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…
PAULINE BRADLEY SINGS ‘ONLY OUR RIVERS RUN FREE’
Pauline Bradley sings Only Our Rivers Run Free also see:- Pauline Bradley sings The Workers Song http://republicancommunist.org/blog/2020/06/15/14168/ Pauline Bradley sings about Helen MacFarlane on May Day http://republicancommunist.org/blog/2020/05/03/pauline-bradley-sings-about-helen-macfarlane-on-many-day/
ON ‘ANTISEMITISM’
Roland Rance of Socialist Resistance explains the political significance of the term ‘antisemitism’. ON ‘ANTISEMITISM’ One specious argument that those of us active in Palestine solidarity hear time after time is the hoary line that “Jews are not really Semites, so why say that they are the victims of antisemitism”, or its many variants,…
SCOTTISH LABOUR FOR RADICAL DEMOCRACY
In the aftermath of the General Election, 89 Scottish Labour Party activists signed an Open Letter making the case for radical democracy (http://republicancommunist.org/blog/2020/02/09/13676/). As the crisis depend in the Scottish Labour Party this has been followed up by another Open Letter published in bella caledonia on 21.6.20. (https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2020/06/21/scottish-labour-for-radical-democracy/). E&L are posting this letter below. SCOTTISH…
‘FAR LEFT FASCISM’: THE NON-EXISTENT DISORDER
As part of our continuing coverage of the political situation in the USA, we are posting this article by Susan Pashkoff. This was first posted by Socialist Resistance. ‘FAR LEFT FASCISM’: THE NON-EXISTENT DISORDER As I watched the coronavirus pandemic spread globally and the resulting global economic crisis my only thoughts were…
GERMANY LEADS THE WAY OUT OF COVID-19 LOCKDOWN
The latest in the regular E&L Covid-19 articles was first posted by Socialist Democracy (Ireland) and addressed the post Covid-19 Lockdown situation in Germany. GERMANY LEADS THE WAY OUT OF COVID-19 LOCKDOWN We all know that Germany is the most important State in Europe, the economy is the fourth largest in the world,…
GLASGOW AND READING KILLINGS RAISE MAJOR QUESTIONS ABOUT TREATMENT OF ASYLUM SEEKERS
E&L is posting an article on the attacks and killing in Glasgow and a letter about the killings in Reading. Both address the issues raised by the treatment of asylum seekers. The article written by Mike Picken (Socialist Resistance, SSP and Renfrewshire RIC) addresses the stabbing of six people and the police killing of the attacker,…
In memory of Neil Davidson: The West – No Better Than All the Rest
Allan Armstrong was reading How the West Came to Rule – The geopolitical origins of capitalism, by Alexander Anievas and Kerem Nisancioglum, as he learned of the tragic death of Neil Davidson. This book was influenced by Neil’s work on Uneven and Combined Development at a world scale. Allan has engaged in several debates with Neil…
NEIL DAVIDSON MEMORIAL MEETING, 11.7.20
NEIL DAVIDSON MEMORIAL MEETING Saturday, July 11th, 20.00 Join comrades and friends in an online event to remember Neil Davidson who died on 3 May 2020. You need to REGISTER to receive details by email of how to join this Zoom event: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAof-yorjktEtGWmauKAb958o3TEgvpAD– Neil Davidson was a socialist militant and a highly innovative…
RACISM – CALLING A DIFFERENT TONE
The Emancipation & Liberation Editorial Board (EB) is posting this article by Will Stratford of the Platypus Affiliated Society (PAS) in the USA about the Left’s response to the BLM protests. PAS is a Left propagandist think-tank. The EB is taking up Stratford’s challenge to the Left to publish his arguments. We invite others to…