IDEAS: TV-friendly and lovable, the Chinese Pandas at Edinburgh Zoo obscure arguments about how Scotland should engage with oppressive regimes. By Siobhan Reardon.
NEW WRITING: Longing, beauty and retribution in this dark tale by Rob McClure Smith.
THE COLUMNIST: As a fresh wave of economic crisis rips through Europe, ordinary citizens are being asked to pay for bailing out the banks. As long as we let the corporations have control, it will be business as usual.
PRODUCT RECOMMENDS: Paul Rodgers on The Crisis and The Change Makers. “The diverse and widespread protests against the inequities of the current market system are hugely significant. But far more is needed, and as this understanding spreads so will the relevance of ideas rooted in non-violent social change through people power.”
