Tag: Political ideologies
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RC 340: …. .- .–. .–. -.– / -. . .– / – .. . .-.
Happy New Tier! 340 Returns! That’s what the Morse above says. Inventor Samuel Morse was pro-slavery and a candidate for the 19th Century version of Trump, the anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic ‘Know Nothing’ Nativist party who started riots over race and religion. He seems oddly relevant to what is happening in the States in the last…
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The Philosophy of Antifa
Great video on anti-fascism. If you’ve ever tutted at antifa violence, if you’ve ever compared fascists with anti-fascists, if you’ve said that you will defend the free speech of fascists or opposed no-platforming of fascists – then you NEED to watch this video by Philosophy Tube – a philosophy masters graduate explaining how things work,…
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UKIP Shipping Forecast
Power base decreasing, variable, becoming unelectable, GOOD. (via soundhog) P.S. the last bit especially is a reference not only to The Archers but also this bit of stupidity from a UKIP councillor.
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À La Mode of Production
“Seize the mode of HIS production!” Karl in the bedroom: his beard secrets revealed! Your Va-jay-jay called! It wanted to talk about anarcho-syndicalism! 293 fun, sexy ways to urge capitalism to a classless utopia… Cosmarxpolitan? Listen up Hearst – I’d buy this! Well especially if you put bearded revolutionaries like Kropotkin on the cover, hubba…
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Police detain young NUJ photojournalist for working taking pictures of Army cadets
This is pitiful – young NUJ photojournalist Jules Mattsson takes pictures of an army cadet parade and gets aggro from the police for doing so – maybe they should bone up on the law and the recent cases they’ve lost re: photography in public places. Nice that the NUJ and BJP are behind this photographer…
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Just a reminder – Sad but New (1995 ISDN live version)
Someone posted this up at the end of April – it’s Orbital’s infamous live in the studio Radio 1 version of Sad But New from 1995. Great music, but Major’s nasal harrowing tones are a reminder of what the Tories were like last time. Criminal Justice Bill, Poll Tax, Miner’s Strike, Clause 28 and most…