JD Vance, Antinatalism, and Climate Change

Speymouth August 5, 2024

In the wake of J D Vance’s childless cat lady comments in reference to Kamala Harris (yes, I am childless and, yes, I have a cat), I keyed the phrase ‘having children is selfish’ into Google. It wasn’t just J D Vance. I’d been talking with my mother about Jennifer Aniston’s reply to his statement, […] Source

English nationalism’s fascist problem

Speymouth August 4, 2024

There’s a striking feature of the media’s coverage of the outbreak of far right violence which has overtaken much of England in recent days. For the most part it is being presented as a British issue when it is in fact an English one. The Sunday Times has the headline “Riots…

Let Glasgow flourish against fascism

Speymouth August 3, 2024

One of the most alarming and worrying developments in British politics in recent years has been the normalisation and acceptance into the mainstream of far right Anglo-British nationalist politics. The BBC has played a major role in this process with its constant platforming of the odious Nigel Farage and his not…

Ten Years On – Is Another Scotland Possible?

Speymouth July 30, 2024

Ten years on from the indyref of 2014 we are commissioning a series of feature articles to ask: is another Scotland possible? This is a time for critical reflection, with enough distance from events to get some real perspective. If you’d like to contribute contact us HERE. Some of the questions being raised include: What […] Source

Spycops Inquiry

Speymouth July 30, 2024

Between the drizzle of the new Labour government’s early daze and the summer of sport you may have missed the Spycops inquiry. The public inquiry, headed by a retired judge, Sir John Mitting, is examining how at least 139 undercover officers spied on more than 1,000 political groups between 1968 and 2010. The surveillance was […] Source