Richard Leonard

These are the images of the destruction of Gaza that Israel does not want you to see

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The Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum has a wonderful collection relating to the socialist RB Cunninghame Graham

Thanks to Aoife McKenna and the staff for arranging for me to visit today to research his life, work, culture and politics

'Communism is the philosophy of hope and faith in humanity'

– Willie Gallacher, working class agitator

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Thoroughly enjoyable and informative visit to Brownsbank cottage, where Hugh MacDiarmid lived and wrote. Thanks to Denham and Susan

The trustees have great plans to restore this national treasure to help future generations appreciate MacDiarmid’s contribution to our political and cultural thinking

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Make the super rich pay, not the sick and disabled

The Queer Breakfast Club provides peer support in a safe space for the LGBTIQ+ community in Falkirk and Grangemouth

Great to join them for a chat this evening

The Public Audit Committee has published its new report on Ferguson Marine Port Glasgow.

Their message is clear: for this historic yard to thrive, it needs stronger investment and clearer oversight from the Scottish Government

Hear more from Committee Convener, @richardleonardmsp.bsky.social⬇️

Deaths in Gaza rise significantly when a controversial group distributes aid, Sky News analysis reveals New analysis by Sky News shows that deaths in Gaza are increasing when there are more aid distributions by controversial US and Israeli-backed group.

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The US and Israel have turned aid distribution in Gaza into killing fields

This barbaric privatised and militarised system must end and the UN's relief agency must be reinstated

There’s no off-season for PFA Scotland

Good to catch-up on their work to defend and advance the rights of footballers past and present

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Opinion: We must be prepared to take some risks over ADL The announcement that Scotland’s last bus builder, Alexander Dennis, is consulting on the possible closure of its two facilities at Falkirk and Larbert reinforces the socialist argument for an industr...

There is something fundamentally wrong with the balance of power and wealth in the economy when the livelihoods of generations of workers and the prosperity of communities can be switched on and off from faraway boardrooms

Delighted to support @sarahwoolley1.bsky.social and the @bfawu.bsky.social as they launched their report in parliament today about health, safety and treatment of workers at the Mowi salmon processing plant in Rosyth

Solidarity

We are here and ready to go!
#BFAWU

Controversial plan to build new homes on greenbelt land near Airdrie kicked out The massive Orchard Brae development, which proposed to build almost 1000 new homes on the Europark site, adjacent to Eurocentral, went before councillors on Thursday.

A victory for democracy and the people

We remain vigilant and ready to keep the campaign going for as long as it takesw

Revealed: Swinney signed off on 11 years of 'fat cat' bonuses worth £3m The First Minister has been charged with "leadership failure" after it emerged he signed off on 11 years of  'fat cat' bonuses to the…

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This is a failure of political leadership

John Swinney signed off the bonuses for Scottish Water bosses for more than a decade

No surprise he is defending them now instead of standing up for Scottish Water workers

Happy to stand with @unison.org.uk care workers on strike and lobbying parliament today for pay justice

Solidarity and support

North Lanarkshire councillors: if you can’t look campaigners in the eye, can you look Copper in the eye and say you will do the right thing today?

Stick to the local plan

Save Woodhall and Faskine green belt

Proposals by Alexander Dennis to consult on the possible closure of its operations in Falkirk and Larbert are shocking

The Scottish Pensioners' Forum helped force the U turn on the winter fuel payment

It was an honour to speak at their conference this afternoon where we rededicated ourselves to the campaign for justice for Waspi women and to oppose cuts to social security

Free the Madleen

Stop arming Israel

Feed Gaza

Big decision this week

Let’s keep the green belt, don’t let developers concrete over this magnificent green space

Food aid to Gaza has been privatised and militarised, and Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces while waiting to be fed

🚛 Reinstate UN aid
⚖️ Arrest Benjamin Netanyahu
❌ Ban arms to Israel

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We are delighted to announce that we will be attending @parliament.scot on 19th June to discuss the benefits of Reach Advocacy’s Human Rights Based advocacy training.

Huge thanks to Fulton Macgregor @snp.org and @richardleonardmsp.bsky.social for helping make this possible!

Honoured to welcome former miners Willie and Charlie to parliament to staff the stall ahead of our event tonight celebrating the life and politics of Mick McGahey

Bruce Springsteen speaks out on North East miners' strike support The Boss says he followed coverage of the strike and donated $20,000 to help local groups.

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He’s called The Boss but he’s always been on the side of the workers ✊

The Guardian view on billionaire Britain: tax wealth fairly or face democratic unravelling | Editorial Editorial: Without bold reform which makes the rich pull their weight, rising inequality risks eroding public trust and fracturing social stability

The rich are only so rich because the poor are so poor

Delighted to see the Scottish Parliament honouring Mick McGahey – miner, trade unionist, communist, intellectual – in the year of the centenary of his birth