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Are there as many anarchists in Britain today as ten or twenty years ago? Is print as popular now as ten or twenty years ago? If yes to both, then it must be something to do with editorial.
Yes, sorry – by 'Russia' I mean the pro-Russian forces in Ukraine. It could have been a mistake but the heinous thing is covering it up and blaming someone else as Russia Today may be keen to try and do.
Co founder of womens equality party on BBC Sunday morning live repeated the claim they grew to 40,000 members and supporters. I wonder if supporters means people who signed a petition.
Slavery was and is a bad thing. I think those offended by stating slavery is not desirable are being over sensitive.
Just shared the latter on libcom library herehttp://libcom.org/library/keir-hardie-mythPicture taken from PPUhttp://www.ppu.org.uk/enews/summer2015/Summer2015enews.htmlA search on libcom for Keir Hardie revealed Engels had this to say in 1894
Quote:The Independent Labour Party is extremely indefinite in its tactics, and its leader, Keir Hardie, is a super-cunning Scot, whose demagogic tricks are not to be trusted for a minute. Although he is a poor devil of a Scottish coal miner, he has founded a big weekly, The Labour Leader, which could not have been established without considerable money, and he is getting this money from Tory or Liberal-Unionist, that is, anti-Gladstone and anti-Home Rule sources. There can be no doubt about this, and his notorious literary connections in London as well as direct reports and his political attitude confirm it. Consequently, owing to desertions by Irish and radical voters, he may very easily lose his seat in Parliament at the 1895 general elections and that would be a stroke of good luck — the man is the greatest obstacle at present. He appears in Parliament only on demagogic occasions, in order to cut a figure with phrases about the unemployed — without getting anything done — or to address imbecilities to the Queen on the occasion of the birth of a prince, which is infinitely banal and cheap in this country, and so forth.http://marx.libcom.org/works/1894/letters/94_11_10.htmKeir Hardie's writing on Marx was put together in a pamphlet in 1910 that can be downloaded from herehttps://archive.org/details/karlmarxmanhisme00harduoft
No doubt this will be used by those wishing to portray Corbyn as a sainthttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/sep/28/jeremy-corbyn-rescue-labour-leader-frees-delegates-wheelchairand will be resolutely brushed under the carpet by those wishing to portray Corbyn as a sinner or a threat to your family securityhttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/sep/13/tory-theme-corbyn-threat-national-security-criticised
The Guardian take issue with the shadow cabinethttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/sep/26/brocialist-modern-tribe-jeremy-corbyn-shadow-cabinet
Quote:optimism; we will make a better future by working togethertrue democracy; where everyone's input is taken into accountrational decision making based on sound evidencedecentralised power and controlworking together as a species to solve the really big problemscivil liberties and human rights; the marks of a civilised societypublic ownership of essential services and assetsthe elimination of poverty and want, through strong social safety nets
