Land reform in Scotland has long been held back by a lack of information. Greater transparency about who owns Scotland and how they seek...
Interview with Andy Wightman
After more than 20 years of campaigning on land issues Andy Wightman has become synonymous with land reform in Scotland. Here he...
Land reform myths debunked
by Charlotte Wrigley Maintaining an unequal balance of power often requires the creation of various myths designed to legitimise the...
How second homes are damaging our rural communities
Opposition to second homes in the highlands is not about being anti-English, it’s about class. by Jen Stout Housing is a basic...
Land reform: A lesson from history
Land reform is an issue that resonates throughout history, and so we should not ignore the lessons of the past by Giulia Sagliardi The...
The Indignados Come to City Hall: Anti-Austerity Politics and the Fight for the Future of the City
Coalitions of left leaning parties in Spain, including Podemos, have helped bring a new generation of mayors into power who are...
Interview with Living Rent Campaign
The Living Rent Campaign was formed in 2014 as a coalition of groups and individuals determined to improve the lot of private renters...
The struggles of tenant farmers: Land, leases and the right to buy
While the rest of Western Europe abolished tenant farming centuries ago, a high proportion of farm land in Scotland is tenanted, despite...
A new post-capitalist commons?
Land reform can be seen as part of a wider question about the nature of ‘the commons’, a question that demands radical...
Four legs good, two legs bad: Rewilding and land reform
The rewilding movement in Scotland is a welcome development, but it must not take place at the expense of communities by Charlotte...
The Anti-Fracking movement and the struggle for land sovereignty
The experience of communities resisting fracking clearly demonstrates the case for reform of both public and private land ownwership as...
Our House of Cards: Land and the Post-Industrial Ponzi-Economy
The self-reinforcing relationship between land, financial instability and inequality poses one of the greatest socio-economic challenges...