Sunday, 3 September 2023

70 years of the European Convention on Human Rights

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Today marks the 70th anniversary of the landmark ;treaty the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) – more formally, the Convention for ...
Tuesday, 29 August 2023

Footprints

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Another year has passed  My weary legs carry me forward. Continuing to walk without pause The paths of justice and freedom  In a world plagu...
Thursday, 24 August 2023

Thomas Chatterton : Hero and Martyr of the Romantics (20 November 1752 – 24 August 1770)

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Henry Wallis's painting ' The Death of Chatterton, Thomas Chatterton was an English poet and a brilliant forger of medieval poetry w...
Monday, 21 August 2023

Remembering Joe Strummer legendary heart and political soul of punk ( August 21, 1952— December 22, 2002)

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Today I remember again  Joe Strummer this legendary heart and political soul of punk, staunch anti-racist, anti-fascist and anti-imperialist...
Saturday, 19 August 2023

Summer Storm

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Deep the wind growled As heavy rain fell, Strong. free and gusty Ferociously running wild, Mother Natures breath Soaring intensely,. We hear...

Simone Segouin ( 3/10/25 -– 21 /2/23-) - Symbol of Female Resistance

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                                  On this day in 1944 the above picture was taken by Robert Capa. It has since become a symbol of wom...
Tuesday, 15 August 2023

Happy Birthday to Republican and Socialist James Keir Hardie (15/8/1856 - 26/9/15)

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  Happy Birthday to Scottish Republican. Trade Unionist and Socialist James Keir Hardie who was born illegitimate today on 15 August 1856, n...
Wednesday, 9 August 2023

Remembering Nagasaki

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Nagasaki Day, observed annually on August 9th, holds a somber significance in global history. It marks the day when the Japanese city of Nag...
Monday, 7 August 2023

Elizabeth Gurley Flynn : “The Rebel Girl”

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Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Socialist agitator and organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and an official of the Communist Party...