NOTHING WILL STOP THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national, Perspectives and tagged BRI, business, California, capitalism, china, climate, climate change, climate change denial, destruction, DRC, economy, Endangered Species Act, environment, environmental, featured, fire, fossil fuels, fuel emissions, government, Greece, heat, heatwave, industry, Ireland, Japan, logging, politics, summer, USA.

by Gunnar Eigener

The environment is changing. All across the globe, weather patterns have shifted, resulting in abnormal meteorological behaviour and pushing society towards conditions it is not used to. The UK has just come out of a record-breaking heatwave. Japan declared a national emergency after heatwaves there killed 65 people. Wildfires in Greece left over 70 people dead and in California, over a dozen people are missing as fires spread. Visitors required evacuation from Yosemite National Park and wind threatens to fan flames in Sweden’s forests.

However, should we be surprised by these events? Continue Reading

PASSING INTO HISTORY, LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE – MARTIN MCGUINNESS

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged army, Ballymurphy Massacre, Bloody Sunday, Bobby Sands, British, catholic, Chuckle Brothers, Civil Rights, Derry, DUP, easter rising, Gerry Adams, Good Friday Agreement, H-block, hunger strike, Ian Paisley, independece, INLA, IRA, Ireland, Irish, james connolly, Martin McGuinness, Michelle O’Neill, NI, protestant, PUP, resistance, RUC, SDLP, Shankill, Sinn Féin, Stormont, terrorism, TUV, UDA, uk, Ulster, UUP, UVF.

by Chris Jarvis

“I was proud to be a member of the IRA. I am still 40 years on proud that I was a member of the IRA. I am not going to be a hypocrite and sit here and say something different.

”I do have a very deep sense of regret that there was a conflict and that people lost their lives, and you know, many were responsible for that – and a lot of them wear pinstripe suits in London today.”

Martin McGuinness

On January 30th, 1972, 13 people were shot dead by the British Army on the streets of Derry – a city that was, and to this day still is, a part of the United Kingdom. The crime for which these 13 people were murdered by the British state was marching through their hometown to demand an end to internment without trial for suspected members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland. Those interned were subject to torture as part of their detention. Bloody Sunday, as it came to be known, took place just one year after the Ballymurphy Massacre, where 11 people were killed across 3 days in Belfast.Continue Reading

WHY THE LEFT SHOULD CARE ABOUT CELTIC INDEPENDENCE

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national, Perspectives and tagged anti-capitalism, anti-colonialism, anti-imperialism, Barry, Capel Celyn, capitalism, Celtic, clean energy, cymru, establishment, EU ref, flags, Gwynfor Evans, identity, imperialism, independence, industry, indyref, Ireland, jeremy corbyn, leanne wood, left, leftist, Llyn Celyn Reservoir, nationalism, nicola sturgeon, Plaid Cymru, politics, Scotland, snp, socialism, uk, unionism, Wales, westminster, working class.

by Tara Debra G

“Flags don’t build houses”, said Jeremy Corbyn last year, criticizing Scottish nationalism and the SNP. Well, no, they don’t, but neither does an unelectable party, so swings and roundabouts really. But he does have a point: nationalism as a political framework doesn’t inherently support leftist values, or the working class, or is particularly anti-capitalist.

In fact, the strongest argument I hear against Celtic nationalism from the English left is that it doesn’t solve the foundational economic equality at the heart of class oppression in the UK. I’m a Welsh nationalist and I agree. But the left shouldn’t care about Celtic independence because it’s intrinsically anti-capitalist, because it’s not that – the left should care because leftist ideals should encapsulate anti-imperialism.

WHY ARE WE TURNING OUR BACK ON REFUGEES?

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged aliens act, bnp, Brexit, Britain, britain first, british nationality act, debate, discourse, economic migrants, EDL, egyptians act, english defence league, Enoch Powell, EU, EU referendum, european economic community, fascism, first world war, history, Holocaust, immigration, Ireland, linguistics, migrant boat, migrants, migration, motherland, national front, notting hill riots, racism, refugee crisis, refugees, rhetoric, rivers of blood, second world war, Thatcher, uk, war time, windrush, xenophobia.

by Chris Jarvis

Content warning: this article mentions xenophobia and racism

Last week, reporting and rhetoric on the ongoing migration crisis reached new lows. The Daily Mail, The Express and others ran inflammatory stories first casting doubt over whether or not child refugees were children after all and later calling on them to carry out dental checks on asylum seekers to ascertain their age, irrespective of the ethical abhorrence and scientific inadequacy of such a policy.

How has it come to this? How, as a society, have we got to the point where people fleeing conflict, living in makeshift camps and trying desperately to find a better life receive this as their welcome to our country, are referred to in these terms? When did we stop being a nation that offered help and support to those in need, a nation that welcomed migrants, a nation with cities built on the principles of multi-culturalism and melting pot? Don’t we have a long and proud history of granting refuge to those who need it?

THIRD CULTURE SYNDROME: THE STRUGGLE AGAINST POST-BREXIT RACISM

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged anti austerity, anti racism, anti racism and anti austerity march, austerity, Brexit, cultural confusion, cultural identity, France, globalisation, identity, immigrant communities, Ireland, Islam, Kazuo Ishiguro, language, london, migrants, palestine, politics, racism, stateless, Third Culture Kid, Third Culture Syndrome, uk, working class.

by Faizal Nor Izham

On Saturday 9th I took part in the Anti-Racism and Anti-Austerity March in London, and it was during this event that I met two lovely young ladies of colour – one was Irish-Palestinian by descent (whose parents were both Catholic and Muslim) and the other was a Moroccan-French Muslim. It seemed rather fitting that, on this day, I chose to march against creeping racism in post-Brexit Britain alongside other people of mixed heritage.

THE EASTER RISING: ‘WE SERVE NEITHER KING NOR KAISER’

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged 100th anniversary, 1916, Belfast, Britain, british colony, british imperialism, catholic, citizen army, cork, dublin, easter rising, european labour, general strike, Ireland, irish republican brotherhood, irish volunteers, james connolly, Labour, protestant, revolution, russian revolution, socialism, war, workers.

by John Sillett

Ireland was Britain’s first colony and British imperialism has done all it can to hang on to it. The Easter Rising of April 24^th1916 followed a long history of the Irish seeking to be a free nation through armed rebellion. However the 1916 rising, although a failure in itself, had distinct traits that previous rebellions did not have.

The method of subjugation of Ireland by the British was Landlordism and the use of planters — the bringing in of English and Scottish Protestant settlers to work the land in what was a Catholic country. Surpluses from the country estates were sent to absentee landlords in Britain. Attempts before 1916 to free the country from foreign rule rested on a leadership by the Irish gentry and middle class traders and farmers. This nascent native ruling class — which also included settlers who had assimilated into Irish culture — proved unable to lead a decisive struggle for national liberty.Continue Reading

FEVER PITCH: FOOTBALL CAN BE A FORCE FOR RADICAL CHANGE, RATHER THAN A HINDRANCE

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Inter|national and tagged arts, Athens, Britain, Celtic, Celts, Ed Miliband, European government, football, George Orwell, Greece, Ireland, Labour, Olympiakos, Panathanaikos, premier league, Rangers, Richard Scudamore, Scotland, Sevco, sport, Syriza, Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

by Jack Brindelli

This, my latest contribution to the Norwich Radical, was all but written an hour before I finally submitted it. My sermon on the overlooked politics of football fandom was signed sealed and on the brink of being delivered. I already had plenty to talk about. It’s been a long month of big themes in the footballing world. Over the course of February, the Beautiful Game has been at the centre of almost every kind of debate there is to be had — and it has popularised these debates in a way that most of us laptop radicals could only dream of.

First, there was uproar when man of the people, Premier League chairman Richard Scudamore poo-pooed the idea clubs should pay their employees a living wage in the wake of a record £5.1billion television deal — at which point Labour leader Ed Miliband literally missed an open goal to popularise his party’s campaign for a living wage, in an election year. Then there was the moment Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrated a goal for Paris Saint Germain tore off his jersey to reveal 50 tattoos, later revealed to be names of people suffering from hunger throughout the world in a bid to raise awareness about global inequality — proving he has a conscience to match his not-so-starved ego in the process. And then of course there were infamous incidents involving Chelsea fans barring a black man from riding the tube in Paris — and of West Ham fans mocking the disabled, reported by TV pundit Kevin Kilbane — provoking widespread condemnation, not least from football fans themselves.

Ireland

NOTHING WILL STOP THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT

PASSING INTO HISTORY, LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE – MARTIN MCGUINNESS

WHY THE LEFT SHOULD CARE ABOUT CELTIC INDEPENDENCE

WHY ARE WE TURNING OUR BACK ON REFUGEES?

THIRD CULTURE SYNDROME: THE STRUGGLE AGAINST POST-BREXIT RACISM

THE EASTER RISING: ‘WE SERVE NEITHER KING NOR KAISER’

FEVER PITCH: FOOTBALL CAN BE A FORCE FOR RADICAL CHANGE, RATHER THAN A HINDRANCE

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