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Senseless slaughter of badgers goes ahead thanks to Welsh Labour

July 29, 2018 Red Black Green 0

In June 2017 I posted Labour to begin killing badgers in Wales later this year. The response it generated was greater than any other article that’s appeared on […]

Labour’s summer of turmoil – should we care?

September 23, 2016 Red Black Green 0

The momentous EU referendum has cast a long shadow over politics this summer. Those architects of austerity, Cameron and Osborne, have gone from office and […]

Why Labour can’t be trusted: 2) animal protection

June 30, 2016 Red Black Green 1

This article was originally written days before the 2015 general election to accompany a similar one on Labour and the working class. Due to technical […]

The EU referendum: should we stay or should we go and does it matter?

June 21, 2016 Red Black Green 2

What passes for normal bourgeois politics has been put on hold for the past few weeks as the political class gets in a tizzy over […]

The election and its aftermath

May 13, 2015 Red Black Green 0

This was the 14th election of my lifetime. The earliest I can recall with any clarity was 1979, when I was a sixth form politics […]

Why Labour can’t be trusted: 1) the working class

May 5, 2015 Red Black Green 0

“Inequality at levels not seen under Macmillan, Heath, Thatcher or Major. Real cuts in the incomes for those at the bottom of the pile. No […]

Flashback: 2 May 1997 – Labour’s election landslide: “Things can only get better”?

May 2, 2015 Red Black Green 0

On this day 18 years ago, Tony Blair’s New Labour won a landslide victory in the general election, with a staggering 419 seats and a […]

Labour’s wildlife culls

April 30, 2015 Red Black Green 0

With one week to go till the election and the two main parties neck and neck, the mood on social media is starting to become […]

Which side are they on?

April 28, 2015 Red Black Green 0

Shami Chakrabarti is known to most people as the director of Liberty, the civil rights organization. She has never stood as an MP but imagine […]

Where has the Hunting Act gone?

April 23, 2015 Red Black Green 2

Two weeks to go till the election and a sort of collective insanity seems to be gripping certain sections of social media. There’s a big […]

23 April: Anti-election meeting at Freedom Bookshop in London

April 21, 2015 Red Black Green 0

The Anarchist Federation will be holding a meeting on the forthcoming election entitled No Matter Who You Voted For, the Government Got In. This is […]

Green Party turns to dead activist to win votes from Labour

April 3, 2015 Red Black Green 0

Several months ago an analysis I made of Barry Horne’s hunger strikes was severely criticised in certain quarters. You can find it by clicking on […]

UKIP and Vegfest

March 27, 2015 Red Black Green 0

The past week or so has seen a load of controversy over UKIP and Vegfest. What has a right wing anti-immigration party got to do […]

The general election: (1) what anarchists do instead of voting

March 5, 2015 Red Black Green 0

It couldn’t possibly have failed to escape the attention of anyone living in the UK that a general election is due soon. In fact it’s […]

Syriza – has the sell out begun?

January 26, 2015 Red Black Green 1

Sometimes I’m asked why as an anarchist I don’t support parties of the left that believe in social justice, making life better for the working […]

Out with the old, in with the new…

January 3, 2015 Red Black Green 0

The turning of one year into another usually leads to the casting of one’s mind back over the previous 12 months and to looking forward as well. Eight […]

Labour and circus animals – hypocrisy and lies!

December 5, 2014 Red Black Green 1

Five months to go to the general election when as good citizens we’ll be asked to put an X on a piece of paper and […]

Why I won’t be voting today – again!

May 22, 2014 Red Black Green 0

Another round of elections is taking place. As usual posters have been put up in the area and leaflets stuffed through letterboxes. I’ve had them […]

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