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OUR leaders at Westminster and the Scottish Government would appear to be under the impression that we are all sitting happily at home awaiting their next pronouncement regarding the easing of the seemingly never-ending lockdown restrictions. In reality, most of us are actually seething with rage and frustration at their apparent reluctance to take advantage of the best chance of getting us back to normality – vaccination. The current shilly-shallying over vaccination passports is a case ...

THE latter years of the 18th century are often portrayed as Glasgow’s boom time, and indeed there is no argument that the city enjoyed a period of great prosperity before and after the year 1800. The boom years were largely due to the vast increase of shipping on the River Clyde, especially after the river was deepened so that bigger vessels could make it to the Broomielaw. Before that boom, however, there was the small matter of a war, a war with America, to be precise, and that war wa...

What IS the British Empire? "For the best part of a century the British Empire has been abolishing itself . . . evolving into a partnership of equals" June 15 1943 SIR NORMAN ANGELL WHEN Winston Churchill announced he had not become the Chief Minister of the Crown in order to preside at the liquidation of the British Empire, a great many in the United States were deeply shocked, particularly the Leftist groups. How could this war be a war for the preserv...

Inside the world of an academic fraud who never interacts with critics. Tue Jan 26, 2021 Islamic Spain was a “progressive society. It was multicultural. You had religious pluralism,” Rice University sociologist Craig Considine gushed during a November 6, 2020, webinar. Serious scholars have exposed this “myth of the Andalusian paradise,” a “fantasy Islam” propaganda trope, but Islam’s supposed medieval golden age is a staple of his debunked, new book,  The Hu...

Invoking the Preamble in times of protest January 26, 2021 Every generation must seek out the meaning of political, economic and social justice for its times   -  The Hindu Every generation must seek out the meaning of political, economic and social justice for its times   -  The Hindu× The ‘right’ to ask for restoration of ideals guaranteed by the Constitution is incumbent on one fulfilling one’s duties On January 26, 1950, exactly 71 years ago, we adopted, enacted and gave ourselv...

HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT-With the recent unveiling of the COVID-19 relief package, the Biden Administration made a simple, yet extraordinary statement: housing is a right. That powerful concept can dramatically impact housing and homelessness policies for the better. AIDS Healthcare Foundation and its housing advocacy division, Housing Is A Human Right, applaud the new president.  “We thank President Joe Biden for recognizing that housing is a right,” says AIDS Healthcare Foundation Pres...

One of the greatest speeches by Martin Luther King, Jr., "A Time to Break Silence," was delivered at Riverside Church, New York City, on April - David Bromwich for Antiwar.com Original

Rules of the game of democracy Opinion: Democracy, statehood, institutions, ethos and heritage are big, amorphous words, sometimes too complex for a short slogan; but they are the foundation that holds us together and without them, different groups of people coexist Isaac Herzog | Published: 01.11.21 , 10:38 A group of citizens attacked the American democracy, the silent fortress, the founding values ​​and ideas of the United States, the adherence to the rules of the game. They contemne...

A BOOK revealing all the pubs and alehouses that have disappeared from Swindons streets has won an award. The Annual Guild of British Beer Writers gave Last Orders by Campaign for Real Ale member John Stooke the gold award for best not-for-profit piece of writing in 2020. The prize is sponsored by the brewery Harvey’s and named the Tom Paine Award after the 17th century writer who, it is believed, helped draft the American Declaration of Independence. Judges commented on the endeavour...

A new history traces an anti-democratic politics of hate, repression, paranoia, and revenge to its origins.