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‘Enrich your mind with a knowledge of all the treasures created by mankind’
EBEN WILLIAMS introduces the Unity Bookshop in Glasgow, whose launch open day takes place this weekend
Detailing the deluge of delusion and dishonesty pushed by the pro-war camp, IAN SINCLAIR identifies four key tactics corporate journalists use to confuse audiences and suppress opposition to the proxy war in the east
From ‘moral duty’ to ‘military Keynesianism,’ Labour manipulates language to justify slashing welfare but pouring billions into warfare, condemning communities like Glasgow South West to deeper poverty, writes MATT KERR
With politicians dismissing constituents’ fears of global war, the peace movement must look beyond Parliament to prevent catastrophe, writes TOM MORRISON
The mass movement supporting Palestine represents potential political power that the left must now embrace as central to its strategy, writes HUGH LANNING, ahead of this Saturday’s Socialism or Barbarism day school in London
Health Secretary Wes Streeting taking £53k from Tory-linked recruiter and outsourcer Peter Hearn’s OPD Group is a great example of how Labour’s rich donors shape policies targeting the poor – not their wealth, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
MAT COWARD recalls the communist and pacifist aristocrat whose commitment made a difference in the Spanish civil war, the Blitz and WWII Europe
AT THE height of working-class political organisation in Britain, there was a mighty network of communist-led businesses up and down the country, including publishers, presses, a theatre, a travel agency, and a huge number of communist bookshops.
Here in Glasgow, some people still remember Clyde Books which was just off the Gallowgate on Parnie Street right up until the early ’90s. We like to think of Unity Books as a spiritual successor. After all, many of their books have ended up on our shelves.
Lenin wrote that “you can become a communist only when you enrich your mind with a knowledge of all the treasures created by mankind,” and Unity Books is currently the largest socialist bookshop in the country with over 6,000 second-hand books, pamphlets, and periodicals, some over 100 years old.
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