Skip to content

A Thousand Welcomes

Search for:

Smeddum's Hotpotch -snapshots of world news (click on flag for Forum)

HIGHLIGHTS
HOMEPAGE

Contact

contact@smedum.blog

Like this:

Like Loading...

youtube news playlist

latest podcast

Nicola Sturgeon speaks in Freedom Square (podcast with poems and song)

[Read More...]

The indyref2 forum

RE: Going Native -cartoon-Chris Cairns- from Wings over Scotland

By smeddum, 4 days ago
RE: Favourite Scottish Songs

By smeddum, 2 months ago
Going Native -cartoon-Chris Cairns- from Wings over Scotland

By smeddum, 1 year ago
Favourite Scottish Songs

By smeddum, 1 year ago
My first ever cartoon

By smeddum, 1 year ago
indyposterboy.scot poster

By smeddum, 1 year ago
Brexit no matter

brexit_no_matter_what__paolo_calleri.jpeg

By smeddum, 1 year ago
3:03 / 13:39 Nicola Sturgeon answers Westminster media's questions

By smeddum, 1 year ago
RE: Brexit Cartoon

today's cartoon download.jpg

By smeddum, 1 year ago

Categories

Democracy

Post of the Day

Opinion – The Lies About Assange Must Stop Now

smeddum - 26 Nov 2019

Source: Opinion – The Lies About Assange Must Stop Now

Like this:

Like Loading...

Get mobile App for this website

Anti-poverty resources

Oxfam's income inequality calculator

Facebook Pages

Dundee against Austerity
Smeddum1 facebook page

favourite websites

http://www.radiofeeds.co.uk/android/
Hyperallergic arts mag
Inthesenewtimes
Irish passport podcast
Jim Ferguson
Russia Today Live Feed
Scottish folk
Smeddum Google plus
Tom Leonard
Truly Scottish TV
UK trade union newsfeed
Unite against austerity
What’s Left
Wings over Scotland

Glasgow Marches

Future Glasgow processions

News sources

Latest Zimbabwe News Headlines
Newsnow
Nuzzel/Smeddum
TeleSUR

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 837 other subscribers.

Email Address

Search Website

Search for:

Translate

The Hotpotch

Scots Wha Hae 26 Jan 2021
In a New Book About Unions and Financial Capitalism, Lessons for the Arts 26 Jan 2021
The Melancholy Marriage of Tracey Emin and Edvard Munch 25 Jan 2021
Prophetic strain: the roots of Milton’s radical zeal – Prospect Magazine 25 Jan 2021
The Milky Way looks deceptively flat, but it’s actually warped 25 Jan 2021
Loops, the Limits of Language, the Paradoxical Loneliness of “I Love You,” and What Keeps Love Alive – Brain Pickings 24 Jan 2021
Iceberg due to collide with island splits in 2 | Earth | EarthSky 24 Jan 2021
Brazilians Take To the Streets Asking Impeachment for Bolsonaro | News | teleSUR English 23 Jan 2021
The Next Two Years Will Be The Democratic Party At Its Most Transparent | by Caitlin Johnstone | Jan, 2021 | Medium 22 Jan 2021
When East Meets West prepares for the MIDPOINT Shorts project showcase – Cineuropa 21 Jan 2021
Let Nobody Ever State Again There Is No Evidence of the Conspiracy Against Alex Salmond – Craig Murray 21 Jan 2021
The King who knows everything ‘builds up China:’ netizens give views on Trump – Global Times 21 Jan 2021
Israel Is Losing the Fight To Obscure Its Apartheid Character – Antiwar.com Original 21 Jan 2021
Xinjiang scholars slam ‘birth control’ report, expose anti-China academic’s lies – Global Times 21 Jan 2021
Indian Farmers on the Frontline Against Global Capitalism – CounterPunch.org 20 Jan 2021
Here’s the Extremely New Website for the Extremely Large Telescope – Universe Today 18 Jan 2021
Only A Corrupt Lord Advocate Stands Between Peter Murrell and Prison – Craig Murray 16 Jan 2021
Winter Wonderland: A Rundown of This Season’s Art Exhibitions | Flagpole 15 Jan 2021
Rimbaud’s remains will not be moved to Panthéon, rules Macron | France | The Guardian 15 Jan 2021
Feast Your Eyes On The Largest Map Of The Universe Yet | IFLScience 14 Jan 2021
China: Key Driver of the Global Economy From Pandemic | Opinion | teleSUR English 13 Jan 2021
Alex Salmond Inquiry: Does Nicola Sturgeon have something to hide? It’s starting to look like it – Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP | The Scotsman 13 Jan 2021
China, Africa to further upgrade bilateral cooperation in 2021 – People’s Daily Online 13 Jan 2021
Russia’s $583 Billion Reserves Now Hold More Gold Than Dollars – Bloomberg 13 Jan 2021
FYI Trump’s Latest Yemen Move Is Far Worse Than The Capitol Riot | by Caitlin Johnstone | Jan, 2021 | Medium 13 Jan 2021
‘Night Of The Kings’ Director Philippe Lacôte Interview — Contenders – Deadline 10 Jan 2021
Multipolarity and Financial Capitalism | Michael Hudson 10 Jan 2021
Sterling’s Brexit honeymoon comes to an end 6 Jan 2021
Australian Labor Party Urges US to Drop Charges Against Assange | Common Dreams News 5 Jan 2021
Assange Wins. The Cost: The Crushing of Press Freedom – CounterPunch.org 5 Jan 2021
Italy begins year of Dante anniversary events with virtual Uffizi exhibition | Italy | The Guardian 3 Jan 2021
Killing Julian Assange | Freedom of the Press News | Al Jazeera 3 Jan 2021
Only we can lock up journalists and get away with it, UK embassy warns China — RT Op-ed 30 Dec 2020
Arguments against Welsh independence are like those in an ‘abusive relationship’ says Michael Sheen – Nation.Cymru 30 Dec 2020
The Fake Political and Media Class – Craig Murray 27 Dec 2020
‘Toorbos’ Review: South Africa’s Handsome, Satisfying Oscar Submission – Variety 21 Dec 2020
Where the Buffalo Roam Produces Animated Docuseries “Being Human Is” For Google | SHOOTonline 14 Dec 2020
UK’s Covid Vaccine, and a Fake Competition With the EU – CounterPunch.org 9 Dec 2020
Cuba Tests Vaccine Candidate Abdala Against Covid-19 | News | teleSUR English 5 Dec 2020
WHO: Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine “very promising” but has cold chain issues | Al Arabiya English 2 Dec 2020
China-ASEAN relationship exemplary effort in building community with shared future for mankind – People’s Daily Online 1 Dec 2020
Chess World hails Queen’s Gambit fuelled boom 29 Nov 2020
Second Scottish independence poll in one day gives Yes 12-point lead | The National 13 Nov 2020
Jeremy Vine guest raises IRA after Joe Biden Brexit remarks | The New European 11 Nov 2020
Cancun Police Shoot Down Feminist Protest in Mexico | News | teleSUR English 10 Nov 2020
The Assange Extradition Case is an Unprecedented Attack on Press Freedom, So Why’s the Media Largely Ignoring It? – CounterPunch.org 7 Oct 2020
WHO woos traditional medicine in Africa’s Covid-19 cure search – DailyNews 29 Sep 2020
Believe in Scotland launches Yes push after ‘milestone’ independence conference | The National 28 Sep 2020
Sandinista solidarity 28 Sep 2020
Stephen Cohen Has Died. Remember His Urgent Warnings Against The New Cold War. | by Caitlin Johnstone | Sep, 2020 | Medium 28 Sep 2020
‘Cover the Streets of London with Blood’: Did British Intelligence Help Cover Up the Murder of PC Yvonne Fletcher? – Byline Times 27 Sep 2020
What Does it Take to Fight Authoritarianism? The One Thing Americans Still Won’t Do. | by umair haque | Sep, 2020 | Eudaimonia and Co 27 Sep 2020
Elona Holmes 27 Sep 2020
Novichok, Navalny, Nordstream, Nonsense – Craig Murray 6 Sep 2020
New Zealand Reports First Coronavirus Cases in 102 Days | Time 11 Aug 2020
Ekklesia | British Quakers join call for global ban on nuclear weapons 6 Aug 2020
A Battle Plan So Subtle It Sends You To Sleep | Michael Hudson 4 Aug 2020
ANOTHER HIROSHIMA IS COMING… UNLESS WE STOP IT NOW 4 Aug 2020
In London, a Khadija Saye Installation Encourages Black Women to Take Up Space 31 Jul 2020
Record economic plunge, bleak jobs numbers reveal virus toll 31 Jul 2020
One-third of US Museums May Never Reopen, Says American Alliance of Museums 30 Jul 2020
Brace for major market correction should China-U.S. conflict become ‘real’ | Kitco News 29 Jul 2020
National Museums Scotland announces planned re-opening dates | The National 29 Jul 2020
Photos That Honor the Interior Lives of Diverse Black Women 26 Jul 2020
Madagascar drug can’t cure COVID-19, says NIPRD – Punch Newspapers 26 Jul 2020
‘This Whole House of Cards Is Gonna Collapse’: GOP Shutters Senate With US on Verge of Economic Catastrophe 25 Jul 2020
“America’s Abuse of Migrant Children Will Have Centurieslong Consequences” 24 Jul 2020
Elizabeth Gilbert on Love, Loss, and How to Move Through Grief as Grief Moves Through You – Brain Pickings 24 Jul 2020
Roger Stone’s conviction is the last hope to save RussiaGate — RT Op-ed 15 Jul 2020
Opinion – Russia-Baiting Is the Only Game in Town 13 Jul 2020
Outsourcing Failure? Private Coronavirus Testing Falls Dramatically as Government Announces More Money for Commercial Services – Byline Times 12 Jul 2020
MoA – The Latest ‘Russiagate’ BOMBSHELL Took Just One Week To Be Exposed As Dud. Who Was Its Source? 12 Jul 2020
The Positive Side Of COVID-19 2 Jun 2020
Chinese experts share COVID-19 response experience with Uganda, South Sudan – People’s Daily Online 24 May 2020
Yes to Life, in Spite of Everything: Viktor Frankl’s Lost Lectures on Moving Beyond Optimism and Pessimism to Find the Deepest Source of Meaning – Brain Pickings 24 May 2020
Korean researchers find drug that is more effective in treating COVID-19 than remdesivir | Pharmafile 15 May 2020
Gilead signals steps to widen global access to remdesivir 6 May 2020
Look Not Upon Me, Because I Am Black, By Owei Lakemfa – Premium Times Opinion 3 May 2020
US FDA Approves Experimental Drug as Emergency COVID-19 Treatment l KBS WORLD Radio 2 May 2020
Coronavirus: Trial of potential treatment by Gilead ahead of schedule, says researcher 25 Apr 2020
Five weeks into lockdown and north begins to follow WHO guidance with Covid-19 contact tracing – The Irish News 24 Apr 2020
Germany Produces Record Solar Power as Skies Clear in Lockdown | Time 21 Apr 2020
Coronavirus Treatment: Gilead’s Remdesivir Caused ‘Rapid Recoveries’ In Patients Treated With Drug 17 Apr 2020
Cuba will distribute PREVENGOVIR, new medication to prevent Covid-19 13 Apr 2020
Vietnam Sends Aid, Protective Suits to US To Fight COVID-19 | News | teleSUR English 13 Apr 2020
Why Does UK Ignore WHO Recommendations And COVID-19 Data? | Science 2.0 12 Apr 2020
Iran Begins Production of Antibody-Based Rapid Detection Tests | News | teleSUR English 11 Apr 2020
No Other Leader Politicizes Pandemic Briefings Like Trump 11 Apr 2020
Google and Apple team up for contact tracing COVID-19 app – ABC News 11 Apr 2020
Northern Ireland and Republic sign memorandum of understanding on coronavirus cooperation – BelfastTelegraph.co.uk 9 Apr 2020
US accused of ‘crimes against humanity’ by blocking Iran’s $5bn IMF coronavirus loan – Middle East Monitor 8 Apr 2020
Ode for the 700th anniversary for the Declaration of Arbroath 4 Apr 2020
What the West Can Learn From Vietnam’s Response to Covid-19 | Hacker Noon 31 Mar 2020
Outbreak could de-dollarize global economy – Chinadaily.com.cn 30 Mar 2020
J’Accuse – Craig Murray 30 Mar 2020
China’s Xi Jinping offers Trump help in fighting coronavirus as US faces wave of new patients – World News 27 Mar 2020
The Artists Who Found Inspiration in Isolation 24 Mar 2020
Cuba’s Coronavirus Response Is Putting Other Countries to Shame 24 Mar 2020
It’s Not Socialism. It’s Another Mega Wealth Transfer. – Craig Murray 23 Mar 2020
We are all Stoics now | The Vineyard of the Saker 22 Mar 2020

Categories

"war on terror" (16)
Aborigine (12)
abortion (3)
Absurdity of Capitalism (25)
Afghanistan (5)
Africa (28)
Albania (1)
Anti-austerity (590)
- Carillion (25)
Anti-Racism (18)
Anti-war (38)
Argentina (9)
art (218)
- surrealism (4)
Astronomy (95)
audio book (1)
Austerity (45)
Australia (11)
Austria (1)
Awards (6)
Banking crisis (9)
BBC lies (13)
Bermuda (1)
Bolivia (5)
Book Launch (1)
Book Review (271)
Brazil (6)
Brexit (220)
BRICS (13)
Campaign (3)
Canada (11)
Catalonia (19)
Celebration (3)
Celtic Connections (10)
Chad (3)
Chess (4)
Chile (6)
China (45)
Cinema (48)
Civil Rights (9)
Clydebank (3)
Cold War (100)
Colony Collapse Disorder (1)
Comic Review (7)
Computer games (6)
Covid-19 (14)
Cuba (12)
death penalty (1)
Democracy (53)
Denmark (1)
Deregulation (1)
Disabled Rights (44)
Donald Trump (29)
Dublin (1)
Dundee (1)
Ecuador (4)
Edinburgh (6)
Editorial (16)
Education (21)
election (66)
End of Empire (8)
Energy (3)
environment (20)
Essay (1)
Ethopia (1)
EU (38)
Event (41)
events (3)
False Flag (1)
Fascists (3)
Fashion (6)
Feminism (30)
Festival (10)
Film Review (22)
Finland (2)
Food and Drink (8)
Football (7)
Fracking (1)
France (23)
Freddy Anderson Poem (8)
French Polynesia (1)
Gaelic (2)
General Motors strike (4)
General Strike (23)
Germany (4)
Gerry Adams (1)
Ghana (2)
Gibraltar (1)
Glasgow (104)
Government shutdown (6)
Greece (20)
Guatemala (1)
Guinea (2)
Gun Law (2)
gun laws (1)
Health (33)
History (19)
Homelessness (16)
Honduras (1)
Housing crisis (20)
Humour (28)
Ice Skating (1)
Iceland (3)
Immigration (24)
impressionist (4)
India (26)
Indyref2 (36)
Iran (10)
iraq (7)
Ireland (163)
Israel (2)
Italy (5)
Japan (8)
Jeremy Corbyn (6)
John MacLean (7)
Kenya (1)
Kurdistan (2)
Labour party (71)
Laos (1)
Latin America (2)
LBGT rights (4)
Liberia (1)
Libya (11)
Lifestyle (7)
literature (61)
magical realism (121)
Maldives (1)
Mathematics (5)
Matt McGinn (4)
media (150)
Mental Health (61)
Mexico (1)
Middle East (11)
Mongolia (9)
Morocco (1)
Multi-polar World (8)
Music (34)
Namibia (1)
Nature (8)
Neoliberalism (11)
Net Neutraity (5)
New Caledonia (10)
New Zealand (2)
News (8)
NHS (42)
NHS England (27)
Nigeria (5)
North Korea (3)
Obituary (9)
Odds and Ends (1)
Offshore tax haven (4)
Orkney (1)
Pakistan (3)
Palestine (30)
Paul Anderson poems (18)
peace (11)
Pension cuts (3)
Peurto Rico (1)
Philosophy (2)
Photography (85)
Picture of the Day (4)
Podcast (9)
Podcasts (6)
Poem (10)
poetry (12)
Politics (6)
Portugal (9)
Private Finance Initiative (10)
privatisation (3)
Protests (41)
Puerto Rico (1)
Racism (1)
Robert Burns (14)
Russia (51)
Russiagate (23)
salmon (4)
Saudi Arabia (4)
Sci Fi (57)
Science and Technology (222)
- AI (28)
- Archaeology (8)
- biology (5)
- Oceanography (2)
- Physics (17)
- space exploration (52)
Scotland (138)
- Aberdeen (3)
- Argyll and Bute (2)
- Ayrshire (1)
- Brechin (1)
- Clackmannanshire (1)
- Clydebank (1)
- Falkirk (1)
- Fife (4)
- Helensburgh and Lomond (1)
- Shetlands (2)
Scottish History (18)
- Brechin (1)
Scottish news (217)
Sinn Fein (10)
Slovakia (1)
SNP (50)
socialism (15)
South Africa (2)
South Korea (1)
Spain (11)
Sports (7)
students (3)
Sudan (18)
Sufism (4)
Surprise!Surprise! (2)
Sweden (1)
Switzerland (1)
Syria (32)
Tahiti (5)
Tax Evasion (3)
Tech (7)
Theatre (22)
Tony Bliar (2)
Tory Scandal (173)
Trade Union History (3)
Trade Unions (173)
Transport (7)
Travel (224)
Tunisia (16)
Turkey (4)
TV series (20)
UK (15)
UK economy (64)
Ukraine (5)
Uncategorized (217)
United Nations (8)
Universal Credit (7)
US Imperialism (28)
US trade war (11)
USA (80)
Venezuela (6)
Vietnam (13)
Wales (12)
Women (56)
world economy (51)
Yemen (8)
Zimbabwe (6)

Pages

Blog
Blogged
Calendar
Catalogue of YouTube playlists
Comedy
Contact
Editorials
Events
Facebook Events
Forum
Forum
Front Page
Front Page
Front Page
Fullwidth page
Google Calendar
google86d150209aee0c0b.html
google86d150209aee0c0b.html
History and Philosophy
Homepage
Just a simple page
Movie Trailers
Multimedia Channel
News & Categories
Phone Menu
poetry
Privacy
Radio Smeddum (music playlists)
Scotland protests
Scottish Independence
Scottish Poets
smeddums podcasts

Labour Party (UK) news feed

Let’s Vaccinate Britain – Keir’s message to Labour members 7 Jan 2021
The post Let’s Vaccinate Britain – Keir’s message to Labour members appeared first on The Labour Party.
sarah_moore
At a time of national crisis, all we want is a prime minister with a plan 9 Oct 2020
The post At a time of national crisis, all we want is a prime minister with a plan appeared first on The Labour Party.
Alex Clifford
What is the Equality Act of 2010 – and why does it matter? 1 Oct 2020
The post What is the Equality Act of 2010 – and why does it matter? appeared first on The Labour Party.
Ellie May
Government incompetence is causing an evictions crisis 18 Sep 2020
The post Government incompetence is causing an evictions crisis appeared first on The Labour Party.
sarah_moore
What my dad’s experience in Bosnia taught me: Srebrenica 25 years on 10 Jul 2020
The post What my dad’s experience in Bosnia taught me: Srebrenica 25 years on appeared first on The Labour Party.
sarah_moore

Anti-poverty resources

Oxfam's income inequality calculator

Facebook Pages

Dundee against Austerity
Smeddum1 facebook page

favourite websites

http://www.radiofeeds.co.uk/android/
Hyperallergic arts mag
Inthesenewtimes
Irish passport podcast
Jim Ferguson
Russia Today Live Feed
Scottish folk
Smeddum Google plus
Tom Leonard
Truly Scottish TV
UK trade union newsfeed
Unite against austerity
What’s Left
Wings over Scotland

Glasgow Marches

Future Glasgow processions

News sources

Latest Zimbabwe News Headlines
Newsnow
Nuzzel/Smeddum
TeleSUR

Blog Stats

23,436 hits

Search for:

Top picks

Highlights from the current month
A few important details about us
See how easy it is to find us daily
Learn a bit about our history

Services

Highlights from the current month
A few important details about us
See how easy it is to find us daily
Learn a bit about our history

About

GreatMag is a modern magazine theme that gives you all the tools you need to quickly build an awesome news site or even a simple blog. GreatMag comes with tons of custom widgets, color options, font control and much more.

Powered by WordPress.com.aThemes.

HIGHLIGHTS
HOMEPAGE

Send to Email Address Your Name Your Email Address

	beachesof30a on The Artists Who Found Inspirat…
	Burn, Neoliberalism,… on Burn, Neoliberalism, Burn \| Th…
	Kelly MacKay on The most remarkable ghost town…
	Dora Maar: A solo re… on Dora Maar: A solo retrospectiv…
	donald anderson on Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn t…

Share this:

Like this: