{"id":12777,"date":"2019-01-22T20:49:11","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T20:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/?p=12777"},"modified":"2021-02-19T15:21:03","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T15:21:03","slug":"jim-aitken-writes-an-appreciation-of-tom-leonard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2019\/01\/22\/jim-aitken-writes-an-appreciation-of-tom-leonard\/","title":{"rendered":"JIM AITKEN WRITES AN APPRECIATION OF TOM LEONARD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Jim Aitken, poet and playwright, \u00a0has written an appreciation of the Glasgow poet, Tom Leonard, who died on 21st December, 2018. It can be seen on the Culture Matters blog at:-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.culturematters.org.uk\/index.php\/arts\/poetry\/item\/2972-ach-well-all-livin-language-is-sacred-an-appreciation-of-tom-leonard\">http:\/\/www.culturematters.org.uk\/index.php\/arts\/poetry\/item\/2972-ach-well-all-livin-language-is-sacred-an-appreciation-of-tom-leonard<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2019\/01\/22\/jim-aitken-writes-an-appreciation-of-tom-leonard\/th-5-61\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12778\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12778\" src=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/th-5-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">_________<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">also see:-<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"myvz4wGrT0\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/29\/paddy-bort-1954-2017\/\">PADDY BORT \u2013 1954-2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u201cPADDY BORT \u2013 1954-2017\u201d \u2014 Emancipation, Liberation & Self-determination\" src=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/29\/paddy-bort-1954-2017\/embed\/#?secret=myvz4wGrT0\" data-secret=\"myvz4wGrT0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"rI6UTMagMn\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2016\/03\/09\/hamish-henderson-folk-songs-and-the-building-of-scottish-left-wing-identity\/\">HAMISH HENDERSON, FOLK SONGS AND THE BUILDING OF SCOTTISH LEFT WING IDENTITY<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u201cHAMISH HENDERSON, FOLK SONGS AND THE BUILDING OF SCOTTISH LEFT WING IDENTITY\u201d \u2014 Emancipation, Liberation & Self-determination\" src=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2016\/03\/09\/hamish-henderson-folk-songs-and-the-building-of-scottish-left-wing-identity\/embed\/#?secret=rI6UTMagMn\" data-secret=\"rI6UTMagMn\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"zueb70TY6D\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2014\/03\/06\/pete-seeger-a-life-of-struggle-and-song\/\">PETE SEEGER: A LIFE OF STRUGGLE AND SONG<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u201cPETE SEEGER: A LIFE OF STRUGGLE AND SONG\u201d \u2014 Emancipation, Liberation & Self-determination\" src=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2014\/03\/06\/pete-seeger-a-life-of-struggle-and-song\/embed\/#?secret=zueb70TY6D\" data-secret=\"zueb70TY6D\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"E0xY9cIOqx\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/16\/seamus-heaney\/\">SEAMUS HEANEY: THE DEATH OF AN \u201cINTERNAL EMIGRE\u201d<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u201cSEAMUS HEANEY: THE DEATH OF AN \u201cINTERNAL EMIGRE\u201d\u201d \u2014 Emancipation, Liberation & Self-determination\" src=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/16\/seamus-heaney\/embed\/#?secret=E0xY9cIOqx\" data-secret=\"E0xY9cIOqx\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"88C0K90wcj\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/11\/michael-marra-a-tribute\/\">Michael Marra \u2013 A Tribute<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u201cMichael Marra \u2013 A Tribute\u201d \u2014 Emancipation, Liberation & Self-determination\" src=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/11\/michael-marra-a-tribute\/embed\/#?secret=88C0K90wcj\" data-secret=\"88C0K90wcj\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"gzfkXHZXj4\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/20\/cultural-debates-and-struggles-over-the-wider-meaning-of-self-determination-in-scotland-2\/\">FREEDOM COME ALL YE<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u201cFREEDOM COME ALL YE\u201d \u2014 Emancipation, Liberation & Self-determination\" src=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/20\/cultural-debates-and-struggles-over-the-wider-meaning-of-self-determination-in-scotland-2\/embed\/#?secret=gzfkXHZXj4\" data-secret=\"gzfkXHZXj4\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Aitken, poet and playwright, \u00a0has written an appreciation of the Glasgow poet, Tom Leonard, who died on 21st December, 2018. It can be seen on the Culture Matters blog at:-\u00a0 http:\/\/www.culturematters.org.uk\/index.php\/arts\/poetry\/item\/2972-ach-well-all-livin-language-is-sacred-an-appreciation-of-tom-leonard _________ also see:- \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1861,1863,1875],"tags":[249],"class_list":["post-12777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alienation-self-determination","category-cultural-celebration","category-scotland-against-unionism","tag-author-jim-aitken"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"views":2047,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12777"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17589,"href":"https:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12777\/revisions\/17589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}