The following article by Lesley Cunningham of rs21 argues that the Scottish government has run out of excuses not to implement their promised GRA reforms. In March 2019, the Scottish Government announced it was extending the Public Consultation on reforms to the Gender Recognition Act 2004. These reforms would simplify the process of legally changing gender, make…
The promise and reality of vaccination
We are posting this article from Socialist Democracy (Ireland) about the impact of the global imperialist order on Covid-19 vaccinations through out the world. The roll out of vaccination programmes across the world has raised hopes that the end of the Covid pandemic may be in sight. There are a number of vaccines currently in use…
GERMANY LEADS THE WAY OUT OF COVID-19 LOCKDOWN
The latest in the regular E&L Covid-19 articles was first posted by Socialist Democracy (Ireland) and addressed the post Covid-19 Lockdown situation in Germany. GERMANY LEADS THE WAY OUT OF COVID-19 LOCKDOWN We all know that Germany is the most important State in Europe, the economy is the fourth largest in the world,…
TWO RESPONSES TO THE COVID19 PANDEMIC
Following from our earlier postings from Trade unionists, health workers, independence supporters and community activists and from Socialist Democracy (Ireland) (http://republicancommunist.org/blog/2020/03/26/fighting-the-covid-19-pandemic/), we are posting two further statements on the Covid19 pandemic, the first from Dumfries TUC , the second from SNP Socialists. 1. Dumfries TUC Co19 Statement
A BRIEF HISTORY AND THE CONTEXT FOR RECOVERY IN MENTAL HEALTH
Bob Goupillot writes about organising against discrimination, oppression and exploitation, and how this affected the Movement for Recovery in Mental Health. A BRIEF HISTORY AND THE CONTEXT FOR RECOVERY IN MENTAL HEALTH The Recovery movement has several roots these include The various historical movements for greater Civil rights. The evidence from experts…
Politics can be bad for your health
Mary Ward argues why communists must take an holistic approach to health and health care. In socialist circles, when you talk about campaigning around health issues, comrades, understandably, turn their thoughts to fighting to defend the NHS. The cuts in provision, introduction of the mysterious internal market, the quangos that run our local health services,…