SPECTRE Podcast

Joined by Josh Morris we explore the STUC and STUC YW, its influence, importance throughout history, and the role it will play in the fight back against anti-union legislation. We look at the wider broad left labour movement in Scotland: it's strengths, weaknesses, and how we educate young trade unionists.

STUC - https://www.stuc.org.uk/

STUC YW - https://www.stuc.org.uk/equalities-youth/

STUC Podcast (Mon The Workers) - https://rss.com/podcasts/montheworkers/

Music Credit: Everlong - Foo Fighters

6L GTR - The Chats

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A solo episode where we take a brief look into the UCS work-in - from what instigated it, the solidarity shown, the impact on the Clyde, and much more

Sources: UCS The Fight For The Right To Work - Alex Murray

The Politics of the UCS Work-In - John Foster and Charles Woolfson

Music Credit - The Stranglers - Golden Brown

MF DOOM - One Beer (Instrumental)

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Joined by Robert and Colin from the Paisley TUC, we discusses the antifascist counter demonstrations that have been underway for over a year at the site of the Muthu hotel in Erskine. We examine the success of the demos and what we have learnt from them, the importance of trade union solidarity, and how trade unions and trade union councils can combat fascism.

STUC Website - https://stuc.org.uk/

Music Credit : Tear The Fascists Down - Woody Guthrie

Bella Ciao

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Joined by Socialist Swan and Gary, we explore and discuss the football and sport culture within the former GDR, the state of modern football in Britain and Europe, antifascist fan scenes, and the theft of the beautiful game.

Socialist Swan YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SocialistSwann

Socialist Swan Twitter - https://twitter.com/SocialistSwann

Football Lads And Lassies against Fascism - https://flaf.org.uk/

Music Credit: Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) - Shakira

The Free German Youth - IFA Wartburg

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Joined by Megan, Robyn and Donal from the Young Communist League of Britain. We examine the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, commercial sexual exploitation, Marxist Feminism vs Liberal Feminism, and more

We also discuss the YCL's part in the international 16 Days of Activism and the much needed materialist analysis required on the emancipation of women

YCL Britain, Glasgow, and Edinburgh Twitter Accounts - https://twitter.com/yclbritain https://twitter.com/YCLGlasgow https://twitter.com/YCLEdinburgh https://twitter.com/lanarkshire_ycl

Eben Williams Challenge Article - Towards working class unity on sex and gender - https://challenge-magazine.org/2023/06/10/towards-working-class-unity-on-sex-and-gender/

Mary Davis - Women and Class - https://www.communistparty.org.uk/pdfs/wac/women_and_class.pdf

Music Credit: Rip It Up - Orange Juice

U.N.I.T.Y. - Queen Latifah

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Joined by Coll McCail from Scottish Labour's EC. We examine the current state of Scotland and Britain's environmental strategies, COP26, the "Just Transition", and more.

Coll's Twitter - https://twitter.com/MccailColl

Friends of the Earth Scotland - https://twitter.com/FoEScot

Music Credit:

It Was a Good Day - Ice Cube

Appetite for Destruction - N.W.A.

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Joined by Mike Arnott from the International Brigade Memorial Trust (IBMT). We examine the cause of the Spanish Civil War, The efforts of the International Brigades, the IBMT, and the fight against Fascism in the modern era

IBMT - https://international-brigades.org.uk/

IBMT Twitter - https://twitter.com/IBMT_SCW/

Music Credit :

Woody Guthrie - Jarama Valley

Christy Moore - Viva la Quinta Brigada. Live at Barrowland Glasgow

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Joined by Keith Stoddart of The Communist Party of Britain, we discuss and explore the history of the Communist Party as well as it's influence here in Scotland. We look into the damaging effects Eurocommunism has had throughout Europe and how we rebuild from this, and we also look into the countless industrial disputes that the Party has been involved in throughout the ages.

Communist Party of Britain - https://www.communistparty.org.uk/

Young Communist League of Britain - https://ycl.org.uk/

Morning Star - https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/

Music Credit: (I Cant Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones Express Yourself - NWA

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Joined by Nick Troy - a former Chef at the 13th Note - we explore the case of the 13th Note and the conditions impacting the hospitality sector in Scotland and throughout Britain.

13th Note Workers Twitter : https://twitter.com/13thNoteWorkers

Nick's Twitter : https://twitter.com/ngdt77

13th Note Fundraiser : https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-the-13th-note-workers

Music Credit : MF DOOM - Beef Rap

Kanye West - POWER

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A solo episode where we look into some of the most famous anti-communist myths, lies, and propaganda. We examine how and why these lies are spread and how they have been allowed to take a frim position of validity in mainstream media.Sources:

Poppers' The Open Society and it's Enemies (1945) and The Poverty of Historicism (1957)

Berlin and Kayek's The Road to Serfdom (1944)

Wheatcroft and Davis' Agriculture in The Economic Transformation of the Soviet Union 1913-1945 (1944)

Michael Parenti's Blackshirts and Reds, Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism (1997)

Nick Lowles' Searchlight (February 2000) and The Morning Star (May 19th 2000)

Douglas Tottle Fraud, Famine and Fascism : The Ukrainian Genocide Myth from Hitler to Harvard (1987)

Conquest's The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivisation and the Terror-famine (1986)

Winnington's Breakfast with Mao (Lawrence and Wishart, 1986)

Rowan Valvona Challenge Article - https://challenge-magazine.org/2022/02/03/is-north-korea-a-monarchy/

Ole L Smith's Self-Defence and Communist Policy 1945-1947 in Studies in the History of the Greek Civil War 1945-1949 (1987)

Music Credit: The Streets - has it come to this

Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies

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