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UNISON National Delegate Conference 2023- Day three

Jun 15, 2023By John's Labour blog

Today (Thursday) I still have “conference lurgy” so skipped the morning run again. Another glorious blue sky day. Nice to have a name check in the Morning Star from yesterday’s debate “the NEC shouldn’t go off and be a lone ranger” and picture of my Co…Read more…

Jun 15, 2023John's Labour blog

Labour needs to be pressed to put council housing at the top of its priorities list

Oct 19, 2018By Martin Wicks

MARTIN WICKS reflects on Labour’s housing policy in the wake of the party’s conference in Liverpool THE contradiction between Labour’s … MoreRead more…

Oct 19, 2018Martin Wicks

We need 100,000 council homes a year, not “affordable homes”

Jun 20, 2018By Martin Wicks

Labour’s Housing Green Paper, Housing for the many, has a fundamental flaw at its heart. It says that a Labour … MoreRead more…

Jun 20, 2018Martin Wicks

East End May Day Rally – Yiddish, Cockney & Bengali Culture mix of Labour Movement Politics & History

May 2, 2018By John's Labour blog

After we finished campaigning in our ward, my Labour & Co-operative colleague John Whitworth and I went to the “East End May Day Rally” in East Ham Working Mens Club. This was organised by the Bangladeshi Workers’ Council and the Morning Star.

We …Read more…

May 2, 2018John's Labour blog

Lights! Camera! Revolution! – film from Russia and Cuba

Oct 27, 2017By Chris Bartter

I’ve written before about the role of Trades Union Councils in promoting (or should that be
fomenting) working class and left political culture. Another example is taking place this weekend in…Read more…

Oct 27, 2017Chris Bartter

From Alexei to Jeremy, and much in between – Edinburgh Reviews 3 & 4

Sep 4, 2017By Chris Bartter

Both of my final compilation roundups of Edinburgh festival shows have now been published in the Morning Star. The third one – Sayle, Spoiler Alerts and Symphonies – can be found here.  And the…Read more…

Sep 4, 2017Chris Bartter

Radical Angles with a Cutting Edge – Edinburgh reviews 2

Aug 28, 2017By Chris Bartter

–> …And the second of the group reviews of both International and Fringe shows was published in the Morning Star on Saturday. It is available here. It covers reviews that I posted in my…Read more…

Aug 28, 2017Chris Bartter

Rich pickings for the Culture Vulture – Edinburgh Festivals Preview

Aug 5, 2017By Chris Bartter

It seems like some time since I posted anything vaguely cultural here, but that is about to change!
Last Saturday our friends in the Morning Star printed my preview of the Fringe at this year’s…Read more…

Aug 5, 2017Chris Bartter

Celtic Connections 3 – crossing borders

Feb 3, 2017By Chris Bartter

The first of my two articles reviewing this year’s Celtic Connections was in the Morning Star yesterday here. It dealt with two themes, the continuing connections between British and Irish music and…Read more…

Feb 3, 2017Chris Bartter

Celtic Connections 2 – and Beyond

Feb 1, 2017By Chris Bartter

A selection of shorts re a number of shows that are not going to get onto my reviews in the Star (the first one of which is due in tomorrow’s paper (Thursday 2).

One thing that is already in…Read more…

Feb 1, 2017Chris Bartter

An embarrassment of riches – Celtic Connections ’17 Preview

Jan 20, 2017By Chris Bartter

This is a preview piece for this year’s Celtic Connections, that was printed in the Morning Star on Thursday (19 Jan). The link to the article on line doesn’t seem to be working, so here (with a…Read more…

Jan 20, 2017Chris Bartter

People on the Move – Edinburgh Festivals 3

Sep 2, 2016By Chris Bartter

My third compilation of reviews from the Edinburgh Festivals has been published in yesterday’s Morning Star. Covering a range of shows with a general theme of migration, it is a masterpiece of…Read more…

Sep 2, 2016Chris Bartter

Songwriting Talents Old and New(ish). Edinburgh Festivals 2

Aug 25, 2016By Chris Bartter

My first compilation piece from Edinburgh is in the Morning Star today. It includes the Angel review in last Thursday’s blog, and also a review of Road – Jim Cartwright’s slice of Lancashire life…Read more…

Aug 25, 2016Chris Bartter

After Wisconsin, can Sanders still win?

Apr 7, 2016By Eric Lee

This article appears in today’s edition of the Morning Star. Bernie Sanders’ victory in the Wisconsin Democratic Primary this week is being spun by the mainstream media as “too little, too…Read more…

Apr 7, 2016Eric Lee

Reeling in the (Cuban) Years!

Nov 16, 2015By Chris Bartter

A little late (I was away at a conference when it was published) here is a link to my review of
the First Havana/Glasgow Film Festival that the Morning Star published last Thursday.

Conducta – Five…Read more…

Nov 16, 2015Chris Bartter

Mrs Barbour’s Army – 100 years on!

Nov 2, 2015By Chris Bartter

As we approach November 17 – the centenary of the day the court case against 18 Glasgow women on Rent Strike was dropped – it is probably not surprising that the amount of references to Mary Barbour,…Read more…

Nov 2, 2015Chris Bartter

Morning Star – Festival For All 1917-1987

Oct 21, 2015By Hayes People's History
Oct 21, 2015Hayes People's History

Beware the spellchecker!… the real names of those Acts! – Edinburgh 2, Steel, Science and Beefheart

Aug 23, 2015By Chris Bartter

This weekend’s Morning Star has published three of my Edinburgh festival reviews edited into one article. It is here. It is a masterpiece of compilation and compaction, and I have the utmost respect…Read more…

Aug 23, 2015Chris Bartter

#killthebill on social media

Jul 30, 2015By Institute of Employment Rights Blog

Social media reactions to our extremely well attended #killthebill event in London on 29 July 2015

30 July 2015

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Jul 30, 2015Institute of Employment Rights Blog

Portraying the Red Clydesiders – and young women of the East End!

May 25, 2015By Chris Bartter

A couple of events to draw your attention to today. Firstly an event slightly detached from its original slot in the Mayday celebrations – it was postponed from the original date of May 5 as that…Read more…

May 25, 2015Chris Bartter
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