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David McClemont (Twitter: @DavoMc82), Debra Torrance (@HeathPeaPict) and Cal Johnston-Dempsey (@caldemps) discuss the latest events in Scottish and UK politics NEWS – Eton Pupils Abuse State School Pupils At Farage Speech – Chancellor Delivers Autumn Statement – Stephen Fry Claims Neutrality In Transphobia Debate – Labour Claim They Will Abolish The House of Lords Music […]
by Amber Roberts Gender Critics believe that Trans Women aren’t Women as strongly as we believe that Trans Women Are Women, no matter what anyone tells them to the contrary. On both sides of this we have people making threats, shouting abuse and being hateful in general. This behaviour needs to stop on both sides, […]
If you are melting down over the World Cup in Qatar; ask yourself why you didn’t have a similar meltdown over the one in Russia in 2018? Be honest about it. At that point in the world, despite Russia genocidally ravaging Syria, annexing and waging war against Ukraine and overseeing the fatal persecution of homosexuals […]
Holyrude pod talks with Talking Sense’s Kat Cary – co-convenor of SNP Socialists on; tiredness, Keir Starmer on mums.net, Larkhall, Mat Hancock on I’m a Celeb’ and of course Scottish politics. Kat asks in the pod for people with experience of living as a trans person in Scotland to submit a 3 to 5 minute […]
To win disabled people over, the left needs to change the rhetoric. We cannot mirror the Right’s idea of “useless eaters”. If we truly want to create a better future, we need to find a way to make a world where everyone can live happily – including those who cannot work. A few weeks ago, […]
David McClemont (Twitter: @DavoMc82), Debra Torrance (@HeathPeaPict) and Kat Cary (@kat_cary) discuss the latest events in Scottish and UK politics NEWS – Scottish Green Party Suspend ties with Green Party of England & Wales – Over 330,000 Deaths Linked To Tory Austerity – Chancellor Sacked! – Labour & Tories Compete To Bash Immigrants Music by […]
Kat and Erin return for Season 3 after a busy summer to talk about the cost-of-living crisis, the death of Mahsa Amini and protests in Iran, and anti-immigrant actions in politics worldwide. Further info Edinburgh Slavery and Colonialism Legacy Review: https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/edinburghslaverycolonialism Glasgow Slavery Audit: https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=29117 Iran: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/28/podcasts/the-daily/iran-protests-women.html Reverse Freedom Rides: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/02/29/809740346/the-cruel-story-behind-the-reverse-freedom-rides Recommended Reading: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3785-abolition-geography
Neil Scott on why Scottish Left Forum have announced solidarity measures with LGBTIQA people.
By Jake Murray Not wishing to ignite a stormy debate about the Monarchy, but I would like to venture this: Perhaps it’s because Elizabeth reigned for so long, so I have lived 50 years without a Coronation, there’s a lot of cognitive dissonance for me watching all the rituals and vows going on. I’ve always […]
By Jake Murray Not wishing to ignite a stormy debate about the Monarchy, but I would like to venture this: Perhaps it’s because Elizabeth reigned for so long, so I have lived 50 years without a Coronation, there’s a lot of cognitive dissonance for me watching all the rituals and vows going on. I’ve always […]