Left voices, unfiltered, unedited, Ungagged.
One of our team, Neil Scott, urges his East Dunbartonshire neighbours to drop Liberal Democrat Leader, Jo Swinson as their MP at the upcoming election. “As a teacher who works in one of Europe’s most deprived areas, helping hungry, poverty damaged children every day, I resent the fact that Jo Swinson, a woman from one […]
Opposition to Scotland’s place in the United Kingdom has existed, in one for, or another, since its founding in 1707, often with anti-imperialist sentiment at its heart. The SNP were founded to campaign against it in 1934 and grew with the collapse of empire in the 1950s, and 60s, but only in the 1970s did […]
OK…. I’m up for predictions. Predictions in the short term, and regarding the UK and Scotland first. One, more or all of the upcoming predictions may end up wrong, but regardless of that, there will be no revolution in the UK. Power will still remain with corporations and the land owning class who by way […]
This Sunday, Latin American entered one of its saddest days in history. After a dirty campaign and days of institutional destabilization, corporations, landlords and the army have just succeeded in ousting President Evo Morales and his Vice President García Linera. It is a racist coup d’état, as evidenced by the successive attacks on the headquarters […]
Today is the day I start to write again. I have not written any political or journalistic pieces for a while. I chose to take a break from writing to focus on my PhD thesis and other work commitments. But a general election is looming. And I want to ‘do my bit’. Right, here goes… […]
https://ungagged.podbean.com/mf/play/qhyb3w/Nathalia_on_lulas_address_after_release_mp3.mp3 Lula’s first official speech: After his triumphant release from prison, former President Lula returns to his roots. From the metalworkers union In São Bernardo, he spoke for the first time about his ideas for improving Brazil and strengthening the Latin America left. Available FREE on iTunes and Podbean #StandWithLula Please consider donating to us. Small donations keep […]
After 580 days, the former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the biggest leader of the Brazilian left, was released from the prison this afternoon at the PF (Federal Police) Superintendence in Curitiba after a decision expedited by the Federal Court. Lula benefited from the ruling of the Supreme Court (Supreme Court) that, in a […]
https://ungagged.podbean.com/mf/play/b289jv/RIC_Conf.mp3 Available FREE on iTunes and Podbean On Saturday 26th of October, the Radical Independence Campaign held a conference. The Speakers included Ungagged’s Nathalia Urban from Resist Brazil and Scottish Green MSP, Ross Greer. Nathalia starts the podcast off, followed by Ross at, 6 mins 25 sec and then Nathalia again at 15 mins 20 secs. […]
{I was invited to speak at the Confronting Inequalities! The Role of Citizenship Education conference, organised by NECE.} The conference brought together academics and educationalists from across Europe, to discuss the issue of inequalities in the development of young people’s citizenship and political identity. My workshop was about the work of WOSDEC, the NGO who […]
https://ungagged.podbean.com/mf/play/9iczig/ungagged_oct_19_Mixdown_1.mp3 Available FREE on iTunes and Podbean As the power mongers… the aristocracy and rich in the UK, and the bureaucrats of the EU come to a deal that will cut freedom of movement, enforce Tory rule for another generation and impoverish millions across the British Isles, we bring you our ode to anarchy… our voices in the […]