Ungagged Bands

Independent Intavenshan

Independent Intavenshan are a 9 piece revolutionary roots reggae band from Utrecht. Writing and performing their own irie music with a conscious message at its core. In the beginning there was earth, water, air and fyah !!!!! And so Independent Intavenshan was born. From the humble beginnings of a studio project with Ozzie Dee spitting […]

Left Politics Neoliberalism Scotland

AN INDEPENDENT SOCIALIST SCOTLAND? Some Problems of ‘Socialism in One Country’.

From the time of the Russian Revolution of 1917, it has been recognised that acute problems attend the construction of socialism in conditions of ideological isolation. Before 1924, Lenin, Trotsky and all other Soviet leaders believed that the crucial importance of foreign trade and investment for Soviet development implied the assistance of other socialist countries. […]

Ungagged Team

John Andrew Hird

  John Andrew Hird joined the Labour Party Young Socialists and Militant in Newcastle just before Thatcher came to power. He served as LPYS Chairman and editor of Socialist Youth. He participated in the Miner’s Strike, Liverpool City Council and Poll Tax  struggles. He stayed in Castlemilk for six months during the 1992 General Election […]