Murdering aid workers isn't funny

Here at Leftfield, we try very hard to see the funny side of many things. We had a good chortle at the fact that noted racist shit bag Eugene Terreblanche had gone to the big Bantustan in the sky, for example. We also made light of the fact that Nigel Farage, the leader of the [...]

Posted by Jack on June 7th, 2010 | 3 Comments Posted in Uncategorized

Israeli Defense Force: murderous pirates

At 4am this morning, armed commandos from the Israeli army (IDF) stormed a convoy of boats owned by the Viva Palestina aid organisation, killing at least 19 and injuring at least 50. The boats were in international waters, 90 miles away from the intended destination of Gaza, and contained activists that hoped to deliver aid [...]

Posted by Sarah on May 31st, 2010 | 1 Comment Posted in Uncategorized

Another Greek general strike demands the right to a pension

Yesterday tens of thousands of Greeks were again in the streets in protest at the IMF/EU imposed package of attacks on the working class. Around 40,000 people demonstrated in Athens as part of another general strike, with thousands more in cities around Greece. The strike was timed to coincide with the debate in parliament over [...]

Posted by Jack on May 21st, 2010 | 3 Comments Posted in Uncategorized

Thailand: Is compromise slipping through the government's fingers?

Protest camps in the Thai capital Bangkok are under a full scale siege by the army, as the unelected government has declared that the pro-democracy demonstrators must disperse today or face the cutting off of food and water supplies. As Leftfield has extensively reported, there’s been a standoff on the streets between the forces of [...]

Posted by Jack on May 12th, 2010 | 1 Comment Posted in Uncategorized

Protesting the election chaos

In all the confusion about who had won, something that is easily forgotten was that one of the biggest stories of last Thursday’s election was the hundreds of people turned away from busy polling stations, unable to excercise their right to vote. You might remember from the live coverage we gave in our liveblog that [...]

Posted by Jack on May 10th, 2010 | 4 Comments Posted in Uncategorized

Meanwhile, in Greece

For the past couple of days Leftfield has been a bit distracted by the minor matter of whether the hated Tories are going to form an unelected government over Scotland. One of the consequences is we haven’t been able to bring you updates about what’s been going down in Greece since Wednesday’s general strike. Just [...]

Posted by Jack on May 8th, 2010 | 1 Comment Posted in Uncategorized

More bobbies on the beat, not stuck behind a podium making political speeches

SSY today condemned the growing burden that interfering in politics is having on police officers. This follows the latest attempt of a top cop to influence government policy. Les Gray is the Chairman of the Scottish Police Federation, and used the organisation’s annual conference as an opportunity to call for a crackdown on the right [...]

Posted by Jack on April 25th, 2010 | 2 Comments Posted in Uncategorized

Glasgow City Council's War on Democracy

It’s less than a year since Glasgow City Council announced measures to drastically curtail the number of marches and parades in the city centre – reportedly by up to ‘ninety percent’. This policy was brought in ostensibly to cut back on the estimated 250 Orange Order parades through the city each year, and to allow the [...]

Posted by Liam T on April 1st, 2010 | 7 Comments Posted in Uncategorized

Greeks explain why they're on strike

As Leftfield reported a couple of days ago, Greece right now is the frontline of the European wide assault on the working class. The bankers who fucked up the economy royally are now determined to make ordinary people pay through wage cuts, job losses and slashing public spending. In Greece, the government is trying to [...]

Posted by Jack on March 19th, 2010 | No Comments Posted in Uncategorized

Hundreds March for Asylum Rights

Hundreds of local residents and people from across Glasgow marched through the city earlier today in memory of Red Road flat residents the Serykh family, who were driven to suicide last weekend reportedly following the failure of their asylum application. The demonstration gathered at the Red Road flats, one of the main areas in which [...]

Posted by Liam T on March 14th, 2010 | 3 Comments Posted in Uncategorized
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