Pete Cookson
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'People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints, such people have a corpse in their mouth.' - R.V.
“Atom bombs in the East and West” Swiss cartoon published in Nebelspalter magazine (October, 1949) showing Stalin and Truman as mothers with their atom bomb babies. The text at the bottom reads: “Strange: they look like twins!”
Solidarity rally outside UNISON conference in support of Ruth Cashman, Simon Hannah and comrades from Lambeth branch who were ejected from the floor for simply sharing the text of a motion on the EHRC in support of Trans rights.
Gordon Brown: Sir Keir Starmer is "a man of integrity" who "wants to do the right things".
"This is the final battle. We are neither serfs nor slaves." Sticker in Iran mocking the monarchist chant: "This is the final battle. Pahlavi is coming back." No to the mullahs! No to the return of the Shahs!
On this day on 10th October 1800, enslaved blacksmith and abolitionist Gabriel Prosser was executed in Virginia alongside his two brothers and 23 followers. They had planned a slave revolt in Richmond, but were betrayed and captured.
I'm at that stage in life when you need to use a Latin interlinear gloss to help translate an Old English text. Enter Ælfric of Eynsham. (Yes, I'm reading about Anglo-Saxon fishmongers on a Saturday evening.)