Edinburgh… Scotland’s Met Of The North 5 Apr 201328 Jan 2026 By Jim Slaven (@JimSlaven) Tomorrow there will be a demonstration calling for an end to the criminalisation of football fans in Scotland. The demonstration will take place at George Square in…
International… Pimping The Pain Of Political Prisoners In This Bastion Of Hypocrisy 29 Mar 20135 Apr 2013 By Larry Pinkney “If you’re not willing to die for it, put the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary.” –Malcolm X [el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz] “Our revenge will be the laughter…
International… Venezuela, Chavez, And The Women’s Revolution 28 Mar 201329 Mar 2013 By Tamara Pearson “I’ve told her, she won’t be the first lady, but first combatant, first patriot, first socialist, the first woman of the people of the barrios,” said Nicolas…
Events… Labeling People As ‘Militants’ And Then Killing Them 27 Mar 201328 Mar 2013 By Larry Pinkney “Mastery of language affords remarkable power.”—Frantz Fanon “And in such a world of conflict, a world of victims and executioners, it is the job of thinking people, as Albert Camus suggested,…
Events… Greater Ardoyne Residents Collective Statement 24th March 2013 25 Mar 201327 Mar 2013 This coming Easter Monday the Apprentice Boys will once again have an unwanted sectarian triumphalist march through Ardoyne, Mountainview and The Dales against the wishes of the vast majority of…
Culture… BPP x EZLN 22 Mar 201325 Mar 2013 In late 2012, former Minister of Culture of the Black Panther Party Emory Douglas met with Zapatistas and local artists in the Mexican state of Chiapas. The trip was initiated by Caleb…
Events… Independence: Should We Stay Or Should We Go 20 Mar 201322 Mar 2013 This article, by 107 Cowgate's Jim Slaven, first appeared at Tal Fanzine. The referendum campaign in Scotland is well under way and almost all politics is dominated by the 2014…
International… Interview With The Craigavon Two 15 Mar 201320 Mar 2013 This interview was conducted by Independent Republican News and the original can be viewed here. Following the recent announcement that a date has been set (29 April 2013) for the…
Politics Crisis Of Capitalism 14 Mar 201315 Mar 2013 Today is the 130th anniversary of the death of Karl Marx. Here is a short talk (and cartoon) by David Harvey which the great bearded one might have enjoyed.
International… Will Revisionist ‘Scholars’ Succeed In Erasing The People’s Victories From History? 12 Mar 201314 Mar 2013 By Larry Pinkney “Of all our studies, history is best qualified to reward all research.” –Malcolm X [el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz] “History is important. If you don’t know history it is…