British jobs for British workers: round three
THE far left is usually an uncritical supporter of industrial action in any and all circumstances, rightly adopting Rosa Luxemburg’s stance that ‘where the chains of capitalism are forged, there they must be broken’. Yet the two rounds of ‘British jobs for British workers’ wildcats this year have been the only exception to this rule [...]
Megrahi: the ‘Yeah. And?’ defence
AS DOWN and dirty feats of cynical realpolitik go, it won’t rank in the history books with Nixon’s rapprochement with China, the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact, or Bismarck’s secret treaties. If Labour really did broker a deal that saw the release of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi in return for Libyan oil concessions – and that’s what [...]
Joe Stalin: news just in …
YEVEGENY Dzhugashvili – grandson of Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, aka Joseph Stalin – has issued a £200,000 libel writ against liberal newspaper Novaya Gazeta, arguing that their coverage of his illustrious forebear traduces the family’s good name. “”Half a century of lies have been poured over Stalin’s reputation and he cannot defend himself from the grave, [...]
Whatever happened to the Guardianista ‘summer of rage’?
Remember this front page lead story from the Guardian in February this year?: Britain faces summer of rage – police Middle-class anger at economic crisis could erupt into violence on streets Police are preparing for a “summer of rage” as victims of the economic downturn take to the streets to demonstrate against financial institutions, the [...]
World war two and the socialist project today
HITLER started it. Personally. That – with only slight exaggeration – is what eight year olds are still being taught at school about the origins of the second world war, as I have discovered from conversations with Daddy’s Little Princess senior. OK, you have got to simplify things for kids. At her age, I’m happy [...]
