Category: Politricks
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Some may suffer, some may burn, I know one day, all of my children gonna learn
A very timely reminder of the Brixton Riots on April 11th, 1981 – this single from Hiatus with Linton Kwesi-Johnson, a new version of his ‘Di Great Insohreckshan’, will be released 30 years to the day. Never forget how the police and Margaret Thatcher’s policies treated whole communities – literally tore them apart – and…
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Andrew Lansley greedy, Andrew Lansley
Saw this doing the rounds over the last few days and stupidly didn’t watch – not only do I agree with this rap song by MC NxtGen blasting the government’s cuts (didn’t they miss a n in that? :-P) it’s brilliant and a great song to boot via House of the Rising Sun. I’m against…
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This knife of Sheffield steel: British arms in Libya and Bahrain
(Video is not for the squeamish; then again this is real unlike the Tyler video…) Sorry to interrupt the music but unless you’re totally immersed in your XFactor/Gaga/CowellWorld you’d have heard of the successful peaceful protests in Egypt – and the more violent ones still going in Libya and Bahrain. The video above is gruelling;…
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International Roaming
While sorting out mobile roaming for the trip to Italy (myself and John 1 are going to Milan and venice, hella expensive but what the fuck) was thinking about state & corporates vs individuals…which inspired a thought about the shift from local to global. Vodafone says it’s not British and off-shore so gets away with…
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Kids are angry…and a dubstep revolution
Just wrote this over at Facebook about the protests today…I went down to Whitehall about 6ish before the Treasury occupation to have a look. Not much was happening, kids were standing around outside the kettle, burning placards and changing NWA Fuck the Police slogans. Sirens have been going off all day, and helicopters – surreal,…