Available FREE  on iTunes and HERE In this episode Neil Scott talks about his fears during the Northern Irish Troubles, Nathália Urban reviews an extraordinary book by The SNP founder on Brazil, Debra Torrance dares not mention Coronavirus and Richie Venton talks about the recent decision (overturned) by Glasgow CityCouncil to close its Highlands outdoor pursuit centre on the Gareloch.   Intro, Neil Scott, who then talks about some of the REAL heroes of the Northern Irish Troubles.  He mentions the Truth and reconcilliation Platform and Centre in Northern Ireland.  Please visit their website. 13 mins: The Miami – Fire and Rain 16.15 Debra Torrance on not saying the C word… 19.05 Marshall Chipped - Little Victories, 22.55 Nathália Urban on: A Review of SNP founder, Robert Cunninghame Graham ’s book, "A Brazilian mystic: being the life and miracles of Antonio Conselheiro " 38.20 The Twistettes – Weird Me 41.15 Richie Venton on keeping the pressure on the council regarding Blairvadach. 54.50 Dolls – Audrey

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Ordinary Heroes...

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Dinnae be Anyone's Mug... plus Music

Available FREE  on iTunes and Streamed The UK Christmas Election is highlighting how awful the binary sloganeering of the right really is - and how much the power of the Billionaire owned press and media still is killing democracy. Let this be your antidote.   Help us continue to podcast, publish and campaign... a few quid keeps us Ungagged! {PayPal}

Christmas Borders...

Available FREE  on iTunes and streamed on Leftungagged.org  In an in depth interview, Ungagged's Derek Stewart MacPherson speaks to SNP activist and Glasgow City Councillor Graham Campbell about the GE, Independence, Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour manifesto, the SNP and the Growth and Social Justice Commissions, expenses scandals and historic injustices at the GCC, and much, much more.

Interview: Councillor Graham Campbell

Lula's first official speech: After his triumphant release from prison, former President Lula returns to his roots. From the metalworkers union In São Bernardo, he spoke for the first time about his ideas for improving Brazil and strengthening the Latin America left. Available FREE  on iTunes and Podbean #StandWithLula Please consider donating to us.  Small donations keep us Ungagged! {Paypal}

"Don't Be afraid to resist!" - Nathália Urban on Lula's First Speech since being released

On Saturday 26th of October, the Radical Independence Campaign held a conference.  The Speakers included Ungagged's Nathalia Urban from Resist Brazil and Scottish Green MSP, Ross Greer.   Nathalia starts the podcast off, followed by Ross at, 6 mins 25 sec and then Nathalia again at 15 mins 20 secs.   Introduced by Neil Anderson.

RIC2019: Nathalia Urban and Ross Greer

  As the power mongers... the aristocracy and rich in the UK, and the bureaucrats of the EU come to a deal that will cut freedom of movement, enforce Tory rule for another generation and impoverish millions across the British Isles, we bring you our ode to anarchy... our voices in the storm.  The Brexiteers bring you... something.  Nothing you voted for... or against... but nothing you understood.  Boris, Rees=Mogg, Farage, Bannon - the rich bastards that had you voting for stuff you didnt end up with, won again. "Resist the Tory toffs, Resist the Bannonites, resist the Faragians... but I thought it was the ... NHS?  The foreigners? the blue passports?  The bent bananas?  WTF?"  

Another Council Tenancy..?

Available FREE  on iTunes and Podbean   The Trumpist, Murdoch, Fox news media; social media selfies while your finger is on the button of destruction of peoples lives - buying a pet dog while you are draining the country of what made it great, those are the Spectacle's most glaring superficial manifestation. The spectacle, Debord said, of course refers to "the autocratic reign of the market economy which had acceded to an irresponsible sovereignty, and the totality of new techniques of government which accompanied this reign."  The spectacle continues this "historic" week in the UK as democacy has almost been clubbed to death, but Boris Johnston, Farage, Bannon and the rest manipulate the masses through personally targetted adverts on their personal media pocket devices.  The Spectacle is creating an angry, bitter, but basically placid population, as they are conned and billed for being conned. On our podcast this time... Please consider giving us a few quid towards costs... Paypal.me/ungaggedleft  

The Spectacle

Quote above - Paulo Friere. On this Podcast... PLEASE SUPPORT US - we need to pay bills.  A cup of coffee keeps us ungagged!  Paypal.me/ungaggedleft On this Podcast: George Collins - Interview with Shawna Hawk Part 1: Media Island and claiming space for the empowerment of women of color.   Part 2: Reparations and Restoring Black Wealth.1,2,3 4 We declare a pigeon chess war – Debra Torrance Debra declares her insanity.  We need a new way of thinking. That’s my declaration. And I implore folk to contact us to help defeat the fascists.   Laura Lundahl – We don’t need no education   “Plucky" Britain and it's Empire - A change to the history curriculum would help the victims of the Windrush scandal - and all immigrants - far more than "Windrush Day"   Lakota journalist Ruth Hopkins –  Indigenous Land Defenders   You can follow us on Twitter @_ungagged, on Facebook just search for ungagged and our website leftungagged.org has our back catalogue of podcasts and lots of great writing and articles, that’s ungagged.org.   There are running costs for the website and posting the podcasts; if you would like to help us with those running costs we would be grateful of any donations to paypal.me/ungaggedleft   Music on this podcast comes from The Hurriers Cosmic Caz Joe Solo Derek Stewart McPherson Argonaut   Cartoon reproduced in good faith.  If owner wants us to remove it, please contact us. More HERE.        

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Available FREE  on iTunes and Podbean We have three individual pods in our part 2 for June. Nathália Urban - About her application for settled status in the UK and all the hoops she had to jump to have her visa granted. Rachael Horwitz – Telling us of her visit to Crete and her impressions of the place as well as WW2 history and the current day Jewish community there. Ruth Hopkins – Discussing Trump’s efforts to push the Keystone XL pipeline through Lakota treaty lands. Music is from:- Dream Nails – Fascism is coming Alexander Martin – Mr Stranger (our token male on this part of the pod) and our featured artists for June - Bioma - from São Paulo (Brazil), first up with the 2nd track from their EP, Demo, - 77 Cobaias   

“We just want people to listen to the science.”

  Available FREE  on iTunes and Podbean We have 5 pieces for you: From Laura Lundahl who talks about immigration in the UK and is titled “Goodbye you bigoted woman - The tears of Theresa May's victims should get far more attention that her's did”. Mhairi Hunter muses on Trump’s State Visit to the UK, Philip Hammond’s seeming lack of knowledge that there is actually poverty in the UK and get enthusiastic about the Govanhill Sistema Big Noise Orchestra. Red Raiph’s piece is titled “Good Riddance Mrs May” and includes a Cheerio Song to her! I interview Graham Campbell and he tells us about the pre-World Cup friendly international between Scotland and Jamaica, the climate emergency, marches in Glasgow and updates us on ongoing processes of restorative justice in Scotland. And Debra Torrance talks about migrant seagulls and birds near extinction and how you should feel sorry for them before feeling sorry for a fascist getting hit with a milkshake. Music is from the Blackheart Orchestra, Petrol Girls, Ms Mohammed,  Salvation Jayne and our featured artists for June -  Bioma. Bioma is a feminist queercore band, founded in 2017. The band arises from the encounter of four women from São Paulo (Brazil), carrying a intersectional feminist speech and libertarian (left-wing, anarchist), anti-rascist, anti-LGBTfobia and anti-CIStemic posture. Ungagged feature page on Bioma has info on them and links. 

The Politicians are acting like children...

Available FREE  on iTunes  After a break, Ungagged is back! Neil Scott rants like a red ham about Brexit, the empire and the climate protests, Debra Torrance and Laura Lundahl tell us to Dare, and Laura also tells us that it will be better!   Music from, Phat Bollard, Vokxen, Jackal Trades and Katie MF! Get your listening gear around this... and tell a friend.     @_ungagged leftungagged.org  

Dare - It's Better this way!

 FREE  on iTunes and Podbean In this episode, self confessed bald white guy, Neil Scott, lectures us on racism, brexit and the media of the billionaires;  Nathalia Urban on the rise of femicide cases in Brazil Music; the Scottish Socialist Party's Richie Venton on 1919 – revolt on the Clyde and Lagan, The Wakes lead singer, Paul Sheridan on the emperors new clothes and Red Raiph reads his poem, "The Squeaker of the Hoose..."  With Music from Vokxen, the cundeez, The Wakes, John mcharg and Cosmic Caz - what else should a self respecting Tory ideology hater be listening to? Please get in touch, let us know what you think of the new format, if you agree or disagree with any of our amazing contributors, maybe you wanna tell us about a band you like, contact us @_Ungagged on twitter and you can find us on Facebook. I mean you can do it if you want, or you could go watch BBC Question Time. The choice is yours! Oh, and we aren't wanting money to tour Scotland to teach grannies to knit, but we would be very much obliged if you help us pay for our website, podcast platform, domain name and other expenses we have producing "Scotland's Secret Gift to the World." Donate via Paypal HERE

Truth, truth stares in our face...

Available FREE  on iTunes and Podbean   This is the first instalment of our March 19 Pod. We have three contributors; Debra Torrance on "Jacob Rees Mogg’s penis jokes and the impending Brexit apocalypse. Is nuclear annihilation better than Brexit? Least it’s nice and sunny :) wave a wullie under a Snapchat filter." Ola from Ola's Kool Kitchen on Brexit & Trump and Graham Campbell talking about Brexit, the GCC budget and reparations for slavery. Songs With music from Cascadia with Tide to the Moon, Demigog from Franz Ferdinand and starting with Vokxen with Crystal Eyes. Please get in touch, let us know what you think of the new format, if you agree or disagree with any of our amazing contributors, maybe you wanna tell us about a band you like, contact us @_Ungagged on twitter and you can find us on Facebook. I mean you can do it if you want, or you could go watch BBC Question Time. The choice is yours! Oh, and we aren't wanting money to tour Scotland to teach grannies to knit, but we would be very much obliged if you help us pay for our website, podcast platform, domain name and other expenses we have producing "Scotland's Secret Gift to the World." Donate via Paypal HERE

Moggy, Trump and Wave Yer Wullie...

...lots and lots for you to do... Lots and lots for you to see... lots and lots for you to hear... You and Me , Me and You... Doo Doo, Doo Doo, Doo Doo, DOO DOOOOO" Oh the subliminal message of decency in the seventies... Available FREE  on iTunes and Podbean Anyway on this third instalment, for the theme based around the Karl Liebknecht quote “The basic law of capitalism is you or I, not both you and I”, (check out part one and two here and here- but there is no pressing need to, they can be listened to out of sync!) we have  - Laura Lundahl, with a hodge-podge of thoughts surrounding the British and American health care systems.  Faud Alakbarov on Sex selective abortions in the South Caucasus and around the world.  Emma from Scottish CND with Update on what is currently happening in our fight against nuclear weapons.  Joe Solo  on'Class Unity: Now or Never.'  David Rovics tells us about his Own Industrial Collapse . And we’ve got you some tunes to bop along to...SongsDream Nails with their third tune of the week, "Chirps Degree Burns;" the great Joe Solo with "Solidarity;" the infamous Robb Johnson with his amazing, poignant song, "In the Memory & the name of Grenfell Tower;" the incredible, She Makes War and "Devastate Me;" and the essential The Menstrual Cramps with "Boyz Will Be Boyz."   Please get in touch, let us know what you think of the new format, if you agree or disagree with any of our amazing contributors, maybe you wanna tell us about a band you like, contact us @_Ungagged on twitter and you can find us on Facebook. I mean you can do it if you want, or you could go watch BBC Question Time. The choice is yours! Oh, and we aren't wanting money to tour Scotland to teach grannies to knit, but we would be very much obliged if you help us pay for our website, podcast platform, domain name and other expenses we have producing "Scotland's Secret Gift to the World." Donate via Paypal HERE

"Me and You, You and Me...

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