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Scottish Hallowe’en 2026: for our Fierce, Strong Women!

By “Gael” Reclaiming October 31st a Day for the Fierce Women of Scotland ​Last night when I was out walking our firework frightened dog, I watched women (mothers, grandmothers, sisters, aunts) and some men,  trailing after children knocking doors for candy- doors sometimes decorated with those cheap hangings that are becoming the symbols of what […]

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Karen Orr: How Many Working Class Americans will Kill and Die for Venezuelan Oil?

​As swathes of English people are fooled into flag wars, and Americans are being groomed to hate oil rich Venezuela, Karen Orr explores the history of the working class dying for billionaires… The history of conflict is not the grand narrative of kings and causes taught in schools; it is, at its core, a sordid […]