In May 2005, police arrested Ajai Raj and charged him with disorderly conduct after he asked a vulgar question and made lewd hand gestures after a speech by conservative author Ann Coulter at the University of Texas at Austin Perhaps … Continue reading
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I’m talking about a really woman-centered society of which we have no direct memory. But, as Monique Wittig said, “If you can’t remember, invent.” Radical separatist feminist Mary Daly. She’s an academic. So was Monique Wittig. Also see David Thompson … Continue reading
After “a few badly-sold mortgages in the US set off an international banking crisis”, the first UK institution to fall was Northern Rock – an energetic mortgage lender. Mortgages were “badly-sold” in the US in part because of government intervention. … Continue reading
Jesus and Mo
Norman Geras describes “the free market” (his emphasis) as: a rather large and complex institution sitting beside, affecting and affected by, other institutions, and interacting with human character, motive and action in a multiplicity of ways This is a strange … Continue reading
One of the main arguments levelled against the nationalisation of industries is that when everybody “owns” something, nobody owns it. I never felt any sense that I owned British Rail and I don’t feel any proprietorial glow about the National … Continue reading
Posting has been very light through pressure of work. This is likely to continue until the end of October. And indeed there’s little for me to say, now that the real culprits behind the financial crisis have been identified. Yup, … Continue reading
Joanna Lumley: Thank you so much for signing the Gurkha Justice petition, and joining our campaign. Already, over 33,000 people have signed: an extraordinary response in support of an extraordinary group of people. We’ve had great coverage for the campaign … Continue reading
Chris Morris is making a new film: Chris Morris’s new film script satirises a British jihad cell and would be suicide bombers. He’s hoping to have it funded by donations. At the moment you just send an email to the … Continue reading