The following article, written by David Finkel, an editor of Against the Current and a member of Jewish Voice for Peace – Detroit chapter and the Ukraine Solidarity Network. It was was first posted by Against the Current. The article makes a powerful case against the politics of Campism. FROM PALESTINE TO UKRAINE – THE POISONS OF DENIALISM…
Letter from John Dennis to The Herald, 1.5.23
We are posting the following letter from John Dennis, a longstanding trade union activist and member of the Radical Independence Campaign in Dumfries Dear editor Picking up on Ian Gray’s letter (Challenging the system – May 1st), it seems Scotland is now led by a big feartie. Far from the radical policies he promised…
Norway: thousands of youth demonstrated against “Green Colonialism”
The following article, written by Matthew Walters, was first posted by Left Voice (USA). From the end of February to the beginning of March, over a thousand youth protested against the construction of wind turbines on Sami land. This movement represents the birth of a militant, Indigenous-led environmentalist movement. NORWAY:THOUSANDS OF YOUTH DEMONSTRATED AGAINST’GREEN COLONIALISM’…
Against half solidarity and false pacifism – statement of the Russian Socialist Movement on May Day
On May Day, the Russian Socialist Movement issued a statement against half-solidarity and false pacifism, calling for a united front against imperialism and war. AGAINST HALF SOLIDARITY AND FALSE PACIFISM – STATEMENT OF THE RUSSIAN SOCIALIST MOVEMENT ON MAY DAY May Day is not only International Workers’ Day but also a day of solidarity with the oppressed…
The coronation
This poem by Rod MacGregor of Dundee was written for Charlie’s coronation. It also makes reference to the words of Mary Brookesbank, the communist songwriter, poet and author, also from of Dundee. Her words, Oh dear me, the world’s ill-divided/ Them that work the hardest, are the least provided/ I maun bide contented dark days or fine,…
May Day international greetings to all
MAY DAY INTERNATIONAL GREETINGS TO ALL For a Republican Internationalist Coalition to challenge to the UK state and British imperialism …
Scottish TUC stands in solidarity with Ukraine
The following report from Fred Leplat on the solidarity given to Ukraine at the recent STUC conference was first posted by anti-capitalist resistance. SCOTTISH TUC STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINE The STUC conference held in Dundee 17-19 April adopted overwhelmingly a motion drafted by its general council in solidarity with Ukraine. The STUC General Secretary…
What happens when it stops raining
The following article by George Gunn of the Province of the Cat. was first posted on bella caledonia. George argues that on the absence and omnipresence of theatre in contemporary Scottish politics, and the players and actors involved. It’s time to re-write the script. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT STOPS RAINING? From The Province of…
How the Paris Commune influenced the 1916 Rising
The following article, written by Donal Fallon, to commemorate the the anniversary of the 1916 Dublin Rising was first published by The Tribune. HOW THE PARIS COMMUNE INFLUENCED THE 1916 DUBLIN RISING The Paris Commune of 1871 was still fresh in the memory by the time of Ireland’s Easter Rising – and, for 1916 leader…
Challenging the constitution – a review of Pete Cannell’s ‘Scotland after Sturgeon’
Allan Armstrong writes a review of Pete Cannell’s Scotland after Sturgeon CHALLENGING THE CONSTITUTION Anyone reading Pete Cannell’s Scotland after Sturgeon will acknowledge his fair-minded approach to Nicola Sturgeon. In terms of mainstream politics, Sturgeon, whilst leader of the SNP and Scotland’s First Minister, was “easily the most popular politician in the UK”. Pete…