This article by Kataryna Farbar was first posted by openDemocracy. Kataryna argues that Ukraine’s mobile postal service braves shelling to deliver packages and pensions. But privatisation could be afoot. THIS VAN PROVIDES A LIFELINE SERVICE TO UKRAINIANS. COULD IT BE UNDER THREAT? As soon as the Ukrposhta van stops in the centre of Kryva…
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…
Grangemouth no more
The following article by Mike Small was first posted by bella caledonia. It highlights the failure of either the UK government (the main culprit) or the Scottish government (despite paper commitments )to follow a policy of Just Transition in the face of climate breakdown. It also points to further Unionist attempts to break the SNP/Green…
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…
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…
Why Ukrainians should support Palestinians
The following article by Dara Saburova was first posted by openDemocracy. It argues against those Campists who try to align movements for self-determination with one imperialist power or another. What is required is an internationalism from below approach which supports the peoples of Palestine and Ukraine, willing both to challenge imperialist attempts to subordinate these…
The UK establishment is using war to attack protest at home
The following article written by Benny Hunter was first posted by openDemocracy. It argues that the war in the Middle East has led British political actors to try and redefine what is ‘acceptable speech’ THE UK ESTABLISHMENT IS USING THE WAR TO ATTACK PROTEST AT HOME As a humanitarian crisis unfolds in the Middle East,…
EL&SD coverage of Palestine, Zionism and Israel since 2002
EL&SD COVERAGE OF PALESTINE, ZIONISM AND ISRAEL SINCE 2002 2023 Uday, One Day Ukrainian Letter of Solidarity with the Palestinian people The Separation Wall – George Gunn Why Ukrainians should support Palestinians The UK establishment is using war to attack protest at home The Middle East and the world after October 7th, and Israel’s war…
Brazil’s senate approves a controversial bill in a major setback for Indigenous land rights
The following article written by Hannah Harland was first posted by The Canary and highlights the assaults of agribusiness on indigenous land rights rights in Brazil BRAZIL’S SENATE APPROVES A CONTROVERSIAL BILL IN MAJOR SETBACK FOR INDIGENOUS LAND RIGHTS Less than a week after celebrations of a key victory in Brazil’s supreme court, the country…