Beinn Irbhinn (anglicised: Ben Irvine) is a Scottish socialist, originally from Greenock. He is known in Greenock for his activity while a member of the SSP, where he campaigned for the socialist case for Scottish independence, as well as being vocal on issues such as fuel poverty in Inverclyde and strongly opposing Inverclyde Council’s insidious […]
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Frank Waln
Photo by Tomas Karmelo Amaya Frank Waln is an award winning Sicangu Lakota Hip Hop artist, producer, and performer from the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. A recipient of the Gates Millennium Scholarship, Waln attended Columbia College Chicago where he received a BA in Audio Arts and Acoustics. Waln’s awards include three Native American Music […]
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Sectarianism is defined as: ‘Bigoted or narrow minded in following the doctrines of one’s sect’ (Oxford English Dictionary) and in Scotland has traditionally been viewed through the prism of disputes between members of the Protestant and Catholic communities. Nil by Mouth (NBM) is a Scottish charity which seeks to challenge sectarianism wherever it manifests itself […]
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Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre is a detention centre in Bedfordshire. It is usually described as being a place to detain failed asylum for women and families who havent commited a crime, prior to deportation, but around 2 thirds of detainees are usually granted asylum. Its occupants are primarily women and families, many of whom […]
Thunder on the Left
With Carla on lead vocals and guitar, Adam on bass and vocals and Arun on drums and vocals, Thunder on the Left are a girl fronted, heavy rock trio here to serve the disillusioned. Bringing you gnarly riffs from the London desert. Thunder On The Left is a power trio in the every sense of […]
Sporting Hero
Sporting Hero relocated from Belfast to Manchester where he released his own EP, Calendar on Switchflicker Records. He later moved up to Scotland and collaborated with Roy Møller on tracks from his debut album, ‘Speak When I’m Spoken To’. He is a guitarist and pianist with The Parsonage choir, band leader in The Gracious Losers […]
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As virulent capitalism charges around the world, claiming righteously that their crushing and obliterating lives is just the unfortunate collateral of the “other side,” organisations across the Globe campaign against the murderous arms trade. We have witnessed the horrors of what capitalism, in its for-profit, resource grab, has done in the Middle East – and […]
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If you’ve been following along with Ungagged’s Activist Advent, you’ll recall that behind door number four we talked about the water protectors in North Dakota desperately fighting to keep their drinking water safe from contamination. We support that cause because we agree that water is life. What you may other now is that here in the […]
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Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) help people worldwide where the need is greatest, delivering emergency medical aid to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from health care. MSF teams have tended to patients, assisted in births, and provided access to medical care for hundreds of thousands of people who would otherwise have gone without […]
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One of the best bits about the festive season is the winter feast – gorging on chocolate and christmas pud, stodgy spuds, Yorkshire pudding and roast potatoes to build up some fat that we will lament in January, but that will keep us warm in the cold months ahead. For some, the reality is […]