Sun 02 Jan

Of course, there’s no such thing as neutral in politics, and that’s the problem. This method of ‘organising’, taking a pure ‘educative’ role comes across as at best naive and apolitical, and at worst, cynical and shadowy.

UK Uncut, John Lewis and the pretence of neutrality

Sun 12 Dec

We argue all the time that rape should be taken more seriously by the cops, the courts and the politicians. Dropping that as soon as someone you like is accused of rape is a betrayal, and one that burns coming from such high-profile media lefties.

Assange: ‘drop the charges’ is wrong

UCL Occupation took over my life. Thinking about it. And missing it. More soon

Thu 11 Nov

Reading the White Paper on welfare reform. Massive dishonesty by page 13 – “1 in 4 not in work”, unexplained, sounds like a distorted tabloid headline. Not all on benefit. Wonder who’ll fail to realise…

Wed 10 Nov

The NUS leadership will condemn the sitdown in Parliament Square just as strongly as the occupation of 30 Millbank. They are not opposed to ‘violence’. They are opposed to radicalism, full stop.

Some thoughts on the NUS demo

Fri 05 Nov

Wed 03 Nov

Goldsmiths students have occupied a university building in protest at cuts and fee hikes. For updates and how to show your support see the Save Goldsmiths site.

A Vanity Fair – W.M. Thackeray

Sexual/Textual Politics – Toril Moi, 1985

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