Enter the Dragon: The Rise of Chinese Imperialism and Its Nemesis
Rivalries and tensions in South China Sea When the UK maritime strike force known as Carrier Strike Group 21 (CSG21) entered the South...
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Jun 19, 20211 min read
Just launched: Black Dwarf Films
I've just launched my own YouTube film channel called Black Dwarf Films. So far it contains the two videos I produced on Palestine. I am...
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Jun 6, 20211 min read
Rajida Speaks Out for Justice
Rajida is a young Asian woman from Leicester. She has been to Palestine on 3 occasions. I met her and her friend Hawa on the first of...
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May 16, 202114 min read
Ireland Unfree Shall Never Be At Peace
After more than 22 years of the Good Friday Agreement which ended the militarisation of the conflict in northern Ireland, the underlying...
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Apr 2, 202116 min read
Greece: who let the dogs out?
How British imperialism crushed democracy in Greece Who let the dogs out: a Greek tragedy If anyone had cause to celebrate the Allied...
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Mar 13, 202110 min read
Free speech, women's rights and the transgender offensive
Free Speech, women’s rights and the transgender offensive The last 5 years has seen a rising offensive, of an increasingly hysterical...
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Mar 13, 202122 min read
Fight Covid, fight capitalism: A roadmap for revolution
As Boris Johnson announced his schedule for relaxation of the lockdown accompanied by a promise to fully reopen the economy by early...
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Mar 5, 202116 min read
The Empire Strikes Back: Johnson Government Turbo Charges Rearmament
For length of years my fruitless force employ Against the thin remains of ruined Troy. What nations now to Juno's power will pray, Or...
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Feb 7, 202116 min read
Capitalism, class and Covid. Part 1: The issues at stake for working people.
In announcing the lockdown during the first wave of the Covid pandemic, the UK Government and public health bodies forecast a possible...
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Feb 4, 202116 min read
The Iron Curtain and the Iron Fist: Cold War and Fascism in Britain
When Adolf Hitler’s right hand man, Rudolf Hess, ran out of fuel and parachuted onto a field in Scotland, on 10 May, 1941, there was...
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Feb 4, 202111 min read
Why we should not celebrate British victory in World War II
“World War II had nothing to do with fighting fascism. Quite the contrary, the whole course of British foreign policy in the inter-war...
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Feb 1, 202113 min read
In defense of the Palestinian liberation struggle
Why the struggle for a democratic, secular Palestine is the only way forward for the Arab and Jewish masses in the Middle East. [The...
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Jan 17, 20218 min read
Riotous Assembly: Cops Storm Glasgow Women's Rally
The first wave of the worldwide struggle for women’s rights was centred on the suffragette movement in the UK. It was the activities of...
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Oct 16, 20209 min read
Sweet racism: who took the jam out of Jamaica?
The Great Argyll he goes before, He makes the cannons and guns to roar, With sound o'trumpet, pipe and drum, The Campbells are coming,...
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Oct 4, 20202 min read
Reel News: beat the Covid blues
In these times of social isolation and cultural deprivation there is no lack of television shows and films to watch and so many platforms...
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Oct 2, 20201 min read
Celts Stand Up for Palestine
Featuring addtional commentary, footage and graphics alongside the interview with members of the London Celtic FC Supporters on the May...
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Sep 25, 20204 min read
Play for Today: See Me, Jimmy
A 3-Act play about race, class, love, sex and homelessness The attached files contain the script of a play I began to write 3 years ago....
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Sep 20, 20202 min read
The Dwarf Has Landed!
Greetings and welcome to our new subscribers. Hi everyone and welcome to all our new subscribers. I hope you are enjoying the blog and...
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Sep 4, 202018 min read
Haud Yer Wheesht: language and class in Scotland
Haud yer weesht – in English it means shut your mouth or be quiet– is what Scots speakers have been told to do for centuries. ...
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