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On this day in history in 1938 George Orwell’s memoir from the Spanish Civil War, The Homage to Catalonia, was published.

Posted below is a link to a selection of articles and book reviews from the Socialist Standard covering both Orwell and the Spanish Civil War:

https://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2024/04/i-hoped-he-liked-me-as-well-as-i-liked.html

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Bijou Drains just stole my musical thunder, so I’m reduced to going folkie and, sadly, it’s not one of Paul’s best.

Wednesday:

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Tuesday:

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Monday:

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Sunday:

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Saturday:

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A great cover version:

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As recommended by Microdisney/High Llamas’ Sean O’Hagan on a recent music podcast:

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And then . . .

Someone else can share Cher’s Jesse James song.

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Mention of music and Jesse James makes me think of these guys. It’s a two parter. Should be listened to in the correct sequence.

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“Talking of play, we weren’t that far from Dulwich Hamlet FC ground at Champion Hill. Its supporters have a reputation for being progressive. Maybe we should leaflet their next home game if there are any volunteers. Anybody know when it is?”

Their last home game of the season is April 27th.

DULWICH HAMLET VS CRAY WANDERERS

SATURDAY 27 APRIL 2024
CHAMPION HILL
15:00
ISTHMIAN LEAGUE
Last home game of the season
Turnstiles open 1:30pm

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I laughed.

Ah yes, the dustbin of history pic.twitter.com/7ToSd2C9Fj

— Edmund Griffiths (@EdmundGriffiths) April 8, 2024

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An old comrade sent me this. Worth a listen:

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As Tim K. is doing a Zoom meeting on the Economic Calculation Argument tonight, I found this article by Robin Cox from 2005 and whacked it on the blog:

https://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-economic-calculation-controversy.html

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Following on from the previous post, a rundown of the 20 most popular Cooking the Books columns as featured on the Socialist Standard Past & Present blog:

https://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2024/03/new-blog-page-cooking-books.html

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