Archive for February, 2012
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Scottish Anti-fascist Solidarity
23 Feb 2012
Unlike many other European countries, and indeed England at points in its history, Scotland has no significant history of fascist organisation. In the 20s and 30s, while it was in the ascendancy across Europe and a fascist presence was starting to be established in England under Mosley's British Union of …
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What is rape
23 Feb 2012
Being the nosey kind when I got a pingback on a previous post which explored the constructs which support rape, I immediately took a shifty. At first I thought the blogger had just misunderstood the kind of assumptions that women live under compared with men, but once the comments started …
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Sparks of Resistance
19 Feb 2012
The last few months have seen the start of a fightback against some of the attacks which are currently going on against workers the length and breadth of the country. November 30th saw the largest strike this country has ever known with 3 million workers out in a strike that …
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A sort of friendship recognised by the police
14 Feb 2012
Having had to apologise twice in the last week for comments that were patronising or condescending, I'm quite sensitive at the moment about the manner in which I express my views. At the same time, the campaign for Equal Marriage is hotting up in Scotland, and I don't really approve. …
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Greece: Teetering on a Precipice
13 Feb 2012
Last night, while hundreds of thousands took to the Athens streets in protest, the Greek parliament approved yet another austerity bill. No one has any illusions that these measures or the loan extensions granted the EU will grant on the back of them will have any positive effect on the …
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Women of the Left: Juana Belen
12 Feb 2012
The Mexican Revolution was a remarkable period in the country's history, and the stories of the women within it well worth a retelling. Many remarkable revolutionaries emerged through this period, including Dolores Jimenez y Muro, a political advisor to Zapata and Hermila Galindo, who advised Venustiano Carranza on womens rights. Yet one woman still stands …
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The BBC are beyond a joke
10 Feb 2012
I've had it with the BBC for a very long while, but my TV is in serious danger of getting a foot put through it and not just because I cant work the remote control. Yes, yes, I know they make good drama, Eastenders is pretty good and hell historical …
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Eritrea: War, Women and Aid
08 Feb 2012
As Scotland considers her future it is worth looking around at other nations which have pursued national liberation from an ostensibly benevolent neighbour. One of the most interesting examples of this is Eritrea, who gained nation status in 1993 after a 30 year war of independence from its neighbour Ethiopia. …
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The Minutiae of a Call Out
05 Feb 2012
I had a really interesting encounter the other night. A poor chap, rather ignorant in the workings of the world had the misfortune to find himself surrounded by feminists. I spoke to him only briefly, but I'm sure he's quite a nice fellow really - but hey - a lot …
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Rape: Eyes, Laws and Codes
04 Feb 2012
It was Germaine Greer who said that women never really know how much men hate them. Thanks to the internet we're starting to find out, as "banter" comes out of the backrooms and spews itself over the web. Unilad has just been shut down after it pointed out approvingly that …
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Leaving People the Fuck Alone
03 Feb 2012Earlier this week, the BBC reported that the Mostest Detailedest Pictures EVER! had been taken of the isolated Mashco-Piro tribe. Apparently these pictures were taken completely by chance. A Spaniard just happened visiting Peru, went out for a wee walk found himself amazingly right at the site where the Mashco …
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The Destruction of the Metropole
03 Feb 2012
It is an odd situation that Scotland finds herself in at the moment. A bit like a teenager, yearning for the freedom which is only a few years away but seems like a lifetime is to be lived until the magic date which will denote the beginning of our independence. …
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Multi-cultural Glasgow
02 Feb 2012
One of the things almost any English visitor to Scotland will notice almost the instant that they get off the train is how "white" our country is. Partly this is because the sun is an infrequent visitor, but compared with England, where almost 10% of the population is of minority …