Silent Singing and John Maclean

 George Gun has written this article first posted on bella caledonia.  It commemorates the 100th anniversary of John Maclean’s death on November 30th 1923.  It argues against Maclean’s death being viewed mainly as a historical commemoration for academic historians, but that his politics in the last year’s of his life are highly relevant to the…

Radical Independence Campaign asserts the sovereignty of the people

Bob Goupillot reports on the RIC organised protest at Queen Elizabeth House or BOSS (British Occupied Subject Scotland) on Thursday, November 23rd, to challenge the UK Supreme Court’s anti-democratic decision to deny Scotland the  independence referendum voted for by the majority of people in Scotland  in the 2021 Holyrood election. RADICAL INDEPENDENCE CAMPAIGN ASSERTS THE…

Ceasefire Now

Pauline Bradley of Sound Inspirations and Protest in Harmony, Glasgow, has written and performs Ceasefire now.   Ceasefire now written by Pauline Bradley In Solidarity with the people of Gaza and Palestine Chorus Ceasefire now, Ceasefire now, We are calling on a ceasefire now, Ceasefire now, Ceasefire now we are calling on a ceasefire now,…

Bernadette McAliskey on Nationalism and the Far Right

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…

Uday, One Day

The following poem was written by Jim Aitken and first posted by Culture Matters. Any extra comment by the editors of this blog is superfluous in the face of such a heart-rending killing. Uday, One Day by Jim Aitken In memory of Uday Abu Mohsen who lived only one day after being killed during the…

November 11th Palestinian protests

We are posting two articles. The first is from The Canary and describes the imaginative Extinction Rebellion shoe protest in Trafalgar Square. The second by Mike Small first posted by bella caledonia looks at the right wing media offensive to demonise the massive, and overwhelmingly peaceful Palestinian demo in London and equate it with  the…

Remembrance and Hate Marches

This article by Mike Small was first posted by bella caledonia. It highlights how the British ruling class and UK state has created Remembrance Day to celebrate British militarism and warfare and not as a day to bring about global peace. They are now giving full backing to the settler apartheid, Israeli state attempt at…

Ukrainian Letter of Solidarity with Palestinian people

The following letter of solidarity from the Ukrainian people to the Palestinian people was first published in the Ukrainian socialist journal, commons. Its arguments reinforces the view that there can be no solution to the oppressed peoples through imperialist deals UKRAINIAN LETTER OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE We, Ukrainian researchers, artists, political and trade…

The Separation Wall

The following article, written by George Gunn was first posted by bella caledonia. It looks at the horrors of what is happening in Gaza through particular Scottish eyes and the language of poetry. THE SEPARATION WALL The 1st of November is Samhain, the end of the harvest season and the first day of Winter in…

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…