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I disagree with Joel's comments about Bowie but I hope the letter is published in next month's Standard.
Link: 200 posts on the blog for the month of JanuaryAbout 170-175 posts are new to the net. Something for everyone. Check it out and pass on the links.
You got to be in it to win it.Link: Interesting report of an SPGB/ILP debate from the September 1913 Socialist Standard.Just posted on the net for the first time.
I guess this really should be posted in 'off topic' but I just stumbled across a website that suggests that an SPGBer – and his two SPGB sons – introduced modern tattooing to Scotland, and there's a website to prove it.I just posted a short obituary from the January 1948 Socialist Standard for a Comrade Prince Vallar of Glasgow Branch and, intrigued by the unusual name, I decided to reach for google. It only turns out that there's a small website dedicated to Prince Vallar and sons 60 plus years after his death, which makes the case for Prince popularising tattooing in Scotland. Click on the links for further info:Link: Socialist Standard obituaryLink: Prince Vallar tattoo artistLink: BBC Story
Congrats on the new design. I'm really impressed with the individual countries feature at the head of the page.
Another couple of years done, where I've selected an article or a review from each month of the year. First up,Link: Socialist Standard 1971Articles and reviews include a couple of incredibly powerful pieces on Northern Ireland at the time of internment campaign by the British Govt against the Catholic population in Northern Ireland; a couple of pieces on the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Occupation; an historical overview of the Paris Commune; Monday Club racists; and conscientious objection during the first world war. Then,Link: Socialist Standard 1991Articles and reviews on – amongst other things – Yugoslavia; the disintegrating Soviet Union; wartime propaganda; and Marxism & Literature. Enjoy. Pass on the links and/or repost individual articles that take your fancy.
1984 – The year of a 1001 articles on George Orwell, Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, that brilliant French midfield of Platini, Tigana, Giresse and Fernandez and those shitty Frankie Says T-shirts. Can you tell that I grew up watching the 'Rock and Roll Years' on BBC1 whilst eating my tea?With the aid of some nifty scanning software I've been able to up the productivity rate with regards to the Socialist Standard Past and Present Blog and, just for the sake of it, I've decided to focus on random years. First up is 1984, and if you click on the link below it will lead you to a selection of 12 reviews, articles and the obligatory obituary from January thru' December '84.Please read whilst listening to Rattlesnakes:Link: Socialist Standard 1984
Ross Wolfe. Ex-member of the Platypus Review group. Thorn in the side of Sebastian Budgen and Verso/ Historical Materialism.
OK, I can't be arsed at the mo' to list all the articles and reviews individually, but here's the link to the December 2015 posts to the Socialist Standard Past and Present blog. A rough guess is that over a hundred are new to the net:Link: December 2015 Socialist Standard Past and Present BlogSome excellent stuff in amongst all that stuff. Please check out the link, and think of subscribing to – or bookmarking – the blog. Plans are afoot for more bumper uploads for the coming 12 months.
