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How to undermine a CIA plot
Laurie Penny had an interesting wee exchange the other day with Mark Crispin Miller. When on asking him why the panel called to discuss Occupy Wall Street was made up of middle aged white males, he...
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Kony, Kyriarchy and “The Left”
I watched the Kony2012 viral video and response with mounting horror. A slick, professional propaganda film, heavy on emotional pull demanding US intervention in Central Africa gained a visibility...
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Resistance is fertile
Anyone who has followed the trials and tribulations of the left over the past few years will know that Glasgow has not had an easy ride. Our poster-boy, our leading MSP and great white hope turned out...
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The Best Thing Going? A Feminist Critique of the ISG
Guest Post by Laura McKeon Article also available in French The current schism in the Socialist Workers Party(SWP) has nothing to do with sexism. At times of crisis, sexism is merely a useful political...
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Moving Forward, Slowly but Surely
Guest Post by Cat Boyd, ISG Activist I welcome the comments on sexism in Laura McKeon’s article “The Best Thing Going? A Feminist Critique of the ISG“, as I’m sure the majority of women in the...
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Further thoughts on the ISG
Guest Post by Sarah Collins, ISG National Secretary (personal capacity) I do not usually wish to dredge up the past of ‘the split’ with the Socialist Workers Party (SWP). I honestly feel that the...
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Sexual Violence and the Greek Left
Article also available in French As anyone who reads this blog, particularly the updates from Greece will know, this is incredibly difficult time in the country’s history. The veil of democracy which...
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Gendered Discourse and Disagreements
An article I read recently, on a blog I usually find to be too aggressive, prompted this post. This ‘tone-policing’ attitude of mine might be taken to delegitimise the justified rage expressed but...
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