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About lipstick socialist

I am an activist and writer. My interests include women, class, culture and history. From an Irish in Britain background I am a republican and socialist. All my life I have been involved in community and trade union politics and I believe it is only through grass roots politics that we will get a better society. This is reflected in my writing, in my book Northern ReSisters Conversations with Radical Women and my involvement in the Mary Quaile Club. .If you want to contact me please use my gmail which is lipsticksocialist636

Mary Quaile; Manchester Irish Trade Unionist

Posted on August 16, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Mary’s life and political activity shows us why unions are important for women and is an example of the role that Irish people have played in the British trade union movement in this country. She was born in Dublin; her … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on August 12, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch…The Master and Margarita(2006) Based on the book by Mikhail Bulgakov(1891-1940).Most of his work, including this book, was censured during his lifetime but it is now considered to be a masterpiece. This film adaptation is a literal depiction of the … Continue reading →

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Book review; After the Party;reflections on life since the CPGB

Posted on August 9, 2012 by lipstick socialist

After the Party, Reflections on life since the CPGB Edited by Andy Croft (Lawrence & Wishart) 2012  ISBN 978-1-907103-47-6 It is twenty years since the demise of the Communist Party, a party which the editor Andy Croft says, “was unlike … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on August 5, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch.… Salute..these days Olympic sportspeople are no different from celebrities and little is left of the ethos of the Olympic message. But in 1968 three men used the winning stand to express their opposition to racism and discrimination. The 1968 … Continue reading →

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Book review; All That I Am by Anna Funder

Posted on August 2, 2012 by lipstick socialist

For those of us who are active in anti-fascist struggles, whether in our community, in the workplace or on the street,  the spectre of the rise of the Nazis in Germany in the late 1920s is always there. It is … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on July 29, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch…A World Apart (1988) Written by Shawn Slovo, the daughter of S.African Communist activists Ruth First and Jo Slovo. Molly, a 13 year old living in Safrica in 1963 is the daughter of political activists who oppose the apatheid government. … Continue reading →

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Book review; Behind the Lines by Michael Crowley

Posted on July 26, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Behind the Lines; Creative Writing with Offenders and People at Risk – Michael Crowley Waterside Press ISBN 978-1-904380-78-8 There is a treasure in the heart of every person if only you can find it (Winston Churchill) Micheal Crowley has been … Continue reading →

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Stop, Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house..

Posted on July 22, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch…Nostalgia for the Light a new film by Chilean director Patricio Guzman. He contrasts the beauty of his home countrys’ Atacama desert and its hidden history of concentration camps and Pinochets’ regime. The desert has some of the most wonderful … Continue reading →

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Book review; Socialism with a Northern Accent……

Posted on July 19, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Socialism with a Northern Accent; Radical traditions for modern times by Paul Salveson Lawrence & Wishart ISBN 978-1-907103-39-1   In 1998 at the Brit awards the anarcho punk band Chumbawamba attempted to throw a bucket of water over John Prescott … Continue reading →

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Stop, Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house..

Posted on July 15, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch..new drama at 24/7 Theatre Festival in Manchester. 10 new plays by new writers. Topics vary from The Cell a collaboration with writer-in-residence, Mike Crowley at Lancaster Farms YOI and young offenders and prison warders to Eric Northey’s drama about … Continue reading →

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