Racism Ungagged Writing

Racism in the UK

“We’ve had enough of your kind, take that off your head or join Isis”. These were the words spat at 20-year-old Hannah Moustafa by an angry elderly gentleman earlier this month. His “reasons”? She was wearing a hijab. Nothing more. In may of this year, Daniel Way, 37, was found guilty of racially aggravated assault […]

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The Bucky Skanks

The Bucky Skanks are a BuckyfariRootsPunkRockReggaeParty! The Bucky Skanks create music influenced by reggae and classic ska with some punk riffs thrown in. The lyrics, writen by Baz, are a message promoting equality,anti racism and human rights. You can hear more of their music at the Faslane Peace Camp website or on Reverbnation Or follow The […]

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The Tory Party Conference – It’s Aw Gone Wrang!

This is an unscheduled, bonus podcast, because here at Ungagged we couldn’t just let the vile rhetoric pumping out of the Tory party conference go unanswered or unchallenged. Featuring Matt Geraghty, Debra Torrance, Victoria Pearson, Eric Joyce,  Steve McAuliffe, Amber Daniels and pulled together, as always by the inimitable Neil Scott. With music by Thee Faction with […]

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Joe Solo

Joe Solo is a musician, writer, historian, broadcaster and washing machine engineer from Scarborough. His musical odyssey began in 1987 fronting a bash-em-out band at school, and has seen him play seven countries either as lynchpin of pop-punk upstarts Lithium Joe or hammering out his unique brand of Folk, Punk and Blues in his own […]

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The Wakes

The Wakes are a Folk’n’Roll band from Glasgow, Scotland. Their ambition is to make music with a social conscience. Music that matters. Their songs are songs, born from political and social struggle, of protest and of heartache and of the joys of life. Their fusion of traditional instrumentation, with a contemporary sound have helped the […]