This is written for anyone who has ever suffered at the hands (or, more accurately, the mouths) of the Highland midge. Over the centuries the bear and the wolf have been hunted to extinction in the Highlands of Scotland, but it has never been remotely within the scope of possibility that its most voracious predator…
When the Fighting is Over
With casualties continuing to rise in Iraq and Afghanistan, Rod MacGregor shows imperialism’s disdain for working class lives He’s five feet tall and he’s six feet four, He fights with missiles and with spears, He’s all of thirty-one and he’s only seventeen, He’s been a soldier for a thousand years. Universal Soldier (Buffy St Marie)…
Footprints on the Face
by Rod Macgregor On a clear autumn evening I watched the moon rising, It was big, it was bright, in its heavenly place, How clever we are, I thought, we’ve walked on you, And behind us we’ve left footprints on your face. No wind will blow there to ever remove them, No one will build…
Peak Oil, Oil Depletion, & Alternative Energies
Rod Macgregor examines the oil depletion debate, its consequences for the world economy and a socialist response Peak Oil & oil depletion A debate is currently raging among oil professionals, and it splits into two camps. This debate focuses on a day called Peak Oil, the day in the future when oil production reaches an…