Part 1 HERE Much coverage of U.S. healthcare workers during the Covid-19 outbreak paints a doom and gloom picture of burnout, high turnover, and failing systems. While there may be truth to these narratives, Myles explains the experience can be more nuanced than is presented. He shoots on the role of leadership in creating a […]
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The Digital Picket, Covid-19, & Unending Precarity
This week, members of the University and College Union (U.C.U.) commenced our latest wave of industrial action, involving ten strike days spread across the next three weeks, encompassing two distinct but deeply interconnected campaigns.
Defend Our Betters.
There is no need to slag the partying, brexiting, hard working Tories.
An Entrepreneur in Scrubs: Myles Parilla on WorldBeat (1/3)
Part 2 HERE Part 3 HERE Almost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic and Americans can’t seem to catch a break as new variants emerge and policy debates over lockdowns, school closures, and vaccine mandates dominate coverage. It’s pretty daunting for folks on the outside as we struggle to keep up with the breakneck pace […]
Jimmy Carr and ‘the Acceptable Face of Racism’
The recent public spotlight on so called ‘dark comedian’ Jimmy Carr’s extreme racist comment about Gypsies (their mass murder apparently being the only aspect of the Holocaust the Nazis got right), is just the latest mining of a deep vein of historical and persistent discrimination concerning Romanies and Gypsy Travellers.
Holyrude Episode 2.13 – Scrappy Doo of Politics
David McClemont (Twitter: @DavoMc82), Debra Torrance (@HeathPeaPict) and Brian Finlay (@WeeSociologist) discuss the latest events in Scottish and UK politics NEWS – Sue Gray Reports! – Labour’s Only Scottish MP Tries To Save The Union – Cost of Living Crisis – EHRC Let Their Transphobia Show Music by @HippyMuzic Art by @HeathPeaPict Edited by @HeathPeaPict
Holyrude Ungagged Episode 2.12 – Happy Birthday Pod
David McClemont (Twitter: @DavoMc82), Debra Torrance (@HeathPeaPict) and Brian Finlay (@WeeSociologist) discuss the latest events in Scottish and UK politics NEWS – The Last Days of the Boris Regime? – TV License to be Abolished by 2027 – Labour More Welcome for Tories Than For Socialists – Green Minister Under Attack Music by @HippyMuzic Art […]
A Whole Lot of Wind
Guy Ingerson on the benefits of the leasing of Crown estates for green energy production, and some of the responses from the left.
Fuad Alakbarov: Kazakhstan
Fuad Alakbarov on the past, present and future of a country currently in turmoil…
Holyrude Episode 2.11 – Heavy Heavy Happy New Year
David McClemont (Twitter: @DavoMc82), Debra Torrance (@HeathPeaPict) and Brian Finlay (@WeeSociologist) discuss the latest events in Scottish and UK politics NEWS – Lockdown 3.0 – Chair and Vice Chair of Scotland’s Drug Death Task Force resign – Alba General Secretary tries to weaponise Child Abuse – “Sir” Tony Blair Music by @HippyMuzic Art by @HeathPeaPict […]