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, […]
Left Politics
Holyrude – Ungagged – 4.3
David McClemont (Twitter: @DavoMc82), Debra Torrance (@HeathPeaPict) and Connor Beaton (@CDBeaton) discuss the latest events in Scottish and UK politics NEWS – More Chaos in Downing Street – Shetland Communications Cut Off – Racist caller says Sunak isn’t British – Labour Candidate Blocked
3.2 Talking Sense: The Post-Conference Post-mortem
Kat and Erin are joined by Guest Co-Host Neil Anderson of the Scottish Greens Trade Union Group to chat about the recent SNP and Scottish Greens autumn conferences. SNP Conference Abortion Services in Scotland https://youtu.be/C5Mx6iIzfPs?t=7023 Femicide of Mahsa Amini and Supporting Protestors in Iran https://youtu.be/kiVZmrVPoMM?t=3710 Scottish Greens Conference: STUC Scotland Demands Better https://www.scotland-demands-better.com/ Unite the […]
Talking Sense Podcast – Season 3 – Episode 1
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
Scottish Left Forum Stands with LGBTIQA ++ Community.
Neil Scott on why Scottish Left Forum have announced solidarity measures with LGBTIQA people.
Interview with Glasgow City Councillor Graham Campbell August 2022
Neil Anderson interviews long time Ungagged contributor Graham Campbell. Topics range from the newly elected Glasgow City Council inc’ convenorship of Education committee, slavery reparations and Indyref 2.
North East communities must lead Scotland’s Just Transition
This last July saw the 34th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster, in which 167 people needlessly lost their lives. Workers on two nearby platforms, Claymore and Tartan which pumped to Piper Alpha, could see that the platform they were pumping to was alight. But they had been told never to shut off the oil […]
Ticket Sharks are Killing Music
Gerry McMahon on why profiteering is killing Glasgow’s music scene…
Talking Sense with Cllr Fatima Joji
This month, Kat (Twitter @kat_cary) and Erin (@seunte) were joined by Councillor Fatima Joji (@fatima_joji) at the tail end of her successful campaign. Dont forget to get your tickets for the #ProgressToYes conference which is happening this Sunday 29th May. @aimaberdeen
Ungagged’s David McClemont:Breaking new ground for the Greens in Blantyre
As a young schoolkid in primary three, David McClemont was given a homework exercise where he had to show he could use various words in a sentence. “One of the words was ‘witch’ and so I wrote ‘Maggie Thatcher is a witch’,” he recalls.