Age of Finance
Ben Wray

Catalan Pro-Indy Victories have Raised the Stakes

Ben Wray reports from the Basque country on the Catalan elections, finding both hope and predicament for the independence movement.

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Catalan Pro-Indy Victories have Raised the Stakes
Ben Wray

'City of Money' Review: Bankers' Scotland?

Ben Wray examines a history of the banking system in Scotland, and asks what the implications of monopolisation and financialisation are for Scottish socialists.

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'City of Money' Review: Bankers' Scotland?
Ben Wray

The SNP’s Janus face

Conter is publishing a series of reflections on the movement for Scottish independence. In our first piece Ben Wray argues the Scottish National Party leadership’s relationship to the British state means it is not pursuing independence as real objective.

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The SNP’s Janus face

Food & Care: We Need a Planned Economy Now

The Covid-19 pandemic has suspended economic and social life. Ben Wray says British authorities are not thinking expansively enough about the consequences. We need a planned economy now to meet essential needs.

Food & Care: We Need a Planned Economy Now
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Coronavirus vs the economic consensus

Coronavirus has triggered a global economic shock, with far reaching consequences. Ben Wray argues it is pulverising the economic consensus both around the world and in Scotland.

Ben Wray
Coronavirus vs the economic consensus

A Socialist Perspective on Poverty Safari

Rapper and commentator Darren 'Loki' McGarvey's book 'Poverty Safari' has helped reopen essential debates around poverty and class. Editorial board member Ben Wray reviews the book from a socialist perspective, putting the book's key themes and topics into context...

A Socialist Perspective on Poverty Safari