The following article was written by and posted on Ricky from Council Estate Media. ED BALLS ACCIDENTALLY ADMITS TO LABOUR’S WEAPONISATION OF ANTI-SEMITISM I MEAN, WE ALREADY KNEW, BUT STILL… Former Labour MP Ed Balls, the world’s most unbearably smug centrist, has just admitted to something we’ve been saying for years: that Sir Keir Starmer’s…
Julian Assange – As ‘Day X’ approaches, do you really want to be on the wrong side of history?
The following article was written by the Canary Editorial Board and posted on their website. JULIAN ASSANGE – AS ‘DAY X’ APPROACHES, DO YOU REALLY WANT BE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY? Next week, jailed journalist Julian Assange will have an appeal hearing in London. It could be the last attempt to stop…
The Scottish Languages Bill
Wilson Macleod looks at the new Scottish Languages Bill in the changed political circumstances since the Scottish government consultation was first opened up in June 2023. This article was first posted by bella caledonia. He raises some particular points, but omits the changed political background. Whilst cultural issues have always been a lower priority for…
Sinn Féin, the IRA and the betrayal of the Palestinians
In this hard hitting article by Georoid O’Loingsigh, first posted by Socialist Democracy (Ireland), he exposes the hypocrisy behind the Sinn Fein leadership, over its stance on Palestine and its kowtowing to Biden’s US imperialism. SINN FEIN, THE IRA AND THE PALESTINIANS Following a peace process in which the armed group, which is not the…
Who the hell rehabilitated Alistair Campbell?
The following article was written and posted by Ricky from Council Estate Media WHO THE HELL REHABILITATED ALISTAIR CAMPBELL? Are we celebrating our war criminals now? It may have escaped your attention but prior to Alistair Campbell cosying up to Rory Stewart and becoming every centrist’s favourite remoaner podcaster, he was the war criminal behind…
The counter-narrative to Zionist and US/British imperialist backed genocide
The following two articles are Ilan Pappe’s response to the International Court of Justice’s ruling first published by the Palestine Chronicle and Tony Greenstein’s account of the alternative Holocaust Memorial Day first published on his blog. 1. ICJ RULING IS NOT ENOUGH AND THIS IS THE WAY FORWARD If committed activists needed an additional reason…
The killing of Gaza’s environment
The following article was first posted as an Opinion Piece by Diem 25 Communications. Its title explains the argument. THE KILLING OF GAZA’S ENVIRONMENT On a picturesque beach in central Gaza, a mile north of the now-flattened Al-Shati refugee camp, long black pipes snake through hills of white sand before disappearing underground. An image released by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) shows…
Women’s Delegation from Scotland to Rojava
The following article was written by the Women’s Delegation to Rojava and was first posted by bella caledonia. This is one of several articles we have posted abut the situation in Rojava, which shows reasons to be optimistic under the most challenging conditions WOMEN’S DELEGATION TO ROJAVA On Christmas eve as bombs dropped on Palestine,…
Can Wales still call itself an anti-apartheid nation as Israel continues its genocide in Gaza?
The following article by Palestine Solidarity Campaign groups in Wales was first posted by The Canary. This guest article assesses Wales’ position between its opposition to apartheid in South Africa and apartheid in Israel. CAN WALES STILL CALL ITSELF AN ANTI-APARTHEID NATION AS ISRAEL CONTINUES ITS GENOCIDE IN GAZA? Wales: calling for a ceasefire…
King Charles and the Counting House
The following article by George Gunn was first posted by bella caledonia. It is another in George’s series ‘From the Province of the Cat’, which use humour, rooted in local common sense to challenge key features of Ukania, the UK state, in this case the role and reality behind the British monarchy. KING CHARLES AND…