Labour – building an unfairer Britain

This time last year it looked almost certain that Labour would not only lose the election, but be absolutely humiliated by the Tories. They had not only dropped in the polls, but actually came third in the European Elections. Within the past month however, Labour’s electoral fortunes have resurged, Lazarus like. It is not an [...]

it's no fare

Bus fares went up AGAIN in Glasgow today, with First Bus introducing fare increases well above the rate of inflation. For most standard fares, this means an increase of 10 pence – just a year after a similar increase – while others services are facing price rises of up to 34%. Glasgow has a very [...]

USA: Immigrants fight back

Every year thousands of poor people from Latin America attempt to cross the border between Mexico and the US, in search of work so they can support their families. Most of these people are victims of economic policies imposed by the US government and international capitalism. Because of the free trade agreement NAFTA and the [...]

Troops Out – Public Meeting

TUESDAY 30TH MARCH 7.30pm Govanhill Neighbourhood Centre 6 Daisy St Glasgow G42 8JL With the continued occupation of Afghanistan, we are witnessing mounting civilian casualties, alongside seemingly never-ending stories of young army recruits losing their lives, in a war which the public do not support. The human and financial costs of this war are huge. [...]

Drugs: the government vs. SCIENCE

Yet another member of the Advisory Committee on the Misuse of Drugs, the independent body of scientists that advises the government on it’s drugs policy, has walked out. Members of the committee have been enraged by the government’s political interfering into their work. Dr. Polly Taylor is a veterinary surgeon, and has resigned in protest [...]

Shock as Titchmarch realises violence in videogames more entertaining than gardening.

The first game I ever played was Sonic The Hedgehog. I played it when I was around about 5 or 6, and thank god the unrelenting, brutal and sadistic violence in that game did not scar me for life. I did everything to that hedgehog you can imagine. I jumped him into lava, into spikes, [...]

Iceland tells the patriarchy to fuck off

Icelandic feminists protest outside soon to be closed strip club In case anyone missed it Julie Bindel wrote an excellent article in The Guardian on Friday’s about the impressive feminist revolution which gone on in Iceland since the political defeat of the right after last year’s financial collapse. A few days ago the country took [...]

Beware the breasts of death!

Ah, newspapers. We’ve already commented on their tendency to jump on (or in fact create) a headless chicken bandwagon in order to sell papers keep the public informed (for an excellent article on this subject, check out Charlie Brooker) and lately, a story came along that was, in many ways, harder for them to resist [...]

Marxism epic win.

Congratulations – we’ve won. Today’s Daily Express (formerly the greatest newspaper in the world) has today admitted a humiliating defeat on all fronts. An embittered communique received from their underground bunker somewhere in (presumably what remains of) the Home Counties, has been taken as a final admission of unconditional surrender: “The class war is over. [...]

Labour and SNP – don't allow BNP a platform

I’ve recently received the honour of being selected as the Scottish Socialist Party candidate for Glasgow Central. As a Yoof I’ll be keeping Leftfield updated with all the juicy goss and scandal from the campaign trail. The constituency is pretty big and covers areas with widely varying demographics, including Pollokshields, Govanhill and the Gorbals in [...]

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