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Nemo expectat Sanctum Officium 26 Feb 2012 | 11:07 am
As long-time readers will be aware (hello, both of you), I like to try and be charitable towards our spiritual leaders. I mean to say, Rowan Williams comes in for a lot of stick, some of it justified,...
Men in hats 21 Feb 2012 | 12:13 am
Hullo Brian, hullo Sue. You know, I was just reflecting that, in a very real sense, Saturday’s consistory was quite interesting. And not necessarily in the way most people think. Okay, we know the ba...
Tom Kerry: “If Ever You Surrender Your Right To Criticize, You’re Dead!” (1979) 4 Jan 2012 | 03:40 pm
Comrades, I take the floor despite my vows not to do so. I’ve had it. I’ve had it up to here. The decision I would have to make would be either to stay home, to stay away from the branch meetings, or ...
From the archives: The Panel System of Election and Bolshevik Tradition (1945) 1 Jan 2012 | 11:59 am
Note: The following document was first published the Revolutionary Communist Party’s Internal Bulletin No. 4 (October 1945). It does have some obvious historical interest but also – and we note this d...
Guest post: On the historical experiences of IS and SWP with factions 30 Dec 2011 | 12:25 pm
Note: The following essay has been submitted by an SWP member who would prefer to remain anonymous, and is intended to shed some historical light on questions of current interest. In his essay On Par...
Apropos of absolutely nothing at all 29 Dec 2011 | 07:46 am
Shattered Glass (Dir: Billy Ray, 2003) “After all, we are in the entertainment business.” Rupert Murdoch, after the exposure of the Hitler Diaries forgery. I blame Konrad Kujau and Robert Harris. Ac...
A paperboy’s tale 28 Dec 2011 | 10:21 am
Paperboy by Tony Macaulay (Y Books, 2011) See me? See this book? This book is deadly crack, so it is. At which point you, the reader, will be asking for why it is deadly crack. The thing is, if you ...
The most unforgettable person I’ve ever met in my life 29 Aug 2011 | 09:30 am
Tony Cliff: A Marxist for his Time by Ian Birchall (Bookmarks, £16.99) Well, hello again. (Waves uncertainly at passing tumbleweed.) Yes, I know, the real world has been keeping me away from online t...
The judgement of Johann: a reflection, and a bit of a rant 28 Jul 2011 | 11:15 am
A note on epistemology Though there is incontrovertible evidence that Tony Blair and his colleagues regularly distort, manipulate, mislead and even invent the truth on a massive scale, they regard an...
Porcus ex grege diaboli 29 Jun 2011 | 09:15 am
Those who know me will be aware that I’ve been banging on for some considerable time about the likelihood of British journalism throwing up a Jayson Blair scandal. Moreover, I’ve always been clear abo...
