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HOW TO DEFEAT THE TORIES | the unhappy jackyl's weblog

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The unhappy jackyl's weblog. A personal journey to a ‘practical philosophy’: a lay-person’s exploration. Laquo; LABOUR WOBBLE. HOW TO DEFEAT THE TORIES. March 24, 2015. An early un-edited edition of my latest Forest of Dean and Wye Valley Clarion. There are many reasons to vote Labour come the General Election. Some might argue there is also reason not to. I’ve written before in the Clarion about compromise. The Greens offer much, but what can they actually deliver? How might he fare? On core local Green...

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REVIEW: Red Love – the story of an East German Family by Maxim Leo | the unhappy jackyl's weblog

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The unhappy jackyl's weblog. A personal journey to a ‘practical philosophy’: a lay-person’s exploration. Laquo; OUR DEFEAT. My final ‘LEFT-INSIDE’ article for the Forest Clarion. REVIEW: Red Love the story of an East German Family by Maxim Leo. June 22, 2015. Reviewed by C. Spiby for the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley Clarion. Will find it a truly fascinating read. With the unique perspective of author Maxim turning 19 as the Wall comes do. What clearly started as an exercise in family history has become ...

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The Death of Grass; the death of society | the unhappy jackyl's weblog

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The unhappy jackyl's weblog. A personal journey to a ‘practical philosophy’: a lay-person’s exploration. Laquo; Anarchistic jazz Beat cool Mozart noir vs. the establishment:. The Death of Grass; the death of society. July 29, 2010. Although John Christopher is popularly known as the man who brought us ‘ The Tripods. Offered a grotesque analysis of the potential of cruelty of humanity, so ‘ The Death of Grass’. Things start as a distant rumble, in China. But soon the BBC news reports that the rioting ...

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REVIEW: Somebody has to make the poison gas. | the unhappy jackyl's weblog

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The unhappy jackyl's weblog. A personal journey to a ‘practical philosophy’: a lay-person’s exploration. Laquo; FIELD TRIP: Kelvedon Hatch’s Nuclear Cottage. REVIEW: Somebody has to make the poison gas. June 17, 2014. The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis. I’ve said it before in The Clarion. I am not a fan of sci-fi. Last time I was talking about ‘ The Death of Grass’. A heavy lassitude, a world-weariness, a profound fatigue with this busy, busy, destructive world and all its chittering noises. But f...

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OUR DEFEAT | the unhappy jackyl's weblog

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The unhappy jackyl's weblog. A personal journey to a ‘practical philosophy’: a lay-person’s exploration. Laquo; HOW TO DEFEAT THE TORIES. REVIEW: Red Love the story of an East German Family by Maxim Leo. May 26, 2015. An early un-edited edition of my latest Forest of Dean and Wye Valley Clarion. Never have I have invested so much so emotionally only to have been so heavily defeated. And in my anger I know that it wasn’t Mark Harper or even the Tories who beat us, but by Murdoch and the Mail Group. And we...

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LABOUR WOBBLE | the unhappy jackyl's weblog

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The unhappy jackyl's weblog. A personal journey to a ‘practical philosophy’: a lay-person’s exploration. Laquo; Fundamentally Left-wing. HOW TO DEFEAT THE TORIES. November 11, 2014. An early un-edited edition of my next Clarion. It’s time for One Nation Labour to set out its electoral stall for real now. Scotland has force the point, chased hotly by doubts over Ed Miliband’s ability to lead our party or being a suitable Prime Minister. Given a meaningful choice on Independence, the voters demonstrated th...

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Louise Raw Website and Information, Book Reviews

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On Striking a Light .a book of vital importance. Louise Raw’s book is not only a fascinating history of the matchwomens’ strike in 1888 but also an expose of how little real research has been done into what has come to be seen as a turning point in British trade union history. Working Class Movement Library, 3rd June 2011. For the full review go to WCM Website. Reviewed in the Tribune, 13th May 2011 (UK). Matches made in hell. Review by Andrew Stone. International Socialism, 7th January 2010.

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Fundamentally Left-wing | the unhappy jackyl's weblog

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The unhappy jackyl's weblog. A personal journey to a ‘practical philosophy’: a lay-person’s exploration. Laquo; REVIEW: Somebody has to make the poison gas. August 26, 2014. Un-edited edition of my submission to the Clarion. Magazine and my ‘Left Inside’ column, writing as a communist within the Labour Party}. I want to appeal to your powers of logic and reason over your rightful anxiety on many issues facing British working people today. And suggest why you must vote Labour in 2015. I’d go so far to say...