prodigal son returns
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i have rejoined the forum since the party assisted me on getting back online and it is only right and proper that i engage with fellow members on all party mediums.
I was off the internet since xmas eve and for news had to rely upon my cable tv news which was RT, Al Jazeera, China Global and Australia Plus and Japan's NHK. I was provided with ample opportunity to study their coverage and was very disappointed. Australia Plus is more like the BBC World Service , a cross section of docs news and soaps. Al Jazeera was of course lacking reporting of the Yemen, NHK was mostly a cultural introduction to Japan's traditions. RT carried almost zero coverage of Russian domestic politics of current affairs , so i am no surprised they dumped the Russia Today name…I found them very similar to Fox .. experts…such as from the SWP, UKIP and plenty of US right wing libertarians. I'll be happy to find my own fake news rather than have it forced down my throat. I was pleasantly surprised by China Global. a good selection of academic guests and watched a good documentary on migrant workers in china. I also watched a Korean comedy drama series focussed on temp contact workers versus those with permanent positions. The voice over on the opening credits explains getting a decent job has overtaken unification as the most iportant issue for Koreans.
Anyways this new computer has all its functions in Thai so it will be a little bit before i am back in the fold again.
Welcome back to the forum.What's the name of the Korean show? There is a good chance it is on Hulu in the States.
alanjjohnstone wrote:i have rejoined the forum since the party assisted me on getting back online and it is only right and proper that i engage with fellow members on all party mediums.I was off the internet since xmas eve and for news had to rely upon my cable tv news which was RT, Al Jazeera, China Global and Australia Plus and Japan's NHK. I was provided with ample opportunity to study their coverage and was very disappointed. Australia Plus is more like the BBC World Service , a cross section of docs news and soaps. Al Jazeera was of course lacking reporting of the Yemen, NHK was mostly a cultural introduction to Japan's traditions. RT carried almost zero coverage of Russian domestic politics of current affairs , so i am no surprised they dumped the Russia Today name…I found them very similar to Fox .. experts…such as from the SWP, UKIP and plenty of US right wing libertarians. I'll be happy to find my own fake news rather than have it forced down my throat. I was pleasantly surprised by China Global. a good selection of academic guests and watched a good documentary on migrant workers in china. I also watched a Korean comedy drama series focussed on temp contact workers versus those with permanent positions. The voice over on the opening credits explains getting a decent job has overtaken unification as the most iportant issue for Koreans. Anyways this new computer has all its functions in Thai so it will be a little bit before i am back in the fold again.Hi Alan, welcome back. Hope all is well with you.Regarding news sources, I have always found the RTE (Irish) news service to be quite interesting, it often gives a very different spin to stories that are prevalent on BBC, etc. I don't know if you they are available in Thailand but the Kodi box is a particular favourite of mine, it is possible to get practically every iinternational new channel from the one source. (Rumour has it that you can also watch a constant stream football matches from all over the world for free)
Great to hear from you again AJ. I was beginning to think you'd taken a sabbatical. I look forward to hearing more from you soon on the blog.
Queen of the Office, Darren.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_the_OfficeIt examines the conflict between the permanent employees who consider the corporate employers as paternal and offer almost family fealty towards them and those who are temps who view them as mercenary hire and fire exploiters.The series sends out mixed messages.Tim, not come across any of those boxes yet.
Good to see you back, Alan. I was beginning to think that I was the reason you were staying away We need socialists like you IN the fold.
Darren, I'm now following another comedy/drama series on KBS – The Good Managerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_ManagerIts about a con-artist exposing a corrupt corporation in the hopes of embezzling cash to emigrate to his dream country – Denmark. This week's episode was about him being mistaken for a union-leader and being bribed to end the strike.Much like their music K-Pop, Korean comedy is strange.
Unlike Vin 'Mr Sincerity' Maratty, I'm not glad to see you back. You seem to do little else than bang the drum for Anarchists ( who are all policemen).
Bob Andrews wrote:Unlike Vin 'Mr Sincerity' Maratty, I'm not glad to see you back. You seem to do little else than bang the drum for Anarchists ( who are all policemen).Ignore the ever strange Mr Andrews and welcome back. Your contributions are always appreciated
What sort of Socialist Party member can there be who cannot weather criticism of his or her ideas, Robbo? Soon as you join, we learn how to develop a thick skin.I indeed have been influenced by anarchist ideas and have been involved within their organisations and i still insist that Joseph Dietzgen was correct in his viewpoint on the relationship between socalists and anarchists."The terms anarchist, socialist, communist should be so "mixed" together, that no muddlehead could tell which is which. Language serves not only the purpose of distinguishing things but also of uniting them – for it is dialectic." "For my part, I lay little stress on the distinction, whether a man is an anarchist or a socialist, because it seems to me that too much weight is attributed to this difference…While the anarchists may have mad and brainless individuals in their ranks, the socialists have an abundance of cowards. For this reason I care as much for one as the other….The majority in both camps are still in great need of education, and this will bring about a reconciliation in time."I do occasionally, in the right quarters, describe myself as an Anarcho-Marxist…even as a JohnLennonist
robbo203 wrote:Ignore the ever strange Mr Andrews and welcome back. Your contributions are always appreciatedHe is a troll. I am sure we have forum rules to prevent 'trolling'
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