The following podcast was made of Bernadette McAliskey’s contribution to the ‘We Only Want the Earth’ weekend school held on Inis Oirr. It was reposted by bella caledonia on 24.11.23. BERNADETTE MCALISKEY ON NATIONALISM AND THE FAR RIGHT ___________ also see:- To Scotland with love: A report from the ‘London Says Yes’ rally on…
EL&SD Coverage – Looking at the world through non-campist lenses
Many on the Left still view the world through lenses dating from when the US was the all-dominant global power. Countering this was the USSR, which assisted many national liberation struggles (although some could abandoned if it better fitted USSR state needs). The USSR was viewed to be superior to the USA because of its…
‘A cemetery for children and their future’: number of refugees thought dead in Mediterranean triples
The following article by Glen Black was first posted by The Canary. Refugees and asylum seekers are the most vulnerable of those facing the current socio-economic crisis, and hence are provided very little individual state or EU protection. But this attitude is extended to other precariously paced groups, as the billionaire elite seek only to…
How big business took over the Labour Party
The following. article by Adam Ramsay was first posted by openDemocracy. It shows how corporate lobbyists have successfully pushed Keir Starmer’s party to ditch its progressive policies HOW BIG BUSINESS TOOK OVER THR LABOUR PARTY Over the summer, Keir Starmer’s Labour Party for the first time articulated a clear vision for government: everything will continue to be…
France: anti-police uprising of marginalised youth hurls challenge to the entire social order
The following article by Kevin Anderson was first posted by the International Marxist Humanist Organisation. It argues that after a racist police murder, the uprising of France’s marginalised youth targets state apparatus in unprecedented ways, exposing the race/class fault lines of modern capitalism. FRANCE: ANTI-POLICE UPRISING OF MARGINALISED YOUTH HURLS CHALLENGE TO THE ENTIRE…
Review: The Communist Road to Capitalism and The Left in China
Charlie Hore of rs21 has published a review of two books by Ralf Ruckus, entitled The Communist Road to Capitalism and The Left in China. In his most recent book, Ruckus points to the need for the Left to break away from Campism in the light of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. To help achieve this,…
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…
Remembering George Padmore
The following article on Trinidadian revolutionary, George Padmore, written by Perry Blankson, was first posted by the Tribune. REMEMBERING GEORGE PADMORE Trinidadian socialist George Padmore was born in 1903. His Pan-African organising helped to build the struggle against colonialism in the West – and to push independence struggles towards Marxism. Of all the many figures…
More women in the police won’t reduce police violence
The following article by Janey Starling was first posted by openDemocracy. It was written in the aftermath of the damning Casey Report intom the conduct of The Met. It is followed by a comment from EL&SD EB member, Iain Robertson. MORE WOMEN IN THE POLICE WON’T REDUCE POLICE VIOLENCE As reports of hideous violence…
Just when you thought Britain couldn’t get more racist, the Tories bring in the Illegal Migration Bill
The following article by Eliza Egret was first posted by The Canary. It outlines the Tories’ latest attack on migrants in their ‘Brexit Britain’. JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT THE BRITAIN COULDN’T GET MORE RACIST, THE TORIES BRING IN THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION BILL Rishi Sunak has announced that refugees arriving into the UK by small boats…