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How I Met Ken Loach and Saved the Left..

lizardyoga wrote 1 week ago: Well!  No post yesterday because I was down in London at the first national meeting of Left Unity: h … more →

Tags: Friends and Family, Politics, Philosophy, left unity, ken loach, socialist groups, socialist worker, Communist Party, block vote

Bristol Save the NHS and Anti Austerity Protest

pdimages wrote 2 weeks ago: Today I spent a few hours in Bristol at the Save The NHS and Anti Austerity Measures protest march a … more →

Tags: Bristol, Photojournalism, News, Nikon, Photography, Business, Unions, Bristol news, pdimages

1.7 Million People to Take Part in May Day Trades Union Gatherings in Russia

01varvara wrote 3 weeks ago: ______________________________ On Wednesday, Mikhail Shmakov, chairman of the Federation of Independ … more →

Tags: Russian, Soviet period, Politics, social life and customs, All Russia People's Front, hero of labour, International Worker's Day, Mariinsky Theatre, organised labour

CFMEU Grocon Rally and March, 30 April 2013

melbourneprotests wrote 3 weeks ago: The march starting off from Trades Hall In defiance of threats of thousand-dollar fines for taking p … more →

Tags: cfmeu, Protest, ETU, Worksafe, Grocon, PTEU, amwu, Swanston Street Wall collapse, Myer site

Workers Memorial Day at Bristol Cathedral.

pdimages wrote 3 weeks ago: Dave SmithDave SmithDave SmithMichelle StanistreetMichelle StanistreetCannon Tim HigginsNigel Cotley … more →

Tags: Bristol, Photojournalism, News, Nikon, Photography, Unions, Bristol news, pdimages, Bristol Trades Unions

Thatcher and the 1980's newsletter special edition

john harris wrote 1 month ago: Margaret Thatcher campaiging in May before the 1987 general election. Here with Lord Faste at the So … more →

Tags: Photography, health, Policing, Economy, Politics, Recession, racism, Housing, trade union trades unions

1982 - what issues gripped the left?

The Thatcher Crisis Years wrote 1 month ago: The first term of Thatcher – 1979 to 1983 – was many things politically but never dull. … more →

Tags: reagan, EEC, Europe, new socialist, Yorkshire Ripper, EU, Common Market, Tebbit

Champion of Aspiration

weltonwanney wrote 1 month ago: Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister of Britain 1979-1990) is often accused of having destroyed the ind … more →

Tags: Trades Unions, Britain, aspiration, Blank Cheque, IMF, manual workers, Miners, Public Spending, Sense of Unity

Trickle-down Economics – The Thatcher Legacy2 comments

Common Threads wrote 1 month ago: “In our system, everything is done according to a pyramid approach: the order is given from the top … more →

Tags: Civil Society, Economics, Economics and Politics - unchanged from the 19th Centur, Politics and how we are governed, Centrism, China, communism, democracy, Economics

Thatcher Review No. 2 - The Economic Legacy2 comments

lizardyoga wrote 1 month ago: OK let’s start by trying to be fair: the world in 1979 was not a perfect place.  Inflation was … more →

Tags: Friends and Family, Culcha, radio, Politics, Competition, not the nine o'clock news, Money, Thatcher's policies, monetarism

The Soviet Union with takeaway pizza

Mumu wrote 1 month ago: Humiliated: but at considerable human cost Margaret Thatcher, explains Dalrymple, faced down the pre … more →

Tags: Britain, Soviet Union, Unemployment, Pizza, industrial collapse

Reflections on Margaret Thatcher

talkingtom2day wrote 1 month ago: I suppose in some sense, today is a significant one.  Margaret Thatcher, the woman who pretty much d … more →

Tags: Politics, Energy, conservative party, european union, EU, Economy, Margaret Thatcher, Diana, funerals

The Sussex Occupation is Evicted

Nathan J. Bolton wrote 1 month ago: The Occupation is evicted After over fifty days in occupation, students at the University of Sussex … more →

Tags: united kingdom, attacks, Defend the Right to Protest, Education, he, Marketisation, neoliberalism, Occupation, Privatisation

Greek Public Transport Workers Embark on Another 24-Hour Strike

01varvara wrote 3 months ago: ______________________________ On Thursday, workers of practically all forms of public transport in … more →

Tags: Civil unrest, Economy, EU, Greece and Greeks, Politics, european union, Greece, Protests, Unions

Former miners’ leader loses flat fight

61chrissterry wrote 5 months ago: Former miners’ leader loses flat fight – Community – The Star. This should be proof to a … more →

Tags: Political, Legal, respect, greed, Miners, Num, Union leaders, ex-union leaders, Selfish

Farm workers protest outside Parliament at government plans to scrap the Agricultural Wages Board

john harris wrote 5 months ago: Farm workers protest outside Parliament at government plans to scrap the Agricultural Wages Board, w … more →

Tags: Photography, Protest Demonstration, trade union, http://www.reportdigital.co.uk, against, worker workers, unite the union, Low pay, farmworker farmworkers

The Bristol Photojournalist is Now Online

pdimages wrote 5 months ago: This is just a test post for my new blog as the Bristol Photojournalist. It is/will be a sister blog … more →

Tags: Bristol, Photojournalism, News, Nikon, Photography, Business, Unions

THIS IS NOT AN ACT OF GOD

Clem the Gem wrote 5 months ago: We went to the fabulous wedding of our friends Lisa and David over the weekend, set in Bedwellty, So … more →

Tags: fighting cuts, Lib Dems, Tories, uk politics, 2012: Floods, brian coleman, David Cameron, Emergency Services, FBU

Labour Uncut Post - In Defence Of The BBC...

Clem the Gem wrote 6 months ago: The previous post, about working conditions, was pretty well received, however my next effort gained … more →

Tags: BBC, fighting cuts, Television, Tories, uk politics, Cuts, Politics, Savile


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