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Participantalanjjohnstone wrote:Too steep for me.
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ParticipantAnybody 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
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Participantjpodcaster 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.)
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ParticipantIs there a proof reader in the house?Link: Socialism – One World
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ParticipantOut of curiousity, why Battersea and not Vauxhall?
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Participant". . . it is a bit haphazard since it is based on his whimsical choice of what to scan and upload."Cheeky bleeder.
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ParticipantIt's the opening line from this article:Link: Socialists and General de Gaulle
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ParticipantHorrible idea. I hope it gets voted down,
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ParticipantExcellent article by Robert Barltrop from 1971:Link The Permissive Society
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ParticipantTop notch article by Edgar Hardcastle from the January 1923 issue of the Socialist Standard.Link: Words and Deeds
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ParticipantIf your Dad likes political novels, I'd recommed Edward Gaitens' Dance of the Apprentices. (Published by Canongate)
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ParticipantOne 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.
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ParticipantNice wee article from 1918:LINK: The Strong Man. (A Study.) (1918)
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ParticipantThe 5000th post on the blog.Link: July 1954 'Notes on Party History: The Trade Union Question ' by Gilmac
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ParticipantIt was in Challinor's book on the SLP, 'The Origins of British Bolshevism'.
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