Wednesday 17 May 2023

$ Demise!



           We live in very dangerous times, what we are witnessing is the de-dollarisation of the world, in other words the crumbling of a very powerful empire. America ruled the world since the end of the second world war, by means of the SWIFT organisation. This used the dollar as the world's reserve currency, meaning that practically all the world had to deal in dollars for world trade. They had to buy those dollars from the U$A and the power of the SWIFT organisation meant that any country that did not play by their rules could be sanctioned and more or less excluded for world trade. All this made U$A a very rich and powerful country.
          More and more countries started to be totally dissatisfied with the power the U$A held over their country and sought other ways to try and trade. BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) grouping was born from this desire to control their own affairs. More and more countries have joined this grouping, making it an extremely large proportion of the world's trade who now trade in their own currencies, breaking loose for the dollar domination.
         Why do I see this as dangerous? Well the psychopaths that control the cesspool that is American politics are at the same time warmongers and will do anything to hold onto that dollar dominance as their fortunes depend on the dollar being dominant. Their bitter hatred of Russia and China has nothing to do with regimes or human rights, it is all to do with the fact that these two countries are the mainstay of the de-dollarisation of the world.
        The U$A at this moment has ringed China with nuclear bases, and is fighting a war with Russian on the Ukrainian front. If the dollar continues to lose ground they will have no hesitation in bombing China and Russia on the pretext of defending Taiwan and Ukraine and protecting democracy. The propaganda machine has already whipped up hatred of both Russia and China, this will be maintained until it reaches fever pitch, making the annihilation of millions seem like a good idea.
        The answer is not to get a new leader in Washington or else where, the only answer is to rid ourself of the state system and the capitalist economic system that keeps these psychopaths alive and gives them power to endanger the world for their personal gain.  


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Sunday 14 May 2023

Anti-War.

         Monday May 15th. is International Conscientious Objectors Day, a day when we rightly mark in honour of all those who had the courage to refuse to be drafted into the state's military killing machine. Two world wars have seen thousands of individuals take a stand against the state process of murdering citizens who happen to live on another patch of this planet, and all the blood and misery shed is for power and wealth to the few. We owe a debt to these courageous individuals for their courageous stand in the face of brutal and savage state reprisals.
        Glasgow like most cities, towns and villages across the country has a proud band of conscientious objectors. To them we raise a clenched fist and say thank you.  
      The two short pieces from our Spirit of Revolt Archive T SOR 1-1-2 refer to Allan Burnett one of Glasgow's young courageous conscientious objectors who eventually ended living in New Zealand.

 


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Friday 12 May 2023

A Con.

            


           It must be obvious now to anyone looking at the the way this government is throwing legislation through, they don't give a shit. They are fully aware that if they lose the next election there is no chance of the so called opposition reversing any of the draconian legislation they have passed. Anti-protest legislation, anti-strike legislation, anti-immigrant legislation, it is all perfectly safe in Labour's hands. Those naive enough to think that a change of Messiah sitting in No. 10 will somehow solve their problems, are like generations before them, going to be sadly disappointed. The answer is obviously, not to keep spinning the wheel and hoping it will be different next time round. We need a root and branch cutting of this greed driven exploitative system of insane economics. Why accept a system where the rules that effect the poor, vulnerable and ordinary people, are made by very rich individuals who all have a vested interest in keeping the economic disparity that enriches them at our expense. We pay them to shackle us to economic poverty and deprivation, while they live the life of luxury and opulence. Surely we have the imagination and ability to devise a system that is fair and sees to the needs of all our people, a system that sees the fruits of all our labour being used to build a society that benefits all our people fairly. Rather than live this insanity that feeds the parasite pompous few at the expense of the majority's well-being. At the moment we are being milked, conned and laughed at.

 

                                                 Image courtesy of Clive Lewis.

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Bookfair.

    


           Continuing on from May 1st., Red and Black Clydeside's next event celebrating May is the bookfair and gathering, at the CCA 350. Sauchiehall Street Glasgow, May 27th, 12 noon to 8pm. A must not miss affair, with talks, films, stalls, discussions and merry chatting with new and old comrades. See you there.


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Thursday 11 May 2023

Our Streets.

 

          Anarchist literature/magazines etc. on the streets seems to be disappearing, probably due to the rush to join the social media realm. However we abandon the streets at our peril. Of course there are still papers and magazines on the street, the Glasgow Keelie for one but we need to flood the streets with our ideas, theories and actions. It is on the streets that we meet new people, strangers who could be influenced by what we hand them. On social media we seem to be speaking to the same people all the time, it's not the way to win over the great politically apathetic silent majority, and we need them.
          Some publications from April 2023, try to get your hands on some, reprint if you can and throw them around. Look for more to spread the word, or better still, start your own and get on the street.

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Sunday 7 May 2023

Bent Knee.

 

           Now that the £250 million circus of ridiculous pomp paying homage to the UK imperialist past and parasite class, is over, and all paid for by you and I, I thought I would just make my opinion known. Only a fool or a coward bends their knee to another human being.

No Gods

No Kings

No masters



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Thursday 4 May 2023

entertainment.

 

         Wednesday's Red and Black Clydeside Poetry and Music night at Red Rosa's,  was  a great night of pleasant and sometimes moving entertainment. A great mix of guitar, banjo, mouthorgan, singing and poetry. If you missed it don't fret, there will be another one coming along soon. A big thank you to the performers and those who turned up to enjoy the night.






 
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Tuesday 2 May 2023

Insurrection.

 

         For May “Read of the Month” our choice is Insurrection, No’s 1 to 3, so once again Spirit of Revolt brings you three anarchist magazines to give you a wee insight to what we at Spirit of Revolt carry in our archive.The selection is from our Bratach Dubh Collection SOR 5-6-40. If you like what you read here, and live local to Glasgow, why not volunteer an hour or two a week to help with the scanning, listing etc. you would helping to digitise the largest anarchist libertarian socialist archive in Scotland, making the material free and easily available to the public We will cover your bus fares.  Visit Spirit of Revolt Contact page.



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Poetry.

 

             A reminder that the next event by Red and Black Clydeside to mark May Week, will be the Poetry and Music Night at Red Rosa's, 195 London Road, Calton, Glasgow, May 3rd. A night to come and chat then settle down for some poetry and music, a pleasant night guaranteed.  

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Monday 1 May 2023

May Day.

 

          Spirit of Revolt's May Day picnic on the Green, despite changing weather, can be counted as a success. Though not as many turned up as we would have liked, but the Workers Memorial display attracted lots of passers-by, and by the amount of literature that we managed to hand out, it certainly was a great success. We managed to distribute lots of Anarchist Critic, Glasgow Keelies, Red and Black Poetry night leaflets, Red and Black Bookfair and Gathering leaflets, Spirit of Revolt business cards, plus lots of Radical Glasgow History Project leaflets. Encouragingly they were all taken with some enthusiasm. A big thank you to all those who turned up.






Two further coming events to mark Red and Black Clydeside May Week


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Sunday 30 April 2023

Heil!!

 

        

          The crown, £2.5 million and gold trimmings could go some way to paying the nurses a decent increase.

        May 6th. the UK enters a new era, we are expected to participate in a display that is reminiscent of Germany in the 30's where hordes were gather together to shout allegiance to the imposed leader Heil whoever, Heil whoever. In this case in UK the allegiance we are supposed to regurgitate is to someone who has unimaginable inherited wealth, power and privilege, and has never done a days work in his entire life. May 6th will mark the crowning of a privileged individual who because of his birth and the system of monarchy and imperialism that has festered in this country for centuries, lives in a bubble of opulence and privilege. The meaningless words that we are all supposed to shout out are "I swear that I will pay true allegiance to your majesty" A crowning ceremony that will cost you and I £100 million of our tax money, while nurses and doctors are refused a wage that reflects there training, skill and dedication. All of who have worked very hard to get to the position they are in, unlike this pompous individual who will get everything free just because of his birth.
       Will the people behave like sheep and shout Heil Charles, Heil Charles, or will they see through this circus, this edifice to British imperialism the bulwark of the system of power and privilege to the wealthy. Surely this shouting allegiance is so ridiculous so obvious a pantomime that the average person will have a laugh it its stupidity and instead shout Not My King, and work hard at seeing this whole pomp and ceremony of power and privilege ends up where it belongs, in the dustbin of history. 


Saturday 29 April 2023

Keelie 40.

 

        Glasgow Keelie 40 is now out and available for free on the streets at pickets, protests, rallies and marches. You'll also get your free copy in some pubs cafes etc, watch out for it a grab your free copy. As usual it is filled with info on events and meetings to help you get involved in the struggle for that better life for all, and of course digging the dirt on this corrupt and exploitative system that shackles us to the profit making machine for the few. 

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