Chris Bambery
Chris Bambery

Kenmure shows the State is Losing Legitimacy

Chris Bambery argues the Kenmure street victory highlights the British state’s crisis of legitimacy in Scotland.

Chris Bambery
Kenmure shows the State is Losing Legitimacy
Chris Bambery

Coronavirus: Lessons from Catalonia

Spain has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Western Europe, but experiences have been highly uneven. Chris Bambery looks at Catalonia, where the question of coronavirus intersects with issues of national oppression.

Chris Bambery
Coronavirus: Lessons from Catalonia
Chris Bambery

Review: Italy Today, Us Tomorrow?

A new study of modern Italian politics ‘First They Took Rome: How the Populist Right Conquered Italy’, looks at the desolated landscape of the country’s politics. Chris Bambery argues Italian conditions can travel.

Chris Bambery
Review: Italy Today, Us Tomorrow?
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Catalonia, Scotland & National Questions

Do socialists have a duty to support Catalan independence or simply the right to self determination? How does this relate to the Scottish national question? In this week's long read, Chris Bambery wrestles with these thorny issues. Alongside SNP MP George Kerevan, he co-authors 'Catalonia Reborn', forthcoming from Luath Press.

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Catalonia, Scotland & National Questions