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New indy party’s links to unionist far-right
https://heckle.scot/2026/03/new-indy-partys-links-to-unionist-far-right/
Published: March 22, 2026 11:09
A new pro-independence party which counts ex-Alba politicians Tommy Sheridan and Craig Murray among its election candidates has links to the ultra-unionist far-right, Heckle can reveal.
The Russian idée fixe
https://heckle.scot/2026/02/the-russian-idee-fixe/
Published: February 24, 2026 09:03
To mark the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine today, Heckle is republishing Ukrainian writer Andriy Movchan’s analysis of the ideological motivations for Putin’s war.
No, Scottish independence does not mean austerity – we can build a radical economic alternative
https://heckle.scot/2026/02/no-scottish-independence-does-not-mean-austerity-we-can-build-a-radical-economic-alternative/
Published: February 22, 2026 11:24
The Scottish Socialist Youth's Josh Parsonage dismantles the claim that Scottish independence would demand a decade of austerity, arguing instead for a radical economic alternative.
Kosovo – independence in the new geopolitical era
https://heckle.scot/2026/01/kosovo-independence-in-the-new-geopolitical-era/
Published: January 31, 2026 12:27
Jamie Maxwell reports from Pristina, Kosovo as the partially-recognised Balkan state seeks to secure its place in a rapidly changing world.
James Calder – A Highland Friend of the People
https://heckle.scot/2025/12/james-calder-a-highland-friend-of-the-people/
Published: December 30, 2025 13:48
Feargus Murray fills a gap in Scottish republican history by recalling the life of Cromarty radical James Calder, among the Highlanders inspired by the French Revolution to fight for democracy in late 18th-century Scotland.
Queer fun is political: An interview with the Glasgow Leatherdykes
https://heckle.scot/2025/12/queer-fun-is-political-an-interview-with-the-glasgow-leatherdykes/
Published: December 14, 2025 17:16
Jennifer Debs interviews the Glasgow Leatherdykes group about their monthly social events and the role events like this play in queer community organising.
Your Party: Forging a new Scottish socialist party
https://heckle.scot/2025/12/your-party-forging-a-new-scottish-socialist-party/
Published: December 11, 2025 09:41
Your Party members Bob Goupillot and Richard Green argue for an emphatic break with Labourism in favour of a republican socialist strategy.
Caerphilly by-election: ‘They’ve chosen hope over division’
https://heckle.scot/2025/11/caerphilly-by-election-theyve-chosen-hope-over-division/
Published: November 9, 2025 11:17
Caerphilly showed Reform can be beaten, but unity around a republican and ecosocialist strategy – in Wales and in Scotland – will be key to further victories, writes Craig Lewis.
An Open Letter to Zarah Sultana
https://heckle.scot/2025/11/an-open-letter-to-zarah-sultana/
Published: November 7, 2025 18:17
Galina Rymbu, an activist living in Ukraine, responds to Zarah Sultana's recent remarks on support for Ukraine.
Rockstar North workers fight back against union-busting
https://heckle.scot/2025/11/rockstar-north-workers-fight-back-against-union-busting/
Published: November 7, 2025 09:08
Trade unionists are fighting back after Rockstar Games fired more than 30 people in Edinburgh and Dundee in a brazen act of union-busting, Heckle reports.