Category Archives: young people

Community Cohesion at its best : Oldham Unity Destitution Project

Posted on February 14, 2013 by lipstick socialist

22 February is Destitution Awareness Day- what is the reality for people who are destitute and and do we have a responsibility towards helping them? This is an account of a day I spent at the Oldham Unity Destitution Project … Continue reading →

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Celebrating the Manchester International Brigaders!

Posted on January 31, 2013 by lipstick socialist

Squeezed between the cosy couches and afternoon teas in the Sculpture Hall of Manchester Town Hall is a plaque to those people who dedicated their lives to one of the most important struggles of the 20th Century, the fight against … Continue reading →

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Book review; This Changes Everything Occupy Wall Street and the 99% Movement

Posted on January 10, 2013 by lipstick socialist

This Changes Everything Occupy Wall Street and the 99% Movement Edited by Sarah van Gelder and the staff of YES! Magazine ISBN 978-1-60994-587-9 The Occupy movement in this country was dominated by events at St. Paul’s in London, but smaller … 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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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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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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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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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on November 4, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch Ginger and Rosa (2012) a film directed by Sally Potter. Ginger and Rosa are two young women growing up in London in the 60s. The script catches the intensity of relationships between young women; sharing clothes, emotions and that … Continue reading →

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Political Women(9) Linda Clair

Posted on November 1, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Communist, political activist…….. Linda comes from a Jewish, Communist background in Manchester: My father joined the Young Communists at 14, he wanted to fight in the Spanish Civil War but was too young. He was my biggest influence , he … Continue reading →

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