Lighthouse

Conter - Issue 1

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A collection of critical commentary on events in Scottish & global affairs from an anti-capitalist perspective.

From conter.co.uk:

Conter (n. the contrary, vt. to oppose, to thwart) is a site of Scottish anti-capitalist thought. We aim to develop a radical, anti-capitalist class politics in Scotland fit to intervene into the crisis of the British state, the global order and Scottish society.

It seeks to be an internationalist organ, but one rooted in a distinct national context. To explore the historical and contemporary dynamics of Scottish society as produced by class conflict understood as a constant, irrepressible process expressed in diverse forms. We aim to promote the intellectual life of Scottish socialism insofar as this enhances political action.

Socialist politics in Scotland is in need of renewal, not by abandoning tradition but by re-examining it in the light of radically changing circumstances.

Scottish society is in need of new socialist thought. Without it, and the movements and organisations that can be nourished by it, a clash of barbarisms as experienced around the world will take hold in Scotland. In the phoney but brutal war between new authoritarianisms and the defenders of the damaged but still hegemonic orthodoxy, no progress can be made towards confronting the looming dangers to human civilisation; the ecological impasse and all its capacity for the destruction of democratic life.

Conter will run a regular blog, with shorter pieces of critical commentary on events in Scottish life and global affairs. It will also produce special editions with longer theoretical pieces and reviews, examining economics, politics, social movements and ideological trends.