{"id":12777,"date":"2019-01-22T20:49:11","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T20:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/?p=12777"},"modified":"2021-02-19T15:21:03","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T15:21:03","slug":"jim-aitken-writes-an-appreciation-of-tom-leonard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2019\/01\/22\/jim-aitken-writes-an-appreciation-of-tom-leonard\/","title":{"rendered":"JIM AITKEN WRITES AN APPRECIATION OF TOM LEONARD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Jim Aitken, poet and playwright, \u00a0has written an appreciation of the Glasgow poet, Tom Leonard, who died on 21st December, 2018. It can be seen on the Culture Matters blog at:-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.culturematters.org.uk\/index.php\/arts\/poetry\/item\/2972-ach-well-all-livin-language-is-sacred-an-appreciation-of-tom-leonard\">http:\/\/www.culturematters.org.uk\/index.php\/arts\/poetry\/item\/2972-ach-well-all-livin-language-is-sacred-an-appreciation-of-tom-leonard<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2019\/01\/22\/jim-aitken-writes-an-appreciation-of-tom-leonard\/th-5-61\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12778\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12778\" src=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/th-5-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">_________<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">also see:-<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"myvz4wGrT0\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/29\/paddy-bort-1954-2017\/\">PADDY BORT &#8211; 1954-2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;PADDY BORT &#8211; 1954-2017&#8221; &#8212; Emancipation, Liberation &amp; Self-determination\" src=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/29\/paddy-bort-1954-2017\/embed\/#?secret=myvz4wGrT0\" data-secret=\"myvz4wGrT0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"rI6UTMagMn\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2016\/03\/09\/hamish-henderson-folk-songs-and-the-building-of-scottish-left-wing-identity\/\">HAMISH HENDERSON, FOLK SONGS AND THE BUILDING OF SCOTTISH LEFT WING IDENTITY<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;HAMISH HENDERSON, FOLK SONGS AND THE BUILDING OF SCOTTISH LEFT WING IDENTITY&#8221; &#8212; Emancipation, Liberation &amp; Self-determination\" src=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2016\/03\/09\/hamish-henderson-folk-songs-and-the-building-of-scottish-left-wing-identity\/embed\/#?secret=rI6UTMagMn\" data-secret=\"rI6UTMagMn\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"zueb70TY6D\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2014\/03\/06\/pete-seeger-a-life-of-struggle-and-song\/\">PETE SEEGER: A LIFE OF STRUGGLE AND SONG<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;PETE SEEGER: A LIFE OF STRUGGLE AND SONG&#8221; &#8212; Emancipation, Liberation &amp; Self-determination\" src=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2014\/03\/06\/pete-seeger-a-life-of-struggle-and-song\/embed\/#?secret=zueb70TY6D\" data-secret=\"zueb70TY6D\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"E0xY9cIOqx\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/16\/seamus-heaney\/\">SEAMUS HEANEY: THE DEATH OF AN &#8220;INTERNAL EMIGRE&#8221;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;SEAMUS HEANEY: THE DEATH OF AN &#8220;INTERNAL EMIGRE&#8221;&#8221; &#8212; Emancipation, Liberation &amp; Self-determination\" src=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/16\/seamus-heaney\/embed\/#?secret=E0xY9cIOqx\" data-secret=\"E0xY9cIOqx\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"88C0K90wcj\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/11\/michael-marra-a-tribute\/\">Michael Marra &#8211; A Tribute<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Michael Marra &#8211; A Tribute&#8221; &#8212; Emancipation, Liberation &amp; Self-determination\" src=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/11\/michael-marra-a-tribute\/embed\/#?secret=88C0K90wcj\" data-secret=\"88C0K90wcj\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"gzfkXHZXj4\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/20\/cultural-debates-and-struggles-over-the-wider-meaning-of-self-determination-in-scotland-2\/\">FREEDOM COME ALL YE<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;FREEDOM COME ALL YE&#8221; &#8212; Emancipation, Liberation &amp; Self-determination\" src=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/20\/cultural-debates-and-struggles-over-the-wider-meaning-of-self-determination-in-scotland-2\/embed\/#?secret=gzfkXHZXj4\" data-secret=\"gzfkXHZXj4\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Aitken, poet and playwright, \u00a0has written an appreciation of the Glasgow poet, Tom Leonard, who died on 21st December, 2018. It can be seen on the Culture Matters blog at:-\u00a0 http:\/\/www.culturematters.org.uk\/index.php\/arts\/poetry\/item\/2972-ach-well-all-livin-language-is-sacred-an-appreciation-of-tom-leonard _________ also see:- \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1861,1863,1875],"tags":[249],"class_list":["post-12777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alienation-self-determination","category-cultural-celebration","category-scotland-against-unionism","tag-author-jim-aitken"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"views":2003,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12777"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17589,"href":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12777\/revisions\/17589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}