The following article by James Linney, first posted by Weekly Worker, shows the dismal inability to defeat the pandemic points to a wider systemic failure. COVID-19 – NOT GOING AWAY Last week the total number of deaths in the UK relating to Covid-19 surpassed 200,000 – a truly horrible statistic and a far cry from…
From Palestine to San Antonio, from Melilla to the Polish border – United for a world without walls
The following article on the murderous impact of walls upon migrants was first posted by Stop the Wall in their Urgent Letter Nº 3. FROM SAN ANTONIO TO PALESTINE, FROM MELILLA TO THE POLISH BORDER – UNITED FOR A WORLD WITHOUT WALLS This is hell. It’s on fire. Ghassan Kanafani, “Men in the Sun”…
Covid19 and the danger of barbarism
The following article by Mohsen Shahmanesh examines the social role of viruses and bacteria in four major historical pandemics. It was first published in Weekly Worker. DANGER OF BARBARISM We are now in the third year of the Covid pandemic, which has caused the deaths of something like five million people across the world…
Imperialism is responsible for Omicron
The following article. written by Sam Carliner of Left Voice (USA), highlights the role of imperialism in the mergence of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 IMPERIALISM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OMICRON With capitalism acting as an incubator for pandemics, and vaccine nationalism preventing an effective global response, it is no surprise that the Omicron variant…
‘Greenwashing’ by Biden’s Democrats and the SNP
The first article posted here was written by Robert Belano of Left Voice (USA). It examines the role of Biden and the Democrats in the light of Cop26. The second article is a section of a blog from opendemocracy written by Laurie MacFarlane which highlights the role of the SNP government in paving the way…
Police intimidation at Cop26
We are posting two pieces concerning the police intimidation and kettling of the Young Communist League contingent on the Cop26 demonstration in Glasgow on November 6th. The first is by Mike Small of bella caledonia; the second is a statement from the YCL Central Committee. 1. POLICE INTIMIDATION AT COP-26 Saturday saw one of…
A Crime Against Humanity: The ‘Greenwash Festival’ of COP26
The following article on the Cop26 UN climate conference being held in Glasgow first appeared on Media Lens. A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY: THE ‘GREENWASH’ FESTIVAL OF COP26 One of the most damning assessments of COP26, the UN climate conference being held in Glasgow, came from Greta Thunberg, the Swedish climate activist: ‘#COP26 has been named…
The need to challenge the Populist Right’s “culture war” warriors
The Populist Right is trying to roll back the gains made the Black Civil Rights Movement, the Women’s Movement, the Gay Movement and is trying to prevent Gender Self Determination being legalised. Central to their strategy are attempts to a play one group of oppressed against another. This has led to the emergence of what…
Vaccine apartheid: How Europe failed the global south
Ben Wray wrote the following article for bella caledonia. It highlights the division of the world into those who do and don’t have vaccines. This is a shameful episode that will live long in the memory. There was an opportunity for a different outcome through the waiving of vaccine IP rights, but Europe shut the…
Extinction Rebellion is taking to the City
The following article written by Jasmin Orden for The Canary outlines the reasons for the actions taken by Extinction Rebellion targeting The City. EXTINCTION REBELLION IS TAKING TO THE CITY Extinction Rebellion (XR) is currently protesting across London as it aims to “target the root cause of the climate and ecological crisis – the political economy”. The…