Category Archives: labour history

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

Posted on January 13, 2013 by lipstick socialist

Watch….Vampires in Havana, another interesting film being shown by the Manchester Film Cooperative. Juan Padron’s animated film is a spoof on gangster and vampire movies. Set in 1933, at a convention of vampire-gangsters who are meeting in Havana to get … Continue reading →

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Lipstick Socialist Awards 2012

Posted on January 1, 2013 by lipstick socialist

Welcome to 2013! Thanks to everyone who made nominations. Hope it is inspirational for all of us in 2013 and there is certainly lots to be learnt from the choices made. Here’s to the New Year!! Trade Unionist of the … Continue reading →

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Book review; Utopia

Posted on December 20, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Utopia Five Leaves Publications ISBN 978-1 907869-50-1 We are living in the age of austerity. As a socialist and a writer my aim in life has always been to act collectively in my union, my neighbourhood and with my friends … Continue reading →

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Community Unions; more questions than answers

Posted on December 13, 2012 by lipstick socialist

In the 1930s,  at a time of national and global economic meltdown (sounds familiar) the coalition  government cut the benefits of the poor. In those days trade unions were not interested in the unemployed so a militant group – the … Continue reading →

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Still Anarchy in the UK in 2012!

Posted on December 6, 2012 by lipstick socialist

My politics have been influenced by my background, including class, and the era that I grew up in. So trade unions, community and the women’s movement have dictated where I have put my political energies in past years. But in … 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 November 25, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch…..Amour (2012) Michael Haneke is one of my favourite directors. In this film he is directing his camera and focus to a very unfashionable subject in the celebyouth film market; getting old and getting ill. Anne and Georges are in … Continue reading →

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Book review: At the Coalface; My life as a Miner’s Wife by Catherine Paton Black

Posted on November 22, 2012 by lipstick socialist

At the Coal Face; My life as a Miner’s Wife by Catherine Paton Black ISBN 978 -0-7553-6325-4 Headline publishers. Many books have been written about the Miners’ Strike 1984-85, but few have been written by the wives of the miners. … Continue reading →

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Political Women (10) Alice Nutter

Posted on November 15, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Alice Nutter … Formerly in Chumbawamba, now a regular scriptwriter for TV and radio, Alice is from a working class family in Burnley, Lancashire: It’s a myth that all working class people are leftwing. My parents were weavers, but were … 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 November 11, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch….Community It’s a US series set in an adult education college with a collection of unconventional students and the script one long satire on sitcom tropes and popular culture from Star Wars to zombies. The leader of the gang is … Continue reading →

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Book review; A World between Us by Lydia Syson

Posted on November 8, 2012 by lipstick socialist

  A World Between Us by Lydia Syson Hot Key Books ISBN 978-1-4714-0009-4 Taking part in the march on the 75th anniversary of Cable Street in October 2011 made me feel very proud of the history of working people’s opposition … Continue reading →

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