Welcome to Smeddum's Hotpotch . A port of call for news from all over the world focussing on Scotland. Here I publish poems music and comedy. If you press on menu you can access my youtube channel. If you want to contribute any material. Please contact me at paulanderson9@yahoo.co.uk Remember to subscribe to my YouTube channel so I can post live
Proposals to close 14 of the county’s 52 public libraries are symptoms of a society turning its back on culture and community, say authors Source: Neil Gaiman leads Hampshire writers protesting library cuts | Books | The Guardian
Read More Neil Gaiman leads Hampshire writers protesting library cuts | Books | The GuardianOn Sunday, two to three thousand Venetians protested cruise ships and corruption in the beloved city as intense flooding continues to cause millions Source: Thousands of Venetians Gather to Protest Cruise Ships After Historic Flooding | Travel + Leisure
Read More Thousands of Venetians Gather to Protest Cruise Ships After Historic Flooding | Travel + LeisureThe presidential election in Argentina pitted the people against neoliberalism and the people won. What happens next will have a tremendous impact all over Latin America and serve as a blueprint for assorted Global South struggles. South America, Again, Leads Fight Against Neoliberalism By Source: PEPE ESCOBAR: The Age of Anger Exploding in Serial Geysers
Read More PEPE ESCOBAR: The Age of Anger Exploding in Serial GeysersTHE extent and implications of the political emergency in Catalonia far exceed those of the Brexit crisis here in the UK. To date, the Brexit affair… Source: The EU’s silence is deafening as Spain reacts to Catalan protests | The National
Read More The EU’s silence is deafening as Spain reacts to Catalan protests | The NationalInternational, MNA | Ecuador’s transport unions yesterday called off protests against the scrapping of fuel subsidies by President Lenin Moreno after two days of unrest that halted transport nationwide and resulted in almost 370 arrests. Source: Ecuador unions call off anti-austerity protests after 370 arrests in two days | Macau Business
Read More Ecuador unions call off anti-austerity protests after 370 arrests in two days | Macau BusinessTHE All Under One Banner (AUOB) movement marks an important day today with the 21st event it has held since launching in 2014, and it looks as if… Source: AUOB marchers head for Edinburgh in ‘biggest pro-indy event yet’ | The National
Read More AUOB marchers head for Edinburgh in ‘biggest pro-indy event yet’ | The NationalThe older I get the less I want to linger around abstract thought but it is needed to get at the root of our political situation. The centuries old static power relations are still very much at the heart of our western “civilisation”, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer or driven to […]
Read More The Static and the Dynamic
Smeddum's Hotpotch 