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You know what? As someone who grew up poor, on reflection, I didn’t mind having to wear a school uniform to school. The peer – that pun is dedicated to the late, great SPGBer Eddie Grant – pressure of having to have the right gear or the latest trainers would have been insufferable.
I’m sure I’m in a minority on the forum with that point of view.
“jings. what’s wrong with you? gout playing up again? kiss your good lady, your fine bairns and calm the fuck down.”
“no wonder you’re tetchy.”
“oh yeah, did post up that pic. no comments. got a “like”. ”
I take it these were in reply to me. You can guess what you like about the motivations for my replies. You’re wrong but that’s par for the course.
Bollocks
Don’t pretend you would have tried that ‘joke’ at one of your group’s meetings or on one of your group’s forums.
This might interest some people. It’s from Crimethinc:
The Kronstadt Uprising: A View from within the Revolt
I’ve only glanced at it, tbh, but this caught my eye:
“By today’s standards, Martov comes across as something akin to a democratic confederalist, calling for the abolition of the police and standing bureaucracies but seeing direct democracy as a way to rehabilitate the state.”
They can’t even bring themselves to acknowledge that Martov was criticising the Bolsheviks from a Classical Marxian position.
Wankers.
Thomas,
Have you ever seen the 2006 film Idiocracy? You might like it. I kind of hated it at the time because I thought it was guilty of being a wee bit too pleased with itself. Maybe I’ll have to watch it again and see if I have a different take in 2021.
I’m not 100% sure what you mean about dumbing down. My head’s full of useless trivia which would be great for gameshows, but I’m one of the thickest people I know.
ALB wrote:
“Don’t expect him to say anything much socialist as he was one of the few party members who joined up to fight in that imperialist war. As he joined the RAF he was a volunteer not a conscript.”I was always under the impression that he joined the SPGB after the war, so it wasn’t a case of him resigning from the SPGB to enlist.
However, it should be stated that he was already aware of the SPGB as a kid, so it’s not like he didn’t know the Party’s position on war before enlisting.
For more background on Barltrop first coming into contact with the SPGB, see this excerpt from The Monument:
https://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/02/hard-times.html
Matt,
I think you should remove the traditional dress picture in the link.
1) I think the pic is irrelevant. Why not replace it with the actual picture of Suhuyini? I know his picture is not included in the hard copy of the Standard but that was a mistake in my opinion. It should be corrected in the online version.
2) Also, maybe it’s just a problem with chrome, but that picture totally messes up with the formatting of the article.
There was an Independent Socialist Party in the 1930s. It was a split from the Independent Labour Party.
Nice spot.
My guess is that his contributions will be based on the trilogy of short books that Barltrop wrote which were published by (I think) Waltham Forest Libraries back in the 80s.
If you’re wondering, this is the Socialist Standard that Ron Melia had on the sofa next to him. It’s the June 1962 issue. You can read it in its entirety here.
Just stumbled across this wee 13 minute documentary on YouTube which features Ron Melia (stage name Ronnie Ross), which dates from 1963/4. If you blink you’ll miss it, but I spotted a Socialist Standard on his sofa at the 1 minute mark.
You wrote and I listened.
