Wonders of the fair The carnival is in my soul, I love it so very much. The smells, the sights and the sounds. It fills my senses with nostalgia and excitement. I’m sure this is true for many of us. As I wrote last time about Showmen this is another sad tale of a Fair […]
Writers & Contributors
Euan Johnston Writing
Feminism, My Enemy?
Euan Johnston
Euan Johnston is an anti-Brexit, pro-Indy republican, anti-fascist musician and father of girls. He plays in Johnston and Gordon and and Gallo Rojo and he has opinions!
What does Pride mean to me? -Brian Finlay
Everyone’s opinion of Pride is different. Pride events have increased in size and the number of events being held in large cities tends to have a mainstream festival feel. I find that small town Prides, such as Kirkcaldy, who are holding their second Pride this year, try to have the local community at their heart […]
Maggie Chapman Writing
 Ungagged Articles A Union of Equals? Regular Column Brexit Fightback: We must demand a better future Free Education: The Foundation of a Better Society Breakdown or break free: the climate choice we face Reimagining our Economy Michelin Closure Highlights Need for a Just Transition
Maggie Chapman
Maggie Chapman was born and brought up in the sunshine in Zimbabwe. Her musician Dad and housewife Mum encouraged her to spread her wings and explore the unknown. So she came to Scotland in 1998. She studied zoology and environmental management, her fieldwork taking her all over Scotland. However, she became frustrated that most humans […]
Rip It Up And Start Again
Available FREE on iTunes and Podbean On this episode of Ungagged, themed around the idea of “rip it up and start again” and introduced by Victoria Pearson, we’ll be hearing from Thomas Morris with his piece “I am asexual, hear me roar,” we’ll have a round up of only the important public celebrations from Red Raiph, and we […]
Weaponising Fragility
Weaponising Fragility How Ruth Davidson betrayed women, yet again On May 25th, in the late evening, Ruth Davidson tweeted that at lunchtime she had been followed through the streets by a man shouting Indy slogans while filming her as his dogs barked. As someone who has experienced my fair share of street harassment (I speak […]
Plastic Pleurisy Part Poo 💩
The war on plastic is real, it’s escalating. Humans are devising new ways to tackle the ever growing problem that is plastic. We are recycling more, we have discovered plastic eating insects, We’ve deployed barriers across rivers to catch plastic, we have sophisticated tractor dragged rakes to pick up the plastic on our beaches. However, we […]
The Future of the American City
As I vacuum the dark green carpet while listening to an interview with author and Democracy Now! Co-host Juan Gonzalez, I’m struck by a particular statistic: 70% of the world’s population will reside in cities in the next two years. The implications of this, says Gonzalez, are gigantic for progressivism, as these cities will become […]