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My interview with TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady

Posted on June 25, 2015 by lipstick socialist

Frances O’Grady is the first woman to be appointed to the job of General Secretary to the TUC. She faces a difficult task as trade union membership is in decline and trade union representatives are being victimised and sacked on … 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 June 21, 2015 by lipstick socialist

Watch London Road (Home/AMC) I don’t usually like films about serial killers and particularly ones that are based on the murders of real women but this is an interesting and complex film about the murders of sex workers in Ipswich … Continue reading →

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Building a Socialist Library (11): Notoriously Militant The Story of a Union Branch Sheila Cohen

Posted on June 18, 2015 by lipstick socialist

Published by Merlin Press Why would anyone join a trade union? Why would anyone want to be a trade union activist? It seems that every day we hear of trade union representatives being sacked for nothing more than representing their … 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 June 14, 2015 by lipstick socialist

Watch Some films about Hulme at Hulme Film Night. I lived there in the early 80s when it was a weird mix of students, ex-students and locals. The flats were deemed as “hard to let” and rent for a flat … 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 June 7, 2015 by lipstick socialist

Watch My favourite comedians Laurel and Hardy and support a local independent cinema. Stockport Plaza is a glorious art deco building. It was opened in 1932 as a super cinema and variety theatre with fabulous surroundings and a superior cafe … 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 May 17, 2015 by lipstick socialist

Watch… Girlhood(Home)…set in unfashionable Paris,about the children of French African families, it follows in the footsteps of films such La Haine and 35 Shots. And once again shows how French filmmakers are leading the world in expressing the alienation and … 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 May 10, 2015 by lipstick socialist

Watch Rosewater. a film based on the real life experiences of Maziar Bahari, an Iranian journalist, and his experiences of his imprisonment by the Iranian government in 2009. Maziar’s father and sister were communists and had been imprisoned by different … 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 May 3, 2015 by lipstick socialist

Watch Black Ice…a screening of a very important documentary by Manchester Film Coop and Manchester Greenpeace. Greenpeace decided to challenge the drilling of oil in the Arctic Ocean. The Russian government responded as you would expect of any country determined … 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 April 19, 2015 by lipstick socialist

Watch…A Town Called Panic(DVD) …its an animation film made about a town run by plastic animals including a horse called Horse, a cowboy called Cowboy and an Indian called Indian. It is Horse’s birthday and his friends decide to make … 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 April 12, 2015 by lipstick socialist

Watch ….Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries(DVD)…it is an Australian television series based on Kerry Greenwood’s Phryne Fisher Murder Mystery novels. Set after the First World War Miss Fisher is a thoroughly modern woman. We do not get to know much about … Continue reading →

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