So much to do, so much to oppose

Been a while since I last posted, but to be honest it's because I've been so busy, and because the government is throwing so much crap at us it has been hard to know where to begin.

On the 11th of June I'm taking part in the Exeter Anarchist Summer Conference, leading a workshop on  the ideology of the ConDems and what neoliberalism has done to democracy. The "choice democracy" I'm calling it. It's, hopefully, going to be about the cultural hegemony of capitalism and the "common sense" ideology that has grown up around deficit reduction.

There were of course the two May Day festivals in Plymouth and Exeter, which were great. Lots of nice people with banners, what more can you want!

AV Referendum Press Release

Scare mongering and communist baiting by the supporters of AV will fool no one. Indeed, writes general secretary Robert Griffiths to newspaper editors, our position on electoral reform, first defined in 1944 is more consistent than the record of other political forces.

LETTER TO NATIONAL PRESS

May Day in Plymouth

With around 100 people on the march through Plymouth the turnout could have been better - but we all made plenty of noise to make up for it!

After the march there was a rally in the university's Roland Levinsky building, where we had a stall

As usual, you can see all the photos on our facebook page!

Glenn Beck CPUSA interview. What a moron.

The home of rational debate. I honestly don't know why Glenn Beck bothers having guests on his show. Sam Webb isn't the best Marxist in the world, but he actually stood up pretty well in this farce.