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Month: May 2018

Fascism Scotland Ungagged Writing

AUOB? Kick Out The Fascists

May 29, 2018March 23, 2023*Comments(9)

Ball to the Wall AUOB? Kick Out The Fascists Why YES doesn’t need fascists marching under our banner   The Yes campaign/movement is one of the most remarkable organic movements in history. Opposed by the British government, the Crown, and all but one daily and Sunday newspaper (and increasingly, seemingly, by its own major political […]

Feminism Ungagged Writing Victoria Pearson

Weaponising Fragility

May 27, 2018March 23, 2023*Comments(36)

Weaponising Fragility How Ruth Davidson betrayed women, yet again On May 25th, in the late evening, Ruth Davidson tweeted that at lunchtime she had been followed through the streets by a man shouting Indy slogans while filming her as his dogs barked. As someone who has experienced my fair share of street harassment (I speak […]

Financial Scotland Ungagged Writing

Too Poor for Prosperity?

May 26, 2018March 23, 2023*Comment(1)

The Scottish Government’s Growth Commission has raised more questions than it has answered, it has worried and angered many independence supporters, and far from starting a debate about the positive vision of the growing economy of an independent Scotland is has set independence supporters against one another on the basis of those who will support […]

Campaigns Climate & Environment Debra Torrance Health Ungagged Writing

Plastic Pleurisy Part Poo 💩

May 23, 2018March 23, 2023*Comments(2)

The war on plastic is real, it’s escalating. Humans are devising new ways to tackle the ever growing problem that is plastic. We are recycling more, we have discovered plastic eating insects, We’ve deployed barriers across rivers to catch plastic, we have sophisticated tractor dragged rakes to pick up the plastic on our beaches. However, we […]

Disability Rights Ungagged Lite

Cuppa Minute Interview with Jamie Szymkowiak

May 17, 2018February 15, 2023*Comment(0)

What is your name? Jamie Szymkowiak   Where do you come from? Born in Glasgow; grew up in Mississippi, Iceland, California and Sicily (military brat) before returning to Dunoon, in Argyll, when I was 13.   What do you do? Disability rights activist, children’s book writer and international recruiter.   What is your favourite colour? […]

George Collins Industry Political Philosophy Ungagged Writing USA

The Future of the American City

May 17, 2018March 23, 2023*Comments(3)

As I vacuum the dark green carpet while listening to an interview with author and Democracy Now! Co-host Juan Gonzalez, I’m struck by a particular statistic: 70% of the world’s population will reside in cities in the next two years. The implications of this, says Gonzalez, are gigantic for progressivism, as these cities will become […]

Social Media Ungagged Writing

Dealing With Twitter Trolls

May 17, 2018March 23, 2023*Comment(0)

Ungagged asked me to expand a bit on a recent twitter thread on social media abuse and I’m happy to do so. I emphasise these are just my personal views but I hope they are helpful. I have made all the mistakes over the years so you don’t have to. I have been on twitter […]

Privilege Ungagged Writing

Privilege is…

May 17, 2018March 23, 2023*Comment(0)

In his 1999 show Bigger and Blacker, Chris Rock explained white privilege this way: “There ain’t a white man in this room that would change places with me. None of you. None of you would change places with me, and I’m rich! That’s how good it is to be white.” There’s a line from the […]

Campaigns Human Rights Ungagged Writing

Alive, due to lack of death

May 16, 2018March 23, 2023*Comment(0)

The UN must recognise Palestine’s right to exist, says leading Human Rights Campaigner Today 136 out of 193 UN member states have formally recognised Palestine. The UK needs to show some leadership and be amongst the first Western European countries to recognise Palestine and its right to self-determination. British Government already recognises the principle that […]

Campaigns Human Rights Ungagged Writing

Leading Scottish BDS Activist Reacts To Gaza Massacre

May 15, 2018March 23, 2023*Comment(0)

By Jim Bollan The premeditated murder by the Israeli Zionist state of another 58 innocent Palestinians is further evidence that Israel the Apartheid state is being protected by the US and the West in its policy of ethnic cleansing. These brutal murders along with thousands of innocent Palestinian protesters injured are being portrayed by the […]

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