Events Radical Olympics: How The Olympics Suckered The Left 30 Jul 201216 Sep 2012 This article first appeared in the Daily Telegraph (an unlikely source I know). By Andrew Gilligan The London Olympics are the most Right-wing major event in Britain’s modern history. Billions…
Events… Radical Olympics: Fists Of Freedom 27 Jul 201211 Oct 2012 During the Olympics 107 Cowgate will be running a series of alternative Olympic articles. As the country is again covered in union flags we shall be challenging the militarism, jingoism…
Events… Blair, Olympic Deals And The Glimpse Of Another Britain 21 Jul 201211 Oct 2012 By John Pilger This is a story of two letters and two Britains. The first letter was written by Sebastian Coe, the former athlete who chairs the London Olympics Organising…
Events… Remember The POWs 16 Jun 201217 Jun 2012 Republicans from across Scotland are gathering today in Glasgow for the annual Hunger Strike March. The culmination of prison protest that began in 1976, the 1981 hunger strike is one…
Events… Connolly Cycle Challenge 11 Jun 201213 Jun 2012 Congratulations to those who took part in the Connolly Cycle Challenge from Glasgow to Edinburgh. The sponsored cycle was raising funds for two charities, The Connolly Foundation and the Tommy…
Edinburgh… Happy Birthday James Connolly 5 Jun 20126 Jun 2012 Happy birthday James Connolly and it's great to see so many people taking the day off to celebrate. Perhaps we can make this a holiday every year? There have been…
Events… Volunteer Bobby Sands 5 May 201231 May 2012 On this the 31st anniversary of the death on hunger strike of Bobby Sands, his friend and comrade, former IRA prisoner Colm Scullion from South Derry, recalls first meeting Bobby while…