The following article by John Tummon looks at the recent exposures of corruption in the Tory government highlighted by the cronyism for Covid-19 contracts Government Covid cronyism extends both to the appointment to key positions in its decision-making framework and to its’ award of contracts for carrying out services and providing equipment. This has now…
Emancipation & Liberation – Welsh Coverage from 2002
EL&SD is posting our Welsh and related coverage from 2002 to promote a wider socialist republican ‘internationalism from below’ alliance 2023 ‘YesCymru’ buoyed by new report that says independence is “viable”- Is independence a step closer The Welsh government is following its Scottish counterparts in opposing the anti-boycott bill – Stephen Topple, The Canary The politics of…
The Green New Deal – A solution to environmental destruction?
This posting, originally from Socialist Democracy (Ireland) takes a critical look at the Green New Deals, which have been by adopted by various social democratic parties (most recently in Corbyn-led Labour’s 2019 general election manifesto). The article questions the economic viability of Keynesian inspired national New Deals, especially in a situation of an underlying capitalist…
A Very Unlikely Story – QAnon Movement
With the growth of conspiracy theories we are posting this article on the QAnon phenomenon by Paul Demarty first published in Weekly Worker. This is followed by a comment from John Lanigan. It seems we are living through a golden age of conspiracy theories. The vigorous state action required in response to the Covid-19 pandemic,…
John Manson – Socialist, Literary Critic, Translator And Poet (1933-2020)
Allan Armstrong writes about John Manson, socialist, literary critic, translator and poet who died on August 3rd. It was with considerable sadness that I learned of John Manson’s death a month after it occurred on August 3rd. John had been a “a non-party Socialist since the dissolution of the CPGB”[1] and a significant literary critic,…
Tribeca Belfast
A story of corporate corruption and seizure of land and property could be told of virtually every city in the UK. The following article from Socialist Democracy (Ireland) shows are this process takes place under the auspices of the bisectarian Belfast City Council. Brits Out! – Unless they’re London developers and absentee landlords, in which…
Jamie Driscoll On The Threatened Criminalisation Of Extinction Rebellion
It’s not often that we would post a piece by a Labour mayor, but Jamie Driscoll, Labour’s North of the Tyne mayor, made this very good response to Boris Johnson’s and Priti Patel’s threat to criminalise Extinction Rebellion. “Extinction Rebellion could be treated as an organised crime group as part of a major crackdown on…
Extinction Rebellion Blockades Murdoch Press
We are posting this news item from Extinction Rebellion, following their blockade of Murdoch Press printers in Broxbourne, Liverpool and Glasgow. Dear rebels, Welcome to our Rebel Daily #4 – some of the only news available today! A team of over 100 rebels blockaded newspaper printers overnight, successfully preventing The Sun, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail…
Cultural Appropriation – A Reactionary Debate
E&L has appreciated the significance of cultural arena in the struggle for self-determination. We are posting this article by Gearoid O’Loingsidh which addresses the issue of cultural appropriation. In the world of identity politics and the myriad expressions of it, one topic pops its head up on a fairly regular basis, that of Cultural Appropriation.…
EVICTIONS OF MIGRANTS IN DUBLIN DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Thus article from Socialist Democracy (Ireland) examines the evictions of nine migrant workers from their homes in Dublin. EVICTIONS: ROUND TWO OF THE BATTLE AGAINST THE BANKS AND GOVERNMENT BEGINS Nine tenants have been evicted in Berkeley Road Dublin by masked men garbed in black who seized and boarded up the property…