Happy Loyalty Day!

 

 

 

 

Leaflet printed on 100th Anniversary of first Chicago May Day Demonstration, by Coventry Trades Council, May 1986.

Eskimo Poem (for Nigel Barton)

He was out of place and
he knew it.

Photo lifted from here.

Fancy-free

 

Arghiri Emmanuel, Unequal exchange; A study of the imperialism of trade.

So Rotherham

On the way to the bus station this afternoon I bumped into the town mayor, and my MP.

On the bus home I read The Impact of Inequality: How to Make Sick Societies Better, by Richard Wilkinson.

I wish I had thought of something more trenchant to say to Mr MacShane than ‘Uh… well… good luck beating them… not that you need it here.’

Kids Know

 

Etre et Avoir.

Education

 

Ruth Ewan, Moderately Wrathful. Part of Art Sheffield 2010; Life: A User’s Manual.

Du mußt dein Leben ändern

Rilke, tr. Stephen Mitchell.

(Not) my philosophy

Do not underestimate objects

What if we're lacking something?

Surviving Desire is an odd film. Lots of mannered acting; I was going to say it reminded me of Lynch + Kaurismäki, but having already made one witless comparison to the latter - NO!