Allan Armstrong has produced his third online pamphlet, following The Continuing Shift from Neo-Liberalism to Right Populism. This follows the last update which looked at the impact of Right Populism and reactionary unionism on the politics of the these islands after the December 12th UK and February 8th Irish general elections. The contents of the…
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,…
THE CRISIS OF THE LABOUR PARTY
Steve Freeman takes a different view if the crisis in the British Labour Party from the views taken by the British Left. Steve relates the crisis in the Labour Party to the ongoing collapse of the post-1945 UK’s social monarchist welfare state. THE CRISIS IN THE LABOUR PARTY …
STORMONT PUSHES BACK AGAINST ABORTION REGULATIONS
This article, first posted by Socialist Democracy (Ireland), examines a socially reactionary role of Stormont over women’s abortion rights. STORMONT PUSHES BACK AGAINST ABORTION REGULATIONS On the 2nd June Stormont Assembly passed a DUP motion calling for the rejection of abortion law enacted at Westminster. A Sinn Fein amendment which solely dealt with abortions…
ON LOOTING AND STATUE TOPPLING
These two short pieces have been taken from the Scottish Left Forum ON LOOTING AND STATUE TOPPLING __________ The initial US BLM protests were accompanied by looting and statue toppling. This amounted to oppositional ‘shock and awe’ tactics. These which were mainly responsible for breaking through the usual media silence and downplaying of constitutional…
JUSTICE FOR GRENFELL
It is 3 years since the tragic deaths of 72 people at Grenfell Towers. This video Justice for Grenfell was produced by Edinburgh Trade Union Council, the FBU, UNITE and the Living Rent campaign. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiYXW4cT8vM&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR0JsCRIt7pVOzUjEYcqZQkEYjLWiyoRrVvxuoFDZLg2UZVuQmcjn8H5RD0 also see:- DEMOCRACY BURNS DOWN
FANTASY FOOTBALL – THE IRISH LEFT AND FORMING A ‘LEFT GOVERNMENT’
This article, originally posted by Socialist Democracy (Ireland) looks at the attempts by People before Profit and RISE to form a ‘Left government’ in Ireland with Sinn Fein. FANTASY FOOTBALL – THE IRISH LEFT AND FORMING A ‘LEFT GOVERNMENT’ Recently People before Profit reopened talks with Sinn Fein about building an alternative…
FIGHTING COVID19 – FROM A NURSE IN NEW YORK CITY
This article is about workers on the frontline of the Covid19 pandemic in the USA. It was written by Jillian Primiano, a New York City nurse. and was first posted by Left Voice. FROM ONE ESSENTIAL WORKER TO ANOTHER: DEMANDING SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS COULD SAVE MY LIFE The walk-outs, die-ins, and strikes…
BREXIT HASN’T GONE AWAY – THE VIEW FROM IRELAND
This article first posted by Socialist Democracy (Ireland) highlights the continuing relevance of Brexit to the British ruling class national populist strategy to attack the working class, and to continued inability of the the British Labour leadership now under Sir Keith Starmer to counter this. BREXIT HASN’T GONE AWAY – A pandemic of repression is…
JOE BIDEN – RACIST AND SEXIST
We are posting these two articles which challenge those following Bernie Sanders in giving their support to Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential candidate. The first article, by Daniel Lazare, takes up Biden’s appalling record of racism; the second by Tatiana Cozzarelli, his record of sexism. 1. THE BIDEN DISASTER – Daniel Lazare (https://daniellazare.com/about/) 2.…