Michael McKay
@mrmckay87.bsky.social
🇬🇧 British by Law|🏴 Scottish born & raised| 🚩 Democratic Socialism|
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Location: Dundee, Scotland
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What Malcolm X thought about liberals
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It's amazing watching American liberals criticising Trump when their number one gripe is he's making American imperialism "look bad". They are even praising "deporter in chief" Obama while saying Trump is racist for hating illegal immigrants.
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#OtD 24 Nov 1942 Scottish comedian and former shipyard apprentice, Billy Connolly, was born. He was involved in the Clyde shipyards apprentices strikes of the 1960s, striking alongside future Manchester United manager, Alex Ferguson, among others stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9685...
November 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
#OtD 24 Nov 1942 Scottish comedian and former shipyard apprentice, Billy Connolly, was born. He was involved in the Clyde shipyards apprentices strikes of the 1960s, striking alongside future Manchester United manager, Alex Ferguson, among others stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9685...
It's amazing watching American liberals criticising Trump when their number one gripe is he's making American imperialism "look bad". They are even praising "deporter in chief" Obama while saying Trump is racist for hating illegal immigrants.
youtu.be/E55kQfachBQ?...
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What Malcolm X thought about liberals
YouTube video by Special Edition
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 10:19 AM
It's amazing watching American liberals criticising Trump when their number one gripe is he's making American imperialism "look bad". They are even praising "deporter in chief" Obama while saying Trump is racist for hating illegal immigrants.
youtu.be/E55kQfachBQ?...
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Because the domestic racism and xenophobia is linked to the racism of our foreign policy and they don't want a national discussion about how political discourse frames people, in this case Muslim arabs, during imperialist invasions of their land.
"In her telling, racism and xenophobia seem not themselves objectively bad things that must be combatted, but a natural outcome that occurs when too many rights are given to immigrants and asylum seekers." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik
‘She is the daughter of immigrants,’ supporters of her cruel asylum policies say. ‘How can she be wrong?’ Let me put them straight, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Because the domestic racism and xenophobia is linked to the racism of our foreign policy and they don't want a national discussion about how political discourse frames people, in this case Muslim arabs, during imperialist invasions of their land.
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I wrote this for @scotnational.bsky.social
Scotland has an opportunity to fix our abortion laws. I petitioned Westminster for decriminalisation and I’ve heard all the wild racist and misogynistic disinformation before 👇🏻
www.thenational.scot/politics/256...
Scotland has an opportunity to fix our abortion laws. I petitioned Westminster for decriminalisation and I’ve heard all the wild racist and misogynistic disinformation before 👇🏻
www.thenational.scot/politics/256...
Gemma Clark: Disinformation around Scotland's abortion law is insulting to women
Disinformation around reasonable, recommended changes to Scotland’s abortion laws is as exhausting as it is predictable
www.thenational.scot
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I wrote this for @scotnational.bsky.social
Scotland has an opportunity to fix our abortion laws. I petitioned Westminster for decriminalisation and I’ve heard all the wild racist and misogynistic disinformation before 👇🏻
www.thenational.scot/politics/256...
Scotland has an opportunity to fix our abortion laws. I petitioned Westminster for decriminalisation and I’ve heard all the wild racist and misogynistic disinformation before 👇🏻
www.thenational.scot/politics/256...
"South Africa experiences some of the world's highest levels of gender-based violence (GBV), with the rate at which women are killed five times higher than the global average, according to UN Women."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
South Africa declares gender violence a national disaster after protests
Fifteen women are killed every day in a country with one of the highest rates of gender violence in the world.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 5:59 AM
"South Africa experiences some of the world's highest levels of gender-based violence (GBV), with the rate at which women are killed five times higher than the global average, according to UN Women."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The mistake some of the left make regarding Ukraine is they don't think about what would happen if Russia actually conquered Ukraine. Needless to say you'd have a Ukrainian liberation movement (supported by the west). What then? Free Palestine but not Free Ukraine?
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November 24, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The mistake some of the left make regarding Ukraine is they don't think about what would happen if Russia actually conquered Ukraine. Needless to say you'd have a Ukrainian liberation movement (supported by the west). What then? Free Palestine but not Free Ukraine?
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November 24, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The mistake some of the left make regarding Ukraine is they don't think about what would happen if Russia actually conquered Ukraine. Needless to say you'd have a Ukrainian liberation movement (supported by the west). What then? Free Palestine but not Free Ukraine?
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Anas Sarwar also said Scotland needs doge during Elon Musk's spell in the white house.
Of course, he did 😡
Anas Sarwar defends UK immigration plans that will 'devastate' care
Anas Sarwar has been slammed for defending the UK Government’s hostile immigration plans that will “devastate” Scotland’s care sector.
Anas Sarwar defends UK immigration plans that will 'devastate' care
Anas Sarwar has been slammed for defending the UK Government’s hostile immigration plans that will “devastate” Scotland’s care sector.
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Anas Sarwar also said Scotland needs doge during Elon Musk's spell in the white house.
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November 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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This sober analysis of where Ukraine is now is well worth reading. It was written by a Ukrainian socialist, before the Trump "deal" started to unravel due to infighting in the White House, but paints the broader picture well. jacobin.com/2025/11/ukra...
Ukraine Faces an Unbearable Choice
Exhausted by over three years of Russian attacks, Ukrainians are increasingly ready to accept unfair political compromises and harsh territorial concessions to end the war. Yet it’s far from clear tha...
jacobin.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This sober analysis of where Ukraine is now is well worth reading. It was written by a Ukrainian socialist, before the Trump "deal" started to unravel due to infighting in the White House, but paints the broader picture well. jacobin.com/2025/11/ukra...
The usage of the term "white" in discussions about racism refers to two separate things that often do not correlate with each other. This creates much confusion in discussions about racism.
1. White as a physical description of one's ancestry.
2. White as a power dynamic & political community
1. White as a physical description of one's ancestry.
2. White as a power dynamic & political community
November 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
🧵 Thread on racism
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The usage of the term "white" in discussions about racism refers to two separate things that often do not correlate with each other. This creates much confusion in discussions about racism.
1. White as a physical description of one's ancestry.
2. White as a power dynamic & political community
1. White as a physical description of one's ancestry.
2. White as a power dynamic & political community
November 24, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The usage of the term "white" in discussions about racism refers to two separate things that often do not correlate with each other. This creates much confusion in discussions about racism.
1. White as a physical description of one's ancestry.
2. White as a power dynamic & political community
1. White as a physical description of one's ancestry.
2. White as a power dynamic & political community
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The usage of the term "white" in discussions about racism refers to two separate things that often do not correlate with each other. This creates much confusion in discussions about racism.
1. White as a physical description of one's ancestry.
2. White as a power dynamic & political community
1. White as a physical description of one's ancestry.
2. White as a power dynamic & political community
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www.theferret.scot/navy-try-kee...
Good morning 🏴
The MOD threatened SEPA with legal action if they didn’t redact their full report.
@uklabour.bsky.social are part of the cover up. Their local MP and MSP Douglas McCallister and Jackie Baillie are silent.
The public in #Dumbarton know nothing
Good morning 🏴
The MOD threatened SEPA with legal action if they didn’t redact their full report.
@uklabour.bsky.social are part of the cover up. Their local MP and MSP Douglas McCallister and Jackie Baillie are silent.
The public in #Dumbarton know nothing
Navy made legal threats to try and keep nuclear pollution secret
Emails reveal that naval chiefs piled pressure on environment watchdog to hide details of radioactive contamination on the Clyde.
www.theferret.scot
November 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
www.theferret.scot/navy-try-kee...
Good morning 🏴
The MOD threatened SEPA with legal action if they didn’t redact their full report.
@uklabour.bsky.social are part of the cover up. Their local MP and MSP Douglas McCallister and Jackie Baillie are silent.
The public in #Dumbarton know nothing
Good morning 🏴
The MOD threatened SEPA with legal action if they didn’t redact their full report.
@uklabour.bsky.social are part of the cover up. Their local MP and MSP Douglas McCallister and Jackie Baillie are silent.
The public in #Dumbarton know nothing
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200 school children abducted. It’s hard to imagine a bigger nightmare 💔 www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
Gunmen seize more than 200 children from Nigeria Catholic school
Attack comes just days after armed men stormed a secondary school in northwestern Nigeria, kidnapping 25 schoolgirls.
www.aljazeera.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
200 school children abducted. It’s hard to imagine a bigger nightmare 💔 www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
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"We grant people different rights based on their genetic heritage and on which scrap of land they happened to be born on. That’s mad, isn’t it?"
I just think, when debating immigration and so on, that we should try not to lose sight of the fact that "nationality" is a made up thing.
I just think, when debating immigration and so on, that we should try not to lose sight of the fact that "nationality" is a made up thing.
Why does nationality matter, anyway?
Deciding someone's legal rights based on a nebulous combination of birthplace and parentage is a bit weird
www.newstatesman.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
"We grant people different rights based on their genetic heritage and on which scrap of land they happened to be born on. That’s mad, isn’t it?"
I just think, when debating immigration and so on, that we should try not to lose sight of the fact that "nationality" is a made up thing.
I just think, when debating immigration and so on, that we should try not to lose sight of the fact that "nationality" is a made up thing.
In memory of the Dundee members of the international brigade who fought Franco in the Spanish Civil War.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
In memory of the Dundee members of the international brigade who fought Franco in the Spanish Civil War.
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The Communist Party of Stalinism supporting transphobia? Next you'll tell me Farage is racist! 🤪
The Communist Party of Britain, the party that controls the Morning Star newspaper, has voted at its national congress to “reverse gender identity policy capture in the trade union movement”.
workersliberty.org/story/2025-1...
workersliberty.org/story/2025-1...
CPB votes for backlash
The Communist Party of Britain, the party that controls the Morning Star newspaper, has voted at its national congress to “reverse gender identity policy capture in the trade union movement”.
workersliberty.org
November 23, 2025 at 6:06 AM
The Communist Party of Stalinism supporting transphobia? Next you'll tell me Farage is racist! 🤪
Partly true with reference to white nationalists. However, the occupy wall street protests also started under Obama because he worked hand in glove with big business and the USA fell to 1920s levels of inequality. But sure, don't mention capitalism🙄
November 23, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Partly true with reference to white nationalists. However, the occupy wall street protests also started under Obama because he worked hand in glove with big business and the USA fell to 1920s levels of inequality. But sure, don't mention capitalism🙄
Imperial boomerang
More surveillance. More militarisation.
Just in case you know how to effectively protest.
“They are built to do indiscriminate mass surveillance of all people, leaving people that are politically involved and marginalized even more vulnerable to state harassment.”
Just in case you know how to effectively protest.
“They are built to do indiscriminate mass surveillance of all people, leaving people that are politically involved and marginalized even more vulnerable to state harassment.”
The FBI Wants AI Surveillance Drones With Facial Recognition
An FBI procurement document inquires about AI surveillance on drones, raising concerns about a crackdown on protests.
theintercept.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Imperial boomerang
AIPAC gets most of its funding from right-wing evangelicals in the USA. This is the big point people miss. Zionism is powerful because of Christian-right politics in the USA & western imperialist interests in the Middle East rather than because of a "Jewish lobby" that secretly controls everything.
Gaza is under heavy bombing right now. Israel is a terrorist state with AIPAC control of Washington and London. Stop electing politicians that accept AIPAC money as they are compromised. Boycotts work!
November 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
AIPAC gets most of its funding from right-wing evangelicals in the USA. This is the big point people miss. Zionism is powerful because of Christian-right politics in the USA & western imperialist interests in the Middle East rather than because of a "Jewish lobby" that secretly controls everything.
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Security fears rise in Nigeria after more than 300 schoolchildren kidnapped
Security fears rise in Nigeria after more than 300 schoolchildren kidnapped
Christian group revises up number of students and teachers missing after one of country’s largest mass abduction
Gunmen have kidnapped more than 300 students and teachers in one of the largest mass kidnappings in Nigeria, a Christian group said on Saturday, as security fears mounted in Africa’s most populous nation.
The early Friday raid on St Mary’s co-educational school in Niger state in western Nigeria came after gunmen on Monday stormed a secondary school in neighbouring Kebbi state, abducting 25 girls. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Security fears rise in Nigeria after more than 300 schoolchildren kidnapped
He's an old man with dementia happy to get visitors and meet new people.
November 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
He's an old man with dementia happy to get visitors and meet new people.
So disappointing. It appears to be purely financial but still. ☹️
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Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal
The philosopher and the sex trafficker were in contact long after Epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, documents reveal
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
So disappointing. It appears to be purely financial but still. ☹️
@anticapitalistmusings.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Marx vs. the British Left: How a Strategic Weakness Became a Permanent Blind Spot
Marx vs. the British Left: How a Strategic Weakness Became a Permanent Blind Spot
Martin Collins on Marxism's Ireland Problem
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Marx vs. the British Left: How a Strategic Weakness Became a Permanent Blind Spot