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By Sam Hamad By voting SNP today, or Green in the English local elections, or our comrades in Plaid Cymru in Wales, you’re voting against everything the sordid, filthy, pathetic Labour Party stand for. Here’s a quick rundown of Labour’s record of shame: Supported the Tory Hard Brexit Stifled any progressive conversation on rejoining the […]
by Sam Hamad If Netanyahu is defeated, there’s going to be a lot of gushing by the more clever members of the Support the Genocide Coalition and other birdbrained liberals, who will conveniently forget that the main opposition to him is every bit as racist, fascistic and genocidal as Netanyahu, namely because Israel is a […]
Voice 1: Richie Venton, representing the Scottish Socialist Party, delivers a passionate call to action for the upcoming elections. He urges voters to choose the SSP on the list vote (the peach-colored form) to elect a team of “socialist fighters” dedicated to representing the millions, not the millionaires. Voice 2: Maggie Chapman emphasizes that […]
Sam Charles Hamad (often known as Sam Hamad) is a Scottish-Arab writer, journalist, and historian whose work focuses on the intersection of Middle Eastern politics, Scottish nationalism, and international relations. Known for his incisive political commentary, Hamad frequently contributes to various publications, providing analysis on topics ranging from the Syrian conflict to the nuances of […]
By Jock Mulligan A chairdean, let us look through the mist of Westminster’s “democracy” to see the machinery of capital and empire at work. These reports from Scottish paper, The National expose a predictable reality: the British state is a playground for foreign capital and state-sponsored lobbying, while it simultaneously weaponizes “national security” to cast […]
To read the initial critique of Scottish pro-Palestinian activism that Kevin McKenna has had published in an increasingly desperate Glasgow Herald, is to encounter a portrait sketched in stark caricature: a world where political dissent is merely the affectation of the wealthy, and solidarity a “Brucie Bonus” for the bored bourgeoisie. Yet, history – and […]
By Neil Scott I’m off work with covid. Imagine those words 5 years ago. Imagine a friend messaging that to you back then. Covid still can be dangerous for many people- and was deadly for many more half a decade ago. It killed family and friends -and work colleagues- and the devastating footage of people […]
By Karen Orr The jungle is a cruel, magnificent teacher. You see an orangutan, born with the strength and protection of a dominant mother, and you expect her to simply feast on the ripest fruit and rest in the highest canopy. But what if she uses her safe position to warn the whole troupe of […]
The SNP Socialists Co-Convenors, Janis Wilson and Graham Campbell discuss; Riots in Ballymena, Hamilton MSP By-Election, the Middle East and Sir Geoff Palmer. Music: Roy Möller Scottish left, pro-Indy, pro-LGBTIQA Podcasts. Writing. Campaigns. Please join us- help us create a new, fair media- https://ko-fi.com/ungagged Where to find Left Ungagged… Website Twitter (X) YouTube Spotify Apple […]
The SNP Socialists Co-Convenors, Janis Wilson and Graham Campbell discuss; SNP Candidate Nominations for Holyrood 2026 (inc’ our Graham himself!), Israel Genocide & Gaza obliteration & the fortunes of Labour in office. Music: Roy Möller Scottish left, pro-Indy, pro-LGBTIQA Podcasts. Writing. Campaigns. Please join us- help us create a new, fair media- https://ko-fi.com/ungagged Where to […]