Articles
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Despite their defeat the SNP will not give up on their objective of an independent Scotland. Their strategy in the campaign was to be unrelentingly positive promising that independence could deliver anything and everything. Better Together, the No campaign, was lumbered with a negative message from the outset. Labour damaged itself by campaigning alongside the Tories and the SNP hope to replace it as the main party in Scotland.
Saturday, November 1, 2014
A snapshot of a remarkable life. Facing many dangers, Sarah fought fascism at Cable St and in Spain.
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Israel's blatant aggression in Operation Protective Edge, directed against Gaza and other attacks on the Palestinians, including land-grabs, is beginning to loose it friends. Meanwhile the campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel is beginning to score notable successes.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Especially among those who experienced life in the Soviet Union a majority have a positive view of it. The economy delivered for people and some of its leaders are still regarded highly today. Today citizens of the former Soviet Union are worse off than they were before its demise and have a dim view of the benefits of capitalism and its political system.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
The effects of climate change are already being felt, threatening vulnerable and poor peoples with hunger. Unless collective action is taken globally to address this problem the effects will be much worse in decades to come. That is a problem which laissez faire capitalism does not have the answers to.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
To many on the left the prospect of an independent Scotland offers the prospect of social progress by jettisoning our sisters and brothers in "Tory voting" England. This is a divisive and dangerous myth which fails to recognise the essentially capitalist nature of the SNP and the Scotland it would seek to create.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
The figures are clear. The SNP's economic case for independence does not stack up. Neither North Sea oil nor the financial sector will be a sound foundation and they have no feasible plan for the currency should independence be achieved.