Brian Pollitt worked in Cuba from 1963-68 as Technical Director of the Commission of Social Studies, carrying out rural surveys and appraising the socio-economic conditions of the Cuban peasantry. Subsequently, he carried out frequent periods of fieldwork, focussing on the economic and social history of modern Cuba with special reference to the sugar economy. From 1995-2015, he was the principal organiser of the charity ‘Scottish Medical Aid for Cuba’, He is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Glasgow University.
Ruth McAteer is the joint youngest, with her twin sister, of four kids. She grew up in Milton Of Campsie and now resides in her wee one bedroom bungalow in Kirkintilloch. She began working for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde in 2001. Her first exposure to political activism was as a baby when her mother […]
Read Richie’s booklet marking the centenary of the Russian Revolution here Richie grew up in Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, before emigrating to Liverpool, where he went on to become the central Merseyside organiser of the socialists who led a mass movement that defeated Maggie Thatcher’s brutal Tory government. Through regional general strikes, mass demos and mass […]
Marshall Chipped are an indie rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. Recent supports with Desert Planes and Lake Komo. New album ‘Time And Distance’ out now. “Alternative psych and electro-rock experimental types” – The Skinny “Packed with clever lyrical narrative and experimental arrangements pinned on well thought out structures” – Little Fire Check them out on […]