Really remembering the consequences of war

Today is Remembrance Sunday, a day when we stop for a moment of silence, or watch veterans’ parades, or wear red poppies on our tops “to commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts”. It was originally named the Earl Haig Appeal [...]

Here's a bunch of awful things we're totally going to ACTUALLY do

WARNING: THE FOLLOWING POST CONTAINS MENACING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS Paul Chambers is a man who has suffered one of the worst reactions to a joke of all time. Back in January, sitting cold in South Yorkshire’s Robin Hood airport (no, it’s not a joke, it really is called that), he was frustrated that his flight had [...]

In case you ever doubted the legal system is sexist…

. . .here’s the proof. (Trigger warning.) A woman from Powys in Wales has been jailed after being raped by her abusive husband. The reason? Because under huge pressure from him and his family, she at one point retracted the allegations. In November last year she made a 999 call to report that her husband [...]

Tories Out, Students In!

If you’re reading this blog, you’re probably already well aware of Wednesday’s huge demonstration against education cuts that took place in London. Over the past few days a massive amount has already been written about it, both in the mainstream press and all over the internet and social media. It was a brilliant demonstration. Myself and [...]

Kanye West apologises for the best thing he's ever done

Kanye West yet again has done something inexplicable, by apologising for pretty much the best thing he’s ever done: slagging George W. Bush on live TV. You might remember from 5 years ago the moment that broke from the script in a televised charity ‘give-money-cos-the-government-can’t-be-arsed-athon’, to declare “George Bush doesn’t care about black people.” But [...]

"Trouble outside Millbank as the Big Society all turn up at once."

We’ll have a proper report in the fullness of time, but we can confirm that among the intrepid adventurers who breached Snake Mountain today in London was at least one SSY crusader. While not quite topping the post title we shamelessly stole from someone on twitter, the runner up award in our Quote of the [...]

George, show us some RESPECT

After lots of threatening to do it over the past 5 years, George Galloway looks set to finally stage a comeback attempt to Glasgow. This weekend, his party, RESPECT, are discussing the possibility of setting up in Scotland. But before they’ve even had a chance to vote on it, George has as good as said [...]

"Drugs are not forbidden because they are dangerous but dangerous because they are forbidden."

You heard it here first kids; drugs are bad. It may come as a surprise that Alcohol comes on top of this list of harmful drugs composed by the former governmental adviser David Nutt’s new outfit; but what is more surprising is that some of the drugs on this list are actually considered illegal by [...]

The Trotsky

Released in 2009, award-winning Canadian film The Trotsky has so many elements of being a typical North American indie high school comedy. An array of awkward, middle class suburban teenagers  – check. Geeky male protagonist with crush on an older woman – check. Family arguments over the dinner table – check. Constant feuds with authority, [...]

Scotland and Basque Country: Two nations, one struggle!

This a long awaited report from one of the Basque comrades who visited SSY and back in August. A comrade from Askapena (the Basque internationalist and solidarity group), tells us a bit about how they found Scotland: “Last august, 4 of Askapena’s brigadists were in Scotland. After many years of organising similar trips to Ireland, [...]

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