Politics
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We are denying this right to thousands of individuals, some of whom are fleeing from wars we started, fleeing from communities we destroyed, and fleeing traumatic experiences that we ourselves instigated. We have a responsibility, this isn’t a refugee crisis, it is a humanity crisis and it’s time we took action.
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What are these rallies for? They seem to be held in theatre halls and behind closed doors, open to those who have got tickets and are therefore clearly already invested in the project. They pack these people in to halls to hear the same old stuff from the same old people. We don’t need to…
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Simply put; we cannot rely on the establishment to keep our stories alive, we cannot rely on them to keep our history alive, we cannot rely on them to give the working class opportunities and we cannot trust them to authentically depict us.
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We have witnessed in the last decade a sea change in our politics, the far rights influence has crashed waves over the political landscape, the SNP parted the red sea and for a brief time socialism shone like a beacon across the land. In the immortal words of Bob Dylan Times They Are A Changin’.…
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We are told protesting against Donald Trump’s state visit should be the biggest protest this country has ever seen, but why? Is Donald Trump’s visit the most important issue facing the people of this country? The answer is of course no, Trump is not more important than the dismantling of the NHS, the homeless epidemic,…
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Take a walk through my town Down the dark and dirty paths We got no money for street lights There are no wages for street cleaners Peer from the lofty lift tower heights Drink in the run down derelict sights Hear the dereliction of council duty Drunk on their neoliberal counsel booty We have been…
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In December 2014 I wrote an article entitled “Doing Conferences Differently” (it can be found here: https://steveanthonymiller.wordpress.com/2014/12/03/doing-conferences-differently/ ) that looked out how conferences and what we are doing during them has become an outdated mode of political expression. This shouldn’t begin or end at conferences, it needs to trickle down to the very grassroots, the…
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America is the strongest country in the world, militarily it outspends the next eight countries combined. They spend more on their military than China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, France, UK, India and Germany, so why does Donald Trump feel the need to tell everyone what they are capable of? The world economy is so wrapped up…
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On the 24th of July the CEO of the Hope Centre wrote on his blog an article entitled: “Why Hope charges for items like food and clothes.” In this article the CEO seeks to justify charging for these items, as well as selling donations on eBay and furthermore attacks organisations that give away things for…
Solidarity Steve 