There have been some on the Left who have viewed the election of Joe Biden as a return to Neo-liberalism, after a temporary Right Populist hiatus under Donald Trump. However, such has been the post-2008 crisis of Neo-liberalism that its one-time advocates have had to abandon any real commitment to the limited of extension of democracy…
British Brexit strategy hits the buffers – more chaos ahead
We are posting this article from Socialist Democracy (Ireland) on the latest developments in the negotiations between the UK government and the EU following Lord Frost’s departure from the government and as chief Brexit negotiator. BRITISH BREXIT STRATEGY HITS THE BUFFERS – MORE CHAOS AHEAD Disagreement with covid strategy is not the reason for…
Open letter from Tony Greenstein to the Guardian after its coverage of Desmond Tutu’s death
We are posting the following open letter to the Guardian from Tony Greenstein. It is addressed to Kath Viner, and The Guardian‘s Zionist gatekeeper, Jonathon Freedland, following the paper’s dedication to Archbishop Desmond Tutu following his death on 26.12.21. OPEN LETTER FROM TONY GREENSTEIN AFTER ITS COVERAGE OF DESMOND TUTU’S DEATH Do You…
Global Britain, Levelling up, Strengthening the Union
The following article by Allan Armstrong (RSP) was first posted by bella caledonia. It looks at the political significance of the appointment of Sir Tony Radakin to Chief of Defence Staff, using his speech to the Royal United Services Institute. This version also included a link to that speech and other references. GLOBAL BRITAIN, LEVELLING…
Mary MacGregor speaks at Brooksbank 124 commemoration in Lochee, Dundee, 18.12.21
The Republican Socialist Platform organised a commemoration for Mary Brooksbank a communist activist, song write and poet on Lochee High Street, Dundee on Saturday, 18th December. Mary MacGregor spoke for the RSP. MARY BROOKSBANK Mill worker, writer, poet, musician, class fighter, trade unionist, revolutionary! How wonderful to be holding a commemoration for this…
Race and class ‘justice’ in Biden’s USA
We are posting three articles from Left Voice (USA), which over period of one week highlight the nature of race and class ‘justice’ in the Biden’s USA. 1. LAPD murdered a 14-Year-old girl in a dressing room. Abolish the police by Tatiana Cozzarelli 2. NYPD Murders Black Man Having Mental Health Crisis by Molly Rosenzweig…
“Terrible step”: press freedom in danger as UK court clears the way for Julian Assange extradition
We are posting this interview in the aftermath of the UK court decision to extradite Julian Assange. Amy Goodman of Democacy Now speaks to Christophe Deloire, secretary-general of Reporters Without Borders; Gabriel Shipton, Julian Assange’s brother and a filmmaker: and Ben Wizner, director of the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy and Technology Project. “TERRIBLE STEP”: PRESS FREEDOM IN DANGER…
Flag Commission stalemate
This article was originally posted by Socialist Democracy (Ireland), It highlights the inability of the ‘liberal’ institutions set up after the Good Friday Agreement to effectively challenge continued sectarianism built into the Stormont set-up. FLAG COMMISSION STALEMATE The Commission on Flags, Identity, Culture and Tradition (FICT) was originally set up in 2016 The long-delayed report…
Covid19 and the danger of barbarism
The following article by Mohsen Shahmanesh examines the social role of viruses and bacteria in four major historical pandemics. It was first published in Weekly Worker. DANGER OF BARBARISM We are now in the third year of the Covid pandemic, which has caused the deaths of something like five million people across the world…
Imperialism is responsible for Omicron
The following article. written by Sam Carliner of Left Voice (USA), highlights the role of imperialism in the mergence of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 IMPERIALISM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OMICRON With capitalism acting as an incubator for pandemics, and vaccine nationalism preventing an effective global response, it is no surprise that the Omicron variant…