The 48th Odigitis Festival: “For what is great, beautiful and staggering”
As tensions grow across the world, and monsters are born, the young generation are called to Red Athens for the annual Odigitis
Communists on campus: building a class-based student movement
“We have the opportunity to break with the current impotence of the student movement, to show what distinguishes us as Marxist-Leninists, and to shape the student movement of the future into a powerful fighting force”, writes Mia English
Nothing to see here: entertainment venues facing mass closures in Scotland
MSPs have warned that the epidemic and rising expenses have created a “perfect storm” for Scotland’s cultural sector.
According to Holyrood’s culture committee, the sector is grappling with serious issues as it tries to recover from COVID-19, and the cost-of-living crisis is making matters worse.
Overcrowding leads to chaos at Manston asylum seeker centre
On Sunday, a terrorist detonated petrol bombs at a Kent Asylum Seeker Processing Centre, shortly afterwards taking his own life. The evacuation of this centre led approximately 700 asylum seekers to the now infamous Manston Processing Centre, following what had already been weeks of chaos involving overcrowding and reports of harrowing conditions even leading to the outbreak of disease.
Freedom for Kononovich comrades!
This appeal from 14 communist youth organisation calls for the Ukrainian government to release the Kononovich brothers
US and Australia join South Korea for week of military drills
The Republic of Korea is hosting joint air drills with the USA and Australia this week, in yet another provocative move against the DPRK
Bolsonaro loses out to Lula in Brazilian Premiership race
Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, commonly known as Lula, beat far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday. Bolsonaro, who has wrought havoc on the country since he came to power in 2019, is the first President of Brazil to lose an election while incumbent in over 3 decades.
Scottish capital for Scottish capitalists
The future is “inherently unpredictable,” First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told the gathered journalists at Bute House. So unpredictable is the future that the SNP have planned Scotland’s demise – or glory – in 100 pages worth of detail in “A Stronger Economy with Independence”.
Building social cohesion in Britain
Dean Cairns writes about the capacity left for modern Britain to achieve better social cohesion
Rishi Sunak to be appointed new Prime Minister
Following the announcement late Sunday night that former Prime Minister Boris Johnson would not be standing in the Tory Leadership election, it looked like it would be a straight run-off between former Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, and leader of the House of Commons, Penny Mordaunt. However, after failing to meet the required 100 votes from Tory MPs, Mordaunt dropped out of the race, leaving “Dishy Rishi” to be coronated as the third Tory Prime Minister in two months with no need for a contest.
