“Scotland is uniquely placed to produce hydrogen at scale much cheaper and efficiently than most other countries.”
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“If the festivals return to business as usual in 2021, complete with the same bad bosses, lousy wages and illegal working practices, with corners cut and conditions worsened in a mad drive for profit to make up for the losses faced this year, all efforts made to help them now will ring hollow.”
Sean Bell: When Edinburgh’s festivals return, priorities must change
“If politicians start talking about the post-virus priority being to get you all back to the shopping malls, then let’s use that 2021 election to tell them we want a better and more resilient society at the end of this.”
Robin McAlpine: When this is done, let’s build a resilient society
“Right now, some people are telling you ‘we’ might recover from this. They mean neoliberalism as is – and it can’t. The question is not will there be change, but what kind of change?”
Robin McAlpine: Why I’m optimistic about post-virus economics
“Luckily, just as causes for pandemics and environmental degradation are related, so too are the solutions: state intervention and following science.”
Lena Swedlow: Climate, Coronavirus and the shared solution
“International solidarity is still something extremely important among the revolutionary governments in Latin America, and not just because it is an act of aid or charity, but also of survival.”
Nathália Urban: Solidarity, Covid-19 and Latin America
“Even if we somehow stabilise the economy faster than I suspect is possible, an inevitably reappraisal of financial asset values will follow – and that means insolvent banks. It’s hard to see how they could be rescued this time.”
Robin McAlpine: When people say the virus has changed the world, this is what they mean
“I am sick to the back teeth of independence, a cause very dear to my heart, being kicked around the gutter in a game of image management.”
Robin McAlpine: The impact of the virus on the independence movement
“At a time of global crisis, we need to work towards constructing a new model that doesn’t rely on private money, building an alternative solution for funding projects that can work to help tackle public financing issues internationally.”
Pete Carson: Scotland’s dangerous dance with private finance
“This crisis is being borne by the people of Scotland and it is the people of Scotland who should have the say on what happens next.”