Archive of posts filed under the politricks category.
more on Scientist and the Big Showdown
Great to see some good discussion about Greensleeves’ court victory over Scientist blogged below… wayne&wax is typically on point with some great hyperlinkage and thoughts on the nature of ownership, which is taken up by dj ripley over at her place. I don’t have a great deal to add to this discussion, other than what …
election selection part 3
Is that the electoral register in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me? The first rule of electoral politics is that it’s easy to make trite statements against the whole thing (see below). It’s easy because the main political parties have made it easy for us to do that. In all the …
election selection part 2
election selection part 1
“Only myself and Tony stayed up all night to see the Tories win in 1983. Rest of the house went to bed after they saw which way it was going. About 5am we took some red paint and wrote up “Now you will see real class war” on the nearest available wall – Canonbury station. …
More from Michael K
15 years ago…
red tops…
I’m always slightly stunned when I see the Morning Star on the shelf in my local newsagents. Whatever you think of the politics, a daily communist newspaper for the UK is kind of impressive. I mainly avoid it like the plague, not wanting to read about the ins and outs of trade union bureaucrats and …
Maurice Brinton / Chris Pallis RIP
I’m sad to hear that Maurice Brinton died yesterday. There’s a couple of texts by him on uncarved.org – one about sexual repression and politics, and one on the parallels between Jonestown and trotskyite cults masquerading as political groups. Brinton was one of the main people behind Solidarity – one of the best and most …
time is money (bastard)
Over five million people at work in the UK regularly do unpaid overtime, giving their employers £23billion of free work every year. If you’re one of them, why not take some time to reflect on how well (or badly) you’re balancing your life? 25th February 2005 is the day when the average person who does …