We live under an economic system which encourages consumption on an industrial scale and the consequences of climate change will be endured by future generations. What can we as activists do to affect change here in Scotland? Pete Cannell and Brian Parkin write ahead of this Saturday’s Just Transitions conference in Edinburgh about the steps we need to be taking…

This week's headline that unemployment is at its lowest since 1975 has been used emphatically by the Conservative government as proof their economic approach is working. Of course, the context behind such figures have been stripped entirely. Scottish Socialist Party national co-chair Calum Martin explains what the figures really mean...