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Richie Venton: Was Burnham’s Speech ACTUALLY Socialist?
Richie Venton, National Trade Union Organizer for the Scottish Socialist Party, analyzes Andy Burnham’s Labour government and incoming Chancellor John Healey’s fiscal plans. For quick access to new podcasts, search for Ungagged! on your podcast provider. All Ungagged Podcasts are available HERE. You can also find our podcasts on Podbean, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.
Janis & Graham Ungagged – “Not much happened” this summer!
The SNP Socialists Co-Convenors, Janis Wilson & Graham Campbell discuss; Janis’s verbal postcard from the Middle East, the Palestine crisis – inc’ UN, Ed Sheeran & Burham, SNP programme for government and Glasgow City Council equal pay crisis. Producer & Sound Editor – Neil Anderson Music: Roy Möller Scottish left, pro-Indy, pro-LGBTIQA Podcasts. Writing. […]
Richie Venton: Glasgow City Council’s Fire-and-Rehire Disgrace
Richie Venton on Worker Solidarity and Equal Pay. Over 23,000 workers in Glasgow City Council received emails on September 24 informing them of potential dismissal and rehire under terms dictated by the employer. In 2006, a Labour-run council introduced a pay and benefits review that led to rampant wage discrimination against women workers, costing millions […]
Scottish Anti-Fascists, Unite!
By Indybag Fascists are in Government in Germany. Allow that to sink in. Fascists are rallying in the UK- their conferences are attracting big business. Fascists are sporadically rampaging through our city streets. The left need to help fight back. Socialism is LESS likely- and will be a very dangerous outlook to have – in […]
Farage’s Toff: James Orr- fund raiser for the far right.
James Orr is a far right, Class Warrior for the rich. John Medhurst traces his career. Because the UK’s fearless media probably won’t report much on this guy beyond that James Orr is/was “Farage’s chief policy advisor”, which is to say Reform’s Head of Policy, and that he liked the sound of easy cash that […]
Rinse and Repeat against Racism by Val Waldron
The quote attributed to Mark Twain ‘History does not repeat itself but it often rhymes’ allows us to see the parallels between the 60’s and 70s and today but accept and analyse the differences. We can rewrite history. We have to. On the day that Glasgow Film Theatre showed the 2019 Rock against Racism documentary […]
The Far Right are Heading to Arbroath… So Are We.
By Dave Coull I have only just learned there’s a fascist march through ARBROATH planned for this Saturday, 20th June. They claim there have been multiple rapes by “illegal immigrants” in the town. My quick Google search for “Arbroath protest Saturday 20th June” came up with racist groups in Wales, and in southern England, calling […]
We Are Many by Val Waldron
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. At the time of writing the polls are barely open, but by the end of the Summer it’s quite likely, according to polls and pundits, that Burnham will be PM. If Successful in Makerfield today, every indication is that he will be putting his shoulder to the […]
Labour’s Latest Mistake: Stop Banning Journalists
Democracy is on it’s deathbed. By our Political Correspondent. The impulse to silence dissent is becoming a fixture of our political culture. When voices challenge the established consensus, the instinct is often to slam the door rather than engage with the argument. The recent restriction to the entry of commentators like Hasan Piker and Cenk […]