Paul Norton
Quick link – 60th anniversary of the Slansky Trial: Stalinism, anti-semitism and “anti-Zionism”.
Here is a very interesting article about the emergence of anti-semitism (parading as anti-Zionism) as a key element of Soviet and Eastern European Stalinism after WWII.
The Big Dumb Number approach to fire hazard reduction redux.
I have previously posted about the potential pitfalls of framing the fire hazard reduction task in Australian landscapes in terms of simple numerical targets, which I characterised as a Big Dumb Number approach. Nonetheless, the Victorian Bushfire Royal Commission decided [...]
Norton’s Five (Descriptive) Laws of Social Movement Gatherings
Many LP contributors and readers will have come across the principles of Open Space Technology (OST) at social movement gatherings. These principles are: 1. Whoever turns up are the right people. 2. It starts when it’s meant to. 3. You [...]
2011 Melbourne Cup thread
It’s that time of year again. Post whatever you like about the Melbourne Cup – tips for Tuesday, anecdotes, trivia, deconstruction, equine sock puppets, fashion advice, hangover cures, etc.
Overproduced, Overwrought, from Over the Ditch
A few years back we had a very entertaining thread titled Cheezy Listening. Posts #17 and #48 of that thread referenced the bathetic “Tell Laura I Love Her”, and specifically the 1974 version by New Zealand band Creation. I have [...]
Twenty years since the death of communism
It was twenty years ago today that a clique of Soviet political and military officials attempted a coup against Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev with the aim of “saving” the USSR. Their actions had exactly the opposite result – the coup [...]
The coming triumph of communism
Now that I’ve grabbed your attention and driven Graeme Bird apoplectic with the over-egged title, I’d like to share a video with you.
Weird is the new normal
A climate clipping about how recent extreme weather events may be signs that the climate of North America is moving to a “new normal”.
Cate Faehrmann on NSW Greens
NSW Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann has a column in today’s Sydney Morning Herald critical of the NSW Greens’ performance in, and preparation for, the NSW State election. Not everyone will agree with Cate’s assessment, but it has the benefit of [...]
What I really wrote to The Australian
I don’t like to be too critical of editors of letters pages in newspapers, as they receive many times more letters than they can publish, and it’s not always easy to edit a letter for length whilst remaining faithful to [...]
Quick link: Engage in the struggle against anti-Jewish racism
Engage is a website originally formed by left-wing activists in Britain’s University and College Union opposed to proposals for an academic boycott of Israel. Engage’s current focus is as follows: Engage is a single issue campaign. It focuses on one [...]
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