Tony Greenstein takes apart the BBC’s Panorama programme Is Labour anti-Semitic? providing the Right wing, racist and Islamophobic background of its producer, John Ware and highlighting the tendentious biased techniques used in its production. BBC’S WAR ON CORBYN As John Pilger has long argued, the BBC is the most refined propaganda service in…
BRIAN HIGGINS – A PERSONAL AND POLITICAL TRIBUTE
Communist, Republican, Trade Union Militant, Scottish Internationalist, Glasgow Bear 9th February 1941 – 2nd June 2019 __________ BRIAN HIGGINS A PERSONAL AND POLITICAL TRIBUTE Brian made a big impression upon whomever he met. Nigel Jeffrey, who encountered him on the picket line during the 1984-5 Miners’ Strike wrote, “Brian Higgins stands out…
BRITISH GOVERNMENT EXPANDS POWERS IN THE NORTH
The following article from Socialist Democracy (Ireland) highlights the impact of the reactionary unionism in Northern Ireland. The Good Friday Agreement, with its official recognition of Unionists and Nationalists in a reformed Stormont, acted as liberal mask for the continued sectarian order in Northern Ireland. This placed the UK government in the position of ‘neutral’…
INDICTMENT ON VIOLATIONS WITH IMPUNITY OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS AND REFUGEE PEOPLES
The Permanent Peoples Tribunal met in London on the 3-4th November 2018. During the session on the Violation with Impunity of the Human Rights of Migrant and Refugee Peoples the following Indictment was submitted. INDICTMENT SUBMITTED TO THE PERMANENT PEOPLES’ TRIBUNAL SESSION ON THE VIOLATIONS WITH IMPUNITY OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANT…
NETANYAHU – IN ALLIANCE WITH THE NEO-NAZIS
Tony Greenstein provides an analysis of Binyamin Netanyahu’s latest attempt to shift Israeli politics to the Far Right NETANYAHU – IN ALLIANCE WITH THE NEO-NAZIS In 1984 rabbi Meir Kahane of the ultra-nationalist Kach party entered the Israeli parliament (knesset), having received over 25,000 votes. Kach stood on a programme which, as The Times of…
RESISTING THE LIBERAL ORDER
Murdo Ritchie, who has been an advocate of Leave vote on this blog, continues with his review of The Left Case Against the EU by Costas Lapavistas __________ A REVIEW OF THE THE LEFT CASE AGAINST THE EU BY COSTAS LAPAVISTAS “You can vote for any government you like in Europe pretty much. But…
WHAT VOTING LEAVE HAS REVEALED
Murdo Ritchie, a contributor to this blog, who has been an advocate of a Leave vote, argues what a Leave vote represents. WHAT VOTING HAS REVEALED The loud vote of no more in the United Kingdom against remaining in the European Union has been one of the most successful protest votes in history.1 …
IRISH NURSES AND THE FAILURE OF SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP
We are posting two articles from the Socialist Democracy (Ireland) blog addressing the nurses’ struggle for improved pay and a better health service in Ireland. The second goes into the underlying problems faced when unions embrace a partnerships with the state and employers in a time of economic crisis. 1.SQUARING THE CIRCLE Government and…
THE CONTINUING BREXIT CRISIS
The National Forum of the Radical Independence Campaign (RIC) held on June 30th, 2018 agreed to take up the issue of a Ratification referendum over Theresa May’s Brexit Proposals (http://radicalindyedinburgh.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-case-for-eu-ratification-referendum.html). A letter advocating this course of action was published in The National on 24.7.18. A ratification referendum could unite those in RIC who supported a…
FROM BLATCHERISM TO MAYBYNISM
Below is a synopsis of Allan Armstrong’s new pamphlet The Continuing Shift to the Right in the Transition from Neo-Liberalism to Right Populism https://allanarmstrong831930095.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/right-populism-1.pdf This is followed by the last two chapters (relettered) which deal with the impact of Right Populism since the Brexit vote, _______ THE CONTINUING SHIFT TO THE RIGHT IN THE…