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Voting Labour? Please read…

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 […]

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Five Election Voices

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 […]

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Sam Hamad: The regime is shit, but USA, Israel and the others want to destroy the people of Iran.

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 […]

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Israeli Influence in Westminster vs Iranian interference in Indyref… Where’s the evidence?

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 […]

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Janis & Graham – Ungagged! – Sad & Terrifying Events

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 […]

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A Tale of Two Revolutions: Russia and Iran

After Tom Perez’s “Night of the Long Knives” purge of progressives and entrenchment of centrists at the Democratic National Committee, no self-respecting leftist can hold anything for the Democratic Party but contempt. A thoroughly corrupt organization cannot be reformed, period. Capitalism cannot be reformed. Neoliberal bodies such as the EU or the UK of GB […]