Author: Speymouth

Labour’s moonbeams and fairy dust

Speymouth August 21, 2023

During an interview last week, Anas Sarwar, the branch manager of Labour’s Scottish Optional Identity Mark, told us that even though he personally opposes independence, that ““doesn’t mean you don’t have the right to support independence, or the right to wish a referendum at some point in the future.” Is Anas…

Review – Greater than the Sum of Our Parts by Nada Elia

Speymouth August 21, 2023

Review – Greater than the Sum of Our Parts: Feminism, Inter/Nationalism and Palestine by Nada Elia True liberation only comes when oppressed groups rise together in solidarity and recognize the interconnectivity of our struggles. At demonstrations throughout Scotland and the rest of our Disunited Kingdom, we increasingly hear cries to Unite the Struggles. And so, […] Source

Remembering Lorna Waite

Speymouth August 20, 2023

Dr Lorna Janet Waite Born Kilwinning 27 August 1964. Died Edinburgh 12 August 2023 Lorna J. Waite grew up in the industrial town of Kilbirnie in Ayrshire. When she was a teenager, the economic and social heart was ripped out of her community by the closure of Glengarnock Steelworks. That governmental vandalism contributed to her […] Source