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Brexit, Referendums and Independence
When I started writing this on 05/02/2018 the idea of a hard Brexit, an exit with no withdrawal agreement seemed possible but remote. In the light of the UK’s insistence this week that the UK will leave both the Single Market and the Customs Union and Michael Barnier’s insistence today (09/02/2018) that an open UK/Irish […]
Brussels as the epitome of evil, or a scientific socialist approach?
I read Jonathon Shafi’s piece in the Independent on the Marxist argument against the EU with interest, but feel it raises more questions that it answers. Shafi starts off from a very promising declaration: “In the abstract, the transnationality of the single market fits with left-wing ideals”. This is good and very true, but […]
Ungagged short Story Contest Results
The Ungagged judges have spent a month reading, scoring, debating and re-reading and we have – at long last! – got a winner for the Ungagged Winter Short Story Competition. The competition was fierce and the panel of judges struggled to decide on a winner. All of the stories on our shortlist sparked discussion and […]
A Lefty Winter Tale, by Anthony Franks
Winner of our Winter Short Story Competition 2017-2018 A Lefty Winter Tale By Anthony Franks I am Sinister. Adam Sinister. Born in a cross-fire hurricane as Mick and the boys sang. Well, actually it was Christmas Day. My old Ma, God rest her soul (even though I am a hard-core atheist), used to say […]
Mundanus
Just think of all those hours where You weren’t ill, weren’t lost or heartbroken Weren’t unhappy, weren’t distressed Nor tortured with words, spoken or unspoken When you were going about your business as usual. Distractedly, maybe, bored, barely awake, But not in pain, unhappy, feeling desperate Or wracked with self-doubt, or shattered by […]
Hold the Line
Available FREE on iTunes and Podbean On this episode we’ll be hearing from Chuck Hamilton on neoliberal political organisations, Veronika Tudhope will be talking about the 60th anniversary of the CND, Debra Torrance tells us about her wee dug, pet insurance, health insurance and the NHS, and Derek Stewart Macpherson will be talking about Burns Night and Australia/Invasion Day. George Collins will be reviewing […]
Veronika Tudhope
If Veronika were younger she’d be a New Scot. She was born in Vienna, but her Austrian parents soon moved her to Scotland ‘for a year’ …and never went home. That was back in the 60s. Veronika trained as an archaeologist and a teacher but became a campaigner. She has been active for peace, social […]
Tattooed
[CN: Nazi atrocities, revenge] Sandra Webster This story originally appeared in The University of Glasgow’s Creative Writing Showcase, issue 26 Gunter Hollinger had many regrets in his life. He had never married nor had children, he had seen little of the world apart from his corner of it. Now nearing the end of his life […]
Voicex
Pacesetting performance poet pilots postpunk pioneers. Members: Suky Goodfellow Vocals Performance poet, visual artist, guitarist with riot grrrl group Fistymuffs Paul Research Guitar Guitarist with Scars, first-wave punk and postpunk originators Richie Simpson Guitar Guitarist with Heavy Drapes, Twisted Nerve Coco Whitson Bass Bassist with Boots For Dancing, Gin Goblins Colin Bendall Drums Guitarist with […]