Common Weal Director Robin McAlpine says the potential for Scotland to make good on the promise of a Green New Deal is a reason to be cheerful

I KNOW this is counterintuitive, but I'm feeling hopeful. I know that many of you will be somewhere in the depths of despair but at least in Scotland I think it is important that we project hope. And I think there is good reason we should.

The G7 in Biarritz will not be able to hide its cataclysmic failure from history, with additional contempt surely reserved for the ultra-narcissist Trump-Johnson axis, CommonSpace editor Ben Wray finds

“WE TALKED about: ‘Where’s England, what’s happening with England, they don’t use it anymore’. It’s very interesting, we discussed that.”

The Scottish Green co-leader discussed the future of the party, the economics underpinning the climate emergency, and the responsibility of detailing how independence can change Scotland

The CommonSpace Show returns –  featuring CommonSpace journalists David Jamieson and Rhiannon Davies discussing the week’s big stories.

For this edition, we are joined by freelance journalist Karin Goodwin who regularly contributes to both the Sunday National and The Ferret. Earlier this year she was awarded the Nicola Barry award at the Scottish Press Awards for her campaigning journalism. She focuses mainly on social issues, and has covered homelessness and the Serco evictions in depth. 

Eco-socialist and republican Solomon Steinbett outlines his vision for an economic model based on national self-sufficiency to address the global ecological crisis

“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” American Indian Proverb

Council passed emergency motions in March and May permitting school participation in global youth climate strikes

UK provides more financial support for fossil fuel industry than any other EU country

The Scottish Government runs a “generous” grant scheme of between £2960 to £6720 per hectare for five years

The activist group moved a 25-foot-long boat in Glasgow city centre as part of a UK-wide demonstration demanding action on climate change

The decision by the Oil and Gas authority was described as “unsustainable and dangerous” by the Scottish Greens