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 […]
Not a week goes by in Scottish politics when the decision to vote No in 2014 does not rear its ugly head. November 2023, the Scottish Broadcasting Company reports growing unrest south of the border. Massive crowds are gathering daily outside Westminster, demanding an end to Tory rule, following emergency legislation allowing the General Election […]
Remember what Jean Shepherd said about creeping meatballism being the passive acquiescence of people who surrender to the demands of the consumer culture and collaborate in their own manipulation? In the Great Satan back in the 1960s, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, and three of their friends founded the counterculture-oriented Youth International Party whose slogan […]
