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A Vanguard of Pish: Why the SWP is a Political Cult of the Left to Avoid

Let’s be straight with each other—the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) is a bad actor. For decades, they’ve trailed around like the self-appointed high priests of the working class, but if you look at the wreckage they’ve left behind, especially here in Scotland, it’s clear their only real loyalty is to the survival of their own […]

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Fuck the Tech-bro-bosses: Read Tressell

Tressell’s masterpiece doesn’t need any high-tech polish; it’s a grit-under-the-fingernails account of how the working man is conned into his own poverty. If you want to understand why the “tech-bros” and the boardroom liquidators find it so easy to pull the wool over our eyes today, you have to go back to the source. The […]

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Scottish Political Biographies: Mary Barbour

Mary Barbour, born Mary Rough in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, in 1875, stands as one of Glasgow’s most profoundly kind and courageous champions for the working class. Her life was a testament to the power of community, compassion, and tireless activism, centered on the belief that dignity was a right, not a privilege. ​The Heart of ‘Mrs […]

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Jane McAlevey: Unions Against Poverty

The Unwavering Backbone: Why Trades Unionists Stand as Guardians Against a Rising Tide… by Karen Orr ​The forest, in its vast complexity, teaches us that collective strength is paramount. A single tree, standing alone, is vulnerable to the fiercest storm. But a grove, with roots intertwined and branches forming a dense canopy, can weather almost […]

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Who radicalised poverty?

By Indybag  The Thatcherite and subsequent right wing political project that began in 1979 has had a singular, brutal goal: to crush the working class. This wasn’t some unfortunate byproduct of economic change; it was a deliberate, ideological war on the very fabric of communities, on people’s livelihoods, and on their collective power. The right […]

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Will Corbyn/Sultana/SWP save Scotland?

No, says Neil Scott. The Corbyn project/party is a split in a London based party (new New new Labour) built around a London based interim leadership. It has become necessary because of a shift in politics that has spiralled out of the control of liberals in England. “Nationalist” capital, via Farage’s empty vessel, has radicalised […]

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Richie Venton Ungagged “Join the fight for socialist measures…”

Richie Venton, the SSP Trades Union Organiser, on the recently elected “Labour” UK government and it’s ‘direction of travel’. 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 podcasts Podbean Facebook Instagram

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Richie Venton Ungagged Ep 5 – Don’t Shaft the Grangemouth Workers in the way the Miners Were.

  The SSP Trades Union Organiser on the proposed closures of Grangemouth refinery. 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  https://leftungagged.org/    Twitter (X)  https://x.com/_Ungagged?t=vXAjjZz7RQ8KtDX4o4ZXXw&s=09    YouTube  https://youtube.com/@fullyungagged902?si=9UN8VF6aNMFMyK4I    Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/0e1tHtrT9btQ3VCHIbbF8r?si=6MvWM8-aSZ2Fbo0-eoWDKQ   Apple podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/cz/podcast/ungagged/id1148338547   Podbean  […]

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Richie Venton Ungagged! S2 Ep4. The Scottish Budget

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