Tam Dewar
@redtam.bsky.social
65 year old Socialist, Trades Unionist, Peacemonger. Husband, Father, Feminist. Ayrshire, Scotland
Peace and Socialism has been our eternal demand. At no time has it been more essential.
February 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Peace and Socialism has been our eternal demand. At no time has it been more essential.
"The subtle and deadly change of heart that might occur in you would be involved with the realization that a civilization is not destroyed by wicked people; it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be spineless." —James Baldwin
#blackhistorymonth
#blackhistorymonth
February 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"The subtle and deadly change of heart that might occur in you would be involved with the realization that a civilization is not destroyed by wicked people; it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be spineless." —James Baldwin
#blackhistorymonth
#blackhistorymonth
February 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
What they did to Palestine they would do to us.
#SocialistSunday
#SocialistSunday
February 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
What they did to Palestine they would do to us.
#SocialistSunday
#SocialistSunday
Happy Birthday Arthur Scargill.
"A working class hero is something to be"
11 January 1938
"A working class hero is something to be"
11 January 1938
January 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Happy Birthday Arthur Scargill.
"A working class hero is something to be"
11 January 1938
"A working class hero is something to be"
11 January 1938
Becoming the greatest scandal of the early 21st C. A precursor to something much worse. More bitter because it was from internal forces opposed to Socialism.
December 7, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Becoming the greatest scandal of the early 21st C. A precursor to something much worse. More bitter because it was from internal forces opposed to Socialism.
Willie McIlvaney.
(25 November 1936 – 5 December 2015
(25 November 1936 – 5 December 2015
December 5, 2024 at 7:49 AM
Willie McIlvaney.
(25 November 1936 – 5 December 2015
(25 November 1936 – 5 December 2015
Happy St Andrews Day to Scots, foreign and domestic.
On this day Oscar Wilde passed from life in 1900, John Maclean in 1923 and Dorothy Day in 1980.
On this day Oscar Wilde passed from life in 1900, John Maclean in 1923 and Dorothy Day in 1980.
November 30, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Happy St Andrews Day to Scots, foreign and domestic.
On this day Oscar Wilde passed from life in 1900, John Maclean in 1923 and Dorothy Day in 1980.
On this day Oscar Wilde passed from life in 1900, John Maclean in 1923 and Dorothy Day in 1980.
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900)
“And alien tears will fill for him
Pity's long-broken urn,
For his mourners will be outcast men,
And outcasts always mourn.”
“And alien tears will fill for him
Pity's long-broken urn,
For his mourners will be outcast men,
And outcasts always mourn.”
November 30, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900)
“And alien tears will fill for him
Pity's long-broken urn,
For his mourners will be outcast men,
And outcasts always mourn.”
“And alien tears will fill for him
Pity's long-broken urn,
For his mourners will be outcast men,
And outcasts always mourn.”
Confectionery perfection
November 29, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Confectionery perfection
Travelled back from Edinburgh on our publicly owned railway. Dusk over a Bing (a repository for mining waste) and a wintery vista.
November 29, 2024 at 12:57 PM
Travelled back from Edinburgh on our publicly owned railway. Dusk over a Bing (a repository for mining waste) and a wintery vista.
International Day of Solidarity with Palestine commemorates the passing of UN resolution 181 in 1947.
The resolution recommended the creation of independent Arab and Jewish States and a Special International Regime for the city of Jerusalem.
The Palestinians have been betrayed.
The resolution recommended the creation of independent Arab and Jewish States and a Special International Regime for the city of Jerusalem.
The Palestinians have been betrayed.
November 29, 2024 at 12:29 PM
International Day of Solidarity with Palestine commemorates the passing of UN resolution 181 in 1947.
The resolution recommended the creation of independent Arab and Jewish States and a Special International Regime for the city of Jerusalem.
The Palestinians have been betrayed.
The resolution recommended the creation of independent Arab and Jewish States and a Special International Regime for the city of Jerusalem.
The Palestinians have been betrayed.
Friday Arty Fact
Vincent van Gogh
30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890
Vincent van Gogh
30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890
November 29, 2024 at 8:48 AM
Friday Arty Fact
Vincent van Gogh
30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890
Vincent van Gogh
30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890
St Andrew's Day Anti Racism & Anti Fascism March and Rally 2024. Glasgow
November 26, 2024 at 7:18 PM
St Andrew's Day Anti Racism & Anti Fascism March and Rally 2024. Glasgow
No hiding place for war crimes
November 25, 2024 at 5:53 PM
No hiding place for war crimes
Scotland's newest road gritter.
November 24, 2024 at 11:35 PM
Scotland's newest road gritter.
Poem for Saturday. My own hero Tony Benn said, “There is no final victory, as there is no final defeat. There is just the same battle. To be fought, over and over again. So toughen up, bloody toughen up.”
November 23, 2024 at 9:13 AM
Poem for Saturday. My own hero Tony Benn said, “There is no final victory, as there is no final defeat. There is just the same battle. To be fought, over and over again. So toughen up, bloody toughen up.”
Friday Arty Fact
Gustav Klimt on his deathbed.
14 July 1862 – 6 February 1918
Gustav Klimt on his deathbed.
14 July 1862 – 6 February 1918
November 22, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Friday Arty Fact
Gustav Klimt on his deathbed.
14 July 1862 – 6 February 1918
Gustav Klimt on his deathbed.
14 July 1862 – 6 February 1918
"Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor."
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
November 22, 2024 at 8:43 AM
"Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor."
James Baldwin
James Baldwin