On the Twenty-fifth anniversary of the miners strike, Pete Ramand speaks to former miner Ian Mitchell about the dispute that changed Britain. It is 25 years since the miners’ strike, which is widely regarded as a pivotal moment in British history. Margaret Thatcher considered the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), especially its leader Arthur Scargill, [...]
Pete Ramand Glasgow and Strathclyde students have joined a series of demonstrations condemning Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip. The demonstrations, organised by the Stop the War Coalition, and supported by various other groups, have resulted in thousands of people turning out to protest all over the country. Saturday January 3 saw an estimated 4000 [...]
James Foley Labour Party elections played a formative political role for me. One of my earliest memories, aged seven, involves chasing a Conservative Party election wagon down the street screaming, “What about the miners!” My next door neighbour — a Neanderthal right-winger, aged eight — asked how I could support Kinnock, a man who openly [...]
Influential Egyptian journalist and activist Hossam el Hamalawy speaks to Pete Ramand about the growing wave of strikes against the US-backed dictatorship of Hosni Mubarack Egypt is witnessing an uprising of a proportion not seen for many years. Strikes and mass demonstrations are shaking the very roots of Egyptian society and have the highly repressive [...]
Pete Ramand Students and trade unionists demonstrated against bank-bailouts outside Halifax Bank of Scotland, Lloyds TSB and the Royal Bank of Scotland in Glasgow on October 18th. Danny McGregor, one of the organisers of the demonstration, outlined the demands of the protestors, highlighting the issues raised by rescuing big business with taxpayers’ money. He said: [...]
