I’d forgotten the Observer has put their archive online (subscription). Here’s an article from their edition of October 2nd 1983 (page 5): I’ve tagged this post ‘derangement syndromes’ in honour of my old friend Darius Guppy.
Germaine Greer has suggested the British should give up their love affair with dogs because phosphorous in their faeces damages the ecosystem of her bluebell wood. It’s hard to know how seriously she means this; a lot of her pronouncements … Continue reading
From the Guardian’s live blog of the Libyan uprising, which also includes snippets from other plaves of revolt: 3.03pm: Jack Shenker sends this from Cairo, where, America-style, capitalism has grabbed hold of the revolution with both hands. A few weeks … Continue reading
The British ruing [sic] class is in a bigger crisis than Gadaffi, that is for sure. From the Workers Revolutionary Party, dated Feb 23rd 2011. Oh, and yes – inevitably, they support Gaddafi.
Craig Murray demonstrates, in a brief post, that the essence of conspiracy theory is not simply that occult explanations exist, but that no other explanations are possible: It is hard not to feel happy at the discomfiture of US hubris. Not only … Continue reading
The political fray is a stormy place, like the edge of a wild ocean where waves crash over every participant, buffeting them with challenges and hatreds and dispute. But there’s still, normally, a sense that the water is clean, that … Continue reading
Fabian Tassano wrote about this piece by philosophy lecturer Nina Power (and David Thompson linked to Fabian). Superficially, it’s quite funny: … we live in an age where we see a resurgence of the idea that some people are fundamentally … Continue reading
There have been a number of principled responses from the left to a particularly egregious Comment is Free post a few days ago which, among other things, included the idea that victims of massacres in Sudan “provoke” the slaughter as … Continue reading
Snoopy pointed to a piece of nuttery from Hamas: A video on official Hamas TV calls for Allah to kill Jews, Christians, Communists and their supporters. The video asks Allah to “count them and kill them to the last one, … Continue reading
First Norm, being un-depraved: Now, Priyamvada Gopal, on the other hand, bidding fair to become one of the Guardian and Comment is Free’smore active yes-butters hoping to distract attention from practices of which others are, with good reason, critical, has … Continue reading