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Red Pepper #189 reviewed.
Red Pepper April/May 2013 The tl;dr – Plus ca change (as in, here’s a review of the last one) – a mix of the worthy, the tedious, with flashes of real insight. The big problem with Red Pepper is the … Continue reading
#Chomsky on “Obama’s attacks on civil liberties”. #awesome
There’s a story – possibly apocryphal – that in the 1980s Polish dissidents assumed there were two guys called Noam Chomsky – one a linguist and the other a political activist. Why did they assume this? Because no single human … Continue reading
Feminism is one of those “duh, well clearly” things, no?
Of course, it’s inaccurate to talk about feminism – there are feminisms. And true, some of them are bat-shit crazy. This below is not one of those; it’s bang on the money… Some Reflections on Negotiating the Five Stages of … Continue reading
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The whines on the bus go round and round, round and round…
The left “extra-parliamentary left” is utterly hooked on proclaiming their own moral superiority, their victim status, on doling out little pats on the back to each other at miserabilist meetings/rallies. A shopping list of grievances. The grievances are all real … Continue reading
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What books/films have you read/seen the most times?
What are the joys of re-reading? In some books you see new things, things that you weren’t ready for at the outset. I remember standing in a queue (I was either 16 or so, or possibly 19) at the library … Continue reading
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Film Review: 16 Blocks
It’s nice to see David Morse getting work. He always gives such good aggrieved hang-dog (St Elsewhere, The Rock, etc). But this is diabolically silly and not very entertaining. Director Richard Donner is trying here to do another “Lethal Weapon … Continue reading
Anger is an energy
I’ve written about anger before, and will again, GODDAMMIT. This quote, from an article about Thatcher Death Parties, is good; As Audre Lorde, a true feminist icon, reminds us, anger has its uses: ‘When we turn from anger we turn … Continue reading
Roger Ebert (RIP) on #climate change and the new seasons…
“It seems possible that their policies will lead to a different kind of seasonal calendar. Instead of Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall, this new generation will know Blizzard, Flood, Heat and Fire. Month follows month as the seasons tear themselves … Continue reading
Slim pickings: “Leadership is that mixture of…”
“Leadership,” Viscount Slim said, “is that mixture of example, persuasion and compulsion which makes men do what you want them to do. It is the most personal thing in the world, because it is just plain you.” Except, of course, … Continue reading
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Facilitation, vanishing mediators and ego being a dirty word
I subscribe to FacilitatorU.com (and you should too!) There’s a recent article (well, a repost from 2009) called Facilitating Ego Surrender in which Steve Davis argues (cogently) “you serve your group to the degree you release ego identification.” I’ve reposted … Continue reading
