Monthly Archives: October 2023

Trashing Earth

Posted on October 31, 2023 by Grouse Beater

Tundra in the Canadian Arctic. Photo: Marcel Gross This is No 23 in our collected Climate Change series, artcles discovered on the Internet or sent to the site. By now, the outstanding work of environmental campaigner George Monbiot will be known … Continue reading →

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The Profits of War

Posted on October 30, 2023 by Grouse Beater

Death and destruction in Gaza, luvvely jubbly in the UK and US. Photo: Mahmud Hams These days the average person in the street is aware how much a government and its capitalist institutions can profit from wars outside its border. … Continue reading →

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Killers of the Flower Moon – review

Posted on October 29, 2023 by Grouse Beater

Father of Standing Bear as a baby held by oilman Frank Phillips. (1929) Photo: Standing Bear Hollywood is always late with its liberal dramas. It never has the nerve to produce an exposé as the event unfolds. A politically charged film usually … Continue reading →

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Regan Joins Alba

Posted on October 28, 2023 by Grouse Beater

Ash Regan MSP SNP’s Ash Regan has ‘crossed the floor’ – to use House of Commons jargon – and joined the ALBA Party. This is a huge coup for Alex Salmond, and a party devoted to the cause of Scotland’s … Continue reading →

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Plantation Colonisation

Posted on October 28, 2023 by Grouse Beater

Use of the derogatory noun plantation – meaning ‘a settlement in a new country or region’, that gets derided in discussions about Scotland’s political predicament, crops up from time to time usually without any specific knowledge of how it affects … Continue reading →

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Gaza’s Fate

Posted on October 26, 2023 by Grouse Beater

Kenny MacAskill, ALBA MP A word on the plight of Gaza and the unfortunate humans who inhabit that land. This is from ALBA MP and former Scottish Justice Secretary, Kenny MacAskill. Readers should understand, Israel has a history of disproportionate … Continue reading →

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A Hidden Continent

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Grouse Beater

Satellite photos and radio-echo sounding create Antarctica’s hidden landscape. Photo: ESA This is No 23 in our collated Climate Change series. Hills and valleys carved by ancient rivers in area the size of Belgium has remained untouched for more than 34m … Continue reading →

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The Earth in Peril

Posted on October 24, 2023 by Grouse Beater

Floods from Typhoon Sanba in Maoming, southern Guangdong province. Photo: AFP This is article 22 in our internationally collated series on Climate Change. The reports on outlook and immediate future get bleaker as each article is published, and yet humankind remains … Continue reading →

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Labour’s False Promise

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Grouse Beater

Plotters of a federal UK: Keir Starmer, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Photo: PA This is a well researched roundup by Byline writer Josiah Mortimer. Since inception, the Labour party, first formed in Scotland, now an avowed colonial party closer … Continue reading →

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Second Homes

Posted on October 17, 2023 by Grouse Beater

Plans make it easier for young people to buy in the Highlands and Islands The debate over the ownership of second homes seems neverending. Those either rented or as the owner’s holiday cottage, blight villages with empty property, decimate communities, … Continue reading →

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