Marxist. Trade Unionist. Socialist-feminist. Author. Poet. Speaker. Tutor. RMT ex-Exec. Workers' Liberty. Autie. Bi. PUFC fan.
Articles, poems and other items about Canada, the USA, Central and South America.
From the pamphlet, Radical Chains: sexuality and class politics, 1999: “The rallying point of the gay liberation movement … the bar riot that ushered in the gay rights movement” … “Stonewall is the emblematic event in lesbian and gay history … Read more
Also published on the Workers’ Liberty website here. After Britain and its Allies had won the war, proclaiming themselves champions of freedom and democracy, the people of its imperial possessions stepped up their democratic demand for some of that … Read more
While workers were angry and willing to fight, too often their anger was aimed at fellow workers of a different colour rather than at the employers and authorities responsible for their exploitation and poverty. Sometimes this occurred in the absence … Read more
Boris Johnson nominates the President of the United States He says the Nobel Prize for Peace should go to Donald Trump But that joker has been played before No satire in it any more Irony died, doesn’t he see? when … Read more
The marvellous Modern Minstrels sing Janine’s lyrics to Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah, with a fabulous selection of appropriate images.
A place becomes a shithole when someone digs a hole and shits in it Someone like you, Donald Trump, and all the rulers and raiders and tin-pot dictators the speculators and devastators the extractors and the malefactors Shitholes, however unpleasant, … Read more
Keep politics out of sport Black lives may matter but all that matters here is the score Keep politics out of football because standing up for the national anthem is not political but kneeling for it is Keep politics off … Read more
After my breast cancer surgery, the factors which indicate whether I would benefit from chemotherapy were inconclusive. There was one further test available. The Oncotype DX test examines the activity of 21 genes in the tumour tissue of patients with … Read more
The true story of how Leonard Cohen learned his guitar style … Leonard walked in Murray Hill Park And heard a young man play Circled by listeners and courting them In some mysterious way With black hair and acoustic guitar … Read more
Once more with apologies to Leonard Cohen … It never was a secret plan The rise to power of Macho Man He never used a subtle schmooze to woo you Behold the hero of the hour The billionaire who fought the … Read more