Author: Speymouth

On Art, War, Festival and Palestine

Speymouth August 5, 2024

Arts Workers for Palestine Scotland: An Exploration of Some of Our Work During the Edinburgh Festivals Edinburgh International Festival Arts Workers for Palestine Scotland is actively campaigning for the Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) to enter discussions with its long-standing sponsor, Baillie Gifford, regarding their investment practices. We have been sending messages to artists and the wider […] Source

JD Vance, Antinatalism, and Climate Change

Speymouth August 5, 2024

In the wake of J D Vance’s childless cat lady comments in reference to Kamala Harris (yes, I am childless and, yes, I have a cat), I keyed the phrase ‘having children is selfish’ into Google. It wasn’t just J D Vance. I’d been talking with my mother about Jennifer Aniston’s reply to his statement, […] Source

English nationalism’s fascist problem

Speymouth August 4, 2024

There’s a striking feature of the media’s coverage of the outbreak of far right violence which has overtaken much of England in recent days. For the most part it is being presented as a British issue when it is in fact an English one. The Sunday Times has the headline “Riots…

Let Glasgow flourish against fascism

Speymouth August 3, 2024

One of the most alarming and worrying developments in British politics in recent years has been the normalisation and acceptance into the mainstream of far right Anglo-British nationalist politics. The BBC has played a major role in this process with its constant platforming of the odious Nigel Farage and his not…