From Ukraine to Palestine: the poisons of denialism

The following article, written by David Finkel, an editor of Against the Current and a member of Jewish Voice for Peace – Detroit chapter and the Ukraine Solidarity Network. It was was first posted by Against the Current. The article makes a powerful case against the politics of Campism. FROM PALESTINE TO UKRAINE  – THE POISONS OF DENIALISM…

Scottish TUC stands in solidarity with Ukraine

The following report from Fred Leplat on the solidarity given to Ukraine at the recent STUC conference  was first posted by anti-capitalist resistance. SCOTTISH TUC STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINE The STUC conference held in Dundee 17-19 April adopted overwhelmingly a motion drafted by its general council in solidarity with Ukraine. The STUC General Secretary…

The radical politics of Nina Simone

This article, written by Chardine Taylor-Stone, on the radical politics of Nina Simone was first posted by The Tribune .    Nina Simone, who died on 21st April  in 2003, is often remembered for her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement – but she was also a socialist who saw revolution as the path to true…

25 Years On: in the debris of the Good Friday Agreement

The following article from Socialist Democracy (Ireland)examines the state of the Good Friday Agreement twenty five years after its signing, and finds it in tatters.   25 YEARS ON – IN THE DEBRIS OF THE GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT Now do we love Big Brother? The 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement is being marked…

Homophobia in Uganda is a horrifying demonstration of colonialism and evangelism at work

The following article written by Alex/Rose Cocker was first posted by The Canary. It outlines the shared role of colonialism, and in particular Protestant evangelicals, in promoting homophobia  in Africa, particular the ex-British colonies. Several of these evangelical organisations are currently involved in the transphobic offensive in the USA, UK and Scotland and in picketting…

Jewish refugee groups condemn Illegal Migration Bill and government language

The growing opposition to the Tories’ draconian and racist  Illegal Immigration Bill was highlighted when Gary Lineker compared the government’s activities to those of the Nazis. The husband of Tory Home Secretary, Suella Braverman,  Rael , who had  family members killed during the Holocaust,  was incensed by the comparison.  However, Lineker was pointing to the…

Olof Palme: the last Social Democrat

Today, following the economic crisis beginning in the1960s and the rise of neo-liberalism in the UK (1979) and USA(1980) and its triumph in  1989 with collapse of the USSR in 1989, Social democracy has largely degenerated into social neo-liberalism, or even further into Left populism which sometimes allies with and sometimes morphs into Right authoritarian…