SNP Socialists, Janis and Graham discuss the announcement of the General Election…
Economy & Finance
Holyrude Ungagged Season 7 Episode 3 “Where Does Contra Come From?”
David and Connor discuss; – New Scottish Cabinet – Is Uk Labour undermining Scottish Labour? – Nefarious Tory plans for Scotland – English Water Contaminated by parasites! Music: James King and the Lone Wolves.
Richie Venton Ungagged! Episode 3 “How to solve homelessness…”
Richie Venton on the crisis in housing; how the Scottish Government have been cutting housing budgets, the resulting homelessness and how to solve it! *Richie corrects his initial valuation of Anders Holch Povlsen to £6.5 Billion. Music: The Kara Sea
Richie Venton Ungagged! Episode 2 “Where IS the Centre Left?”
Richie Venton on Starmer and Swinney’s claims to be “Centre Left.” what does that mean for working class people when 1 the Labour right winger, Neil Kinnock says Starmer “has gone too far,” and 2 Swinney’s inclusion of Kate Forbes and her economic and social views, into his Cabinet. Music – The Kara Sea. […]
Five Radical Books Coming in Early 2023 by Luke Ray Di Marco Campbell
As we close out a year in which many incredible texts were published, this brief article notes a few examples of what’s to come in the New Year. Taken from a range of publishers, each listing is considered in terms of what new insights, understandings and inspirations these new contributions might bring to the left […]
Financial Penalties Restrict the Development of the Scottish Renewables Sector
As we all face into an ever-worsening cost of living crisis there is no shortage of suggestions from opposition parties as to what the government could and should be doing to alleviate the worst affects for the most vulnerable in society. When the question comes round to how we pay for measures to help the […]
This Is Not Over
There’s another layer above the real and fantasised darkness, and it’s a good one. It involves people working away at the grass roots with and for their community. BBC Radio Scotland’s Kaye Adams lives in a world where it’s fine to introduce her “Rule of 6” call-in with the comment “I know dozens of people […]
The World Through A Window
There’s a wistfulness in the air. We’re no longer marvelling at clear skies above China and translucent blue canals in Venice. We’re watching from behind the sofa as death rates continue to rise around the globe, and fluctuations occur, leading to second, or even third wave and Lockdown periods, such as in Hong Kong and […]
Will ‘Max The Yes’ Independence Voting Work? by Mike Moss
Will using our list vote for one of the new independence parties increase the number of independence supporting MSPs in the next Holyrood election? Spoiler alert, no. If your only concern in voting on the list is to vote for an independence supporting party, then in general we should use our list vote in the […]
Fear and Loathing in Tring
We were somewhere around Watford on the edge of up North when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like, “I need a shit… the bowels are at last engaging… maybe you should drive…” And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of lorry tractors […]