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Coming To A Council Estate Near You
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As in so many other areas, the coalition doesn’t seem to have a consistent policy towards crime. Cameron does the zero-tolerance posturing so loved by anaemic sheltered politicians. His ministers argue against prison sentences and tell violent re...
Ali on Stone on Chavez
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The charlatan, self-publicist and ex-”Marxist” Tariq Ali writes in today’s Graun ‘G2′ about his collaboration with the film producer and conspiracy-theorist Oliver Stone on a film largely devoted to hero-worshipping Hu...
An Egyptian feminist writes on the burqa ban
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Mona Eltahawy The French parliament’s vote this week to ban full-length veils in public was the right move by the wrong group. Some have tried to present the ban as a matter of Islam vs. the West. It is not. First, Islam is not monolithic. It, li...
A rare photograph
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Tolpuddle 2010: Anyone know this man? (Clue: “Hang on, you said any more jokes about him drinking too much, I have said he doesn’t drink enough!!”) h/t: Janine and Stroppy...
Hurricane: the People’s Champion
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RIP Hurricane, 1949 -2010 The People’s Champion found dead, alone and emaciated in his flat. He was poverty-stricken, toothless and had endured two major operations for throat cancer. But… …(in the words given to him by actor Richar...
Something you couldn’t possibly have read here
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From the Catholic, anti-semitic blog ‘Splintered Sunrise‘ : Here’s something you won’t read on Shiraz Socialist July 22, 2010 at 12:11 am (Middle East) Remember when the apartheid entity and the Zionist entity were different enti...
Cop who killed Tomlinson has form
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Occasionally you learn something interesting from the Daily Mail: THE PC WHO LEFT UNDER A CLOUD PC Simon Harwood, the officer who was accused of killing Ian Tomlinson, left the Met in controversial circumstances several years ago while facing miscond...
State of the Race: Burnham on Iraq
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I like David Milliband but he’s a bit wonky, he makes me think of the ‘tiny head’ scene from The Thick of It, and that may not be what we need to win an election. Andy Burnham, however, comes across as a passionate and interested man, and the...
Unite: AWL comes out for McCluskey
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After a considerable period of discussion, and some argument, the Alliance for Workers Liberty have come out in support of a vote for Len McCluskey in the forthcoming Unite general secretary election. Their support is, however, sharply critical. Her...
Scientologophobia Watch: The Internet
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This is a guest post by the Church of Scientology UK Media Relations Team Some might say that the complaint against Cllr John Dixon was a little harsh. A few of our members have privately expressed the view that submitting a formal complaint to t...
Memo from Liam Fox to the Taliban
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Dear Colleagues, The new, more realistic, UK administration understands that your traditional values are appropriate for Afghanistan and that so-called “liberal” and “democratic” values – particularly with regard to the...
‘Socialist Worker’ admits it was wrong on Atzmon
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Gilad Atzmon’s anti-Semitic beliefs July 15, 2010 Editor’s note: On July 13, SocialistWorker.org published an interview with jazz musician and anti-Zionist writer Gilad Atzmon. After the interview’s publication, we learned of many a...
Mandelson=treacherous scum
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Letter to the Graun (15/07/10): As a Labour member I am appalled that some senior members of the party feel it necessary to publish tawdry, gossip-filled books. What an insult to those of us who worked hard at the last election to now see former cabi...
Argentina legalises gay marriage!
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Congratulations to the people and the government of Argentina – especially as their enlightened decision is one in the eye for the child-molesting hypocrites of the Catholic Church. Argentine Senate backs bill legalising gay marriage Argentin...
The trouble with Hitchens
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Tom Unterrainer of Workers Liberty on the strengths and weaknesses of Chris Hitchens. It will, no doubt, enrage those who love The Dude and those who hate him, in equal measure: “Any number of questions popped into my mind whilst reading ‘H...
Genocide denial: here we go again
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It seems that every time a genocide happens a group of people, who often have no connection to the events or expertise in the relevant fields, claim very loudly and for their own reasons that the genocide never happened. The obvious example is the de...
Workers Power’s weasel words on the holocaust
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One of the most interesting debates at Workers Liberty’s ‘Ideas for Freedom’ event this weekend was the debate on Israel-Palestine. Camilla Bassi spoke for Workers Liberty and, imho, wiped the floor with the guy from WP – but...
No Room At The Inn
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I missed this year’s Marxism 2010 conference – I know, I lead a sheltered life. That means I also missed out on our old pal Richard Seymour’s talk on ‘The changing face of racism in Britain’. In it he explains why opposing honour killings i...
More Larkin
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Further to Jim’s post here’s a good piece on Larkin by Rachel Cooke:-. After the publication of Thwaite’s Selected Letters and Andrew Motion’s biography in the early 1990s, there was an outpouring of loathing for Larkin the ma...
Goodbye, Mighty Flea
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I’ve just heard about the death of Gene “Mighty Flea” Conners on June 10th in Arizona. Gene was one of those jazz figures who never became a “name” but commanded respect and affection amongst all musicians and listeners...
