Glasgow Guardian

The events at Millbank provide a rare platform for anti-cuts demonstrators to be heard. By James Foley.

Postmodernism – where did it come from, and where is it going? James Foley discusses

As the economic crisis deepens and unemployment continues to rise, James Foley reports from the recent anticapitalist demonstrations in London On April 2nd, the leaders of twenty leading industrial nations met for the Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy. In preceding weeks, Gordon Brown had already come under fire. Mervyn King’s muttered criticisms [...]

James Foley Paperback science fiction, religious hysteria, and Stalin’s botched attempt to crossbreed a human-ape Red Army in the 1930s have combined to make people suspicious of genetic research. Some students proclaim themselves mortified that lank-haired boffins are investigating stem cell technology right under our noses at Glasgow University. Now and again, the hysteria boils [...]

As universities around the UK and the world are occupied by their students, James Foley examines whether students are reclaiming their radical past. In the last two weeks, more than twenty universities in the UK have seen campus occupations by students angered at Israel’s invasion of Gaza. The format of the occupations was established by [...]

As fragile ceasefires are announced by both Israel and Hamas, James Foley reports upon the history and geopolitical dynamics of the Middle East conflict Tony Blair asked a disgruntled electorate to let history judge the value of the War on Terror. Already, history’s verdict is damning. Barack Obama assumes office on January 20th on a [...]

As George W. Bush’s second term in office draws to an end, James Foley examines the legacy of arguably the most hated man on earth As equities tumbled and millions of Americans faced repossession in late September, George Bush, in his eighth year as de facto world leader, had these words of comfort: “there’s also [...]

James Foley Everyone needs to understand four things about the British National Party (BNP). Firstly, the BNP is a Nazi organisation. It was formed from the rump of the National Front (NF), the main fascist organisation of the late ‘70s, after the NF was splintered by concerted action by anti-fascist organisations like the Anti-Nazi League [...]

James Foley Three decades ago, the leaders of the Anglo-Saxon countries reached a bi-partisan consensus that reforming capitalism through welfare had failed: a dose of austerity was required, and workers would pay the price. In 1976, Labour chancellor Denis Healey pushed through the biggest welfare cuts in history, amounting to £83 billion in today’s money. [...]

James Foley Like Freemasonry, lawn croquet, and Royal Ascot, the Officer Training Corps (OTC) is an aristocratic institution that attracts a certain fascinated voyeurism from the lower orders. This in itself is a shame: the ludicrous pomposity and sheer flaccidity of the OTC seems to shield it from reasonable criticism, much as the Queen Mother’s [...]