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alanjjohnstone wrote:
Too steep for me.
Anybody read Michael Young's 1958 satire, The Rise of the Meritocracy? I'm wondering if it is worth reading. This review from the Socialist Standard in 1959 piqued my interest: Link: The Rise of the Meritocracy
jpodcaster wrote:Didn't quite work for me – the idea was good but just felt a little cheesy. The Greens are normally pretty good at putting forward a positive message against the negative electioneering of the other main parties so I think they dropped the ball a bit on this one.Wondering whether Derek Wall is still a Green Party member? I remember he used to be pretty sympathetic to socialism and was always happy to debate with the SPGB.He took umbrage at the SPGB twitter account a few months back – I can't remember the particulars – so the SPGB are now on his shit list. (Pardon my french.)
". . . it is a bit haphazard since it is based on his whimsical choice of what to scan and upload."Cheeky bleeder.
Top notch article by Edgar Hardcastle from the January 1923 issue of the Socialist Standard.Link: Words and Deeds
If your Dad likes political novels, I'd recommed Edward Gaitens' Dance of the Apprentices. (Published by Canongate)
One of those six degrees of separation things but, before becoming a Trotskyist, Alex Acheson was a member of Harry Martin's Socialist Propaganda League. Maybe that partially explains his quoted words.
The 5000th post on the blog.Link: July 1954 'Notes on Party History: The Trade Union Question ' by Gilmac
