Well I have been invited to join the blog team at Socialist Unity, once edited I believe by one James Jepps...funny to be welcomed after observing the spat between different left bloggers which nows seems to have blown over.
So thought I would start with 'When the Left goes wrong'...don't worry I haven't changed into Nick Cohen...but as you know if the Dalai Lama needs criticism I am not afraid to challenge him, this time it is a look at Michael Albert, Tariq Ali and Chomsky who I think are wrong on an important issue...I am glad that Chavez, Caroline Lucas and Mumia Abu-Jamal have not joined them!
For me the politics is always about resisting enclosure, restoring the commons and defending the grassroots...the left and environmentalists often forget this.
Nice to have the invite....I am getting quite a range of publications that take my stuff from Guardian comment is free to Morning Star to Green Party of course!
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libertarian left?
A typo?
wit this early in the morning!
Hi Derek, hope all goes well with that and it helps you reach a wider audience.
One small bit of pedantry, but it is about my name so I forgive myself, it's understandable that sometimes people call me James - thinking that's what Jim must be short for - but in my case I've never been James and Jim is actually my name, not a shortening. Sorry, that's probably not a very useful point, but just wanted to provide that minor clarification.
Did you see that yesterday Boris Johnson, Tory candidate for the Mayor of London, called for a whole new airport for London instead of a new Heathrow runway!
See Evening Standard link below:
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23433303-details/Boris+calls+for+airport+in+east+instead+of+Heathrow+expansion/article.do
The other three candidates are strongly against airport expansion because of climate change.
Boris's position should be no surprise I suppose given he opposed to Kyoto Agreement!
Hi Jim...well now I know and Boris wants an airport is bonkers...getting time to blog on SU wil be a challenge, I am a man with 4 blogs scary!
Must stick Babylon on the rest of the Babylon blog...off to Leeds tomorrow, time time time to do all these things
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