Book 7

Scotland as a society, its culture and politics have been shaped by the ideas, practice and memories of the left. Yet we are now far removed from the kind of left we used to know of in traditionally industrialised societies, but a different kind of politics is not yet born. In Lament for a 'Lost' Scottish Culture, Eileen Reid mixes autobiographical reflection with an examination of the legacy and demise of the Communist Party, and asks what and where is radical Scotland?