Alex Callinicos/SWP vs Laurie Penny/New Statesman Facebook handbags

[el-ahrairah]

a one woman effort to prevent premature ejaculation - her face = anti-aphrodisciac

classy. your name goes in the book, mate.

 

[Captain Hurrah]

"I'm in control!" at 2:33 on this video. I'm sure there's another one but this is good.

Fucking Hell.

 

[el-ahrairah]

Funny that when posters up thread said Laurie had the kind of face you'd never tire of punching that didn't raise a flicker...but then it wasn't me saying it. Different standards apply to media ppl apparently

i know i'm weeks late on this, but are you really something important at Red Pepper?

Also, did Red Pepper ever used to be good, or was it just because i was a teenager.

 

[articul8]

It is well worth looking out for, if you haven't seen it lately.

 

[rekil]

Where does one laugh at Alan Moore's rubbish occupy song. Will here do?

 

[phildwyer]

Where does one laugh at Alan Moore's rubbish occupy song. Will here do?

What's he going on about--"great English murder" did he nick it from Orwell or what?

 

[ViolentPanda]

He was lying.

This is true.

Far more likely to have been using a .280 or .308.

 

[rekil]

What's he going on about--"great English murder" did he nick it from Orwell or what?

Looks like it yes, austerity is murder you see. At least he didn't have a go at hip hop.

And the scabby grey anti-climb paint and withdrawn amenities
In case socialising promotes anti-social behaviour

And English murder. Its all over the place.
The bunches of flowers in pedestrian precincts
Your average psychopath, at least kills with a hammer or brick
and not with greed and incompetence

And after two or three years maybe they'll express remorse"

A decent tune could have helped but it just comes across as a bit Adrian Mole.

 

[phildwyer]

Don't give up the day job Alan.

 

[DotCommunist]

Where does one laugh at Alan Moore's rubbish occupy song. Will here do?

I could do it on his doorstep if I so wished.

 

[Spanky Longhorn]

Alan Moore has written some great comics over the years but what a sad old fucker he has become, poor bloke.

 

[butchersapron]

His northampton novel is fantastic - best non-wanky attempt at psychogeogrpahy i've read.

 

[DotCommunist]

good interview with him for Mythmakers and Lawbreakers: anarchist writers on fiction, if anyone was interested in his opinions on the V film of his comic.

I think it'll take more than one crap tune for me to write him off as a sad old fucker. Bragg has done worse

 

[Spanky Longhorn]

good interview with him for Mythmakers and Lawbreakers: anarchist writers on fiction, if anyone was interested in his opinions on the V film of his comic.

I think it'll take more than one crap tune for me to write him off as a sad old fucker. Bragg has done worse

Fair enough I always forgave RAW and he was no where near as good a writer as Moore.

 

[el-ahrairah]

Definition of BURNOUT

1
: the cessation of operation usually of a jet or rocket engine; also : the point at which burnout occurs
2
a : exhaustion of physical or emotional strength or motivation usually as a result of prolonged stress or frustration

b : a person suffering from burnout
3
: a person showing the effects of drug abuse




we all know about your burnout Laura.

 

[Orang Utan]

His northampton novel is fantastic - best non-wanky attempt at psychogeogrpahy i've read.

is that voice of the fire?

 

[butchersapron]

is that voice of the fire?

yep

 

[butchersapron]

Definition of BURNOUT

1
: the cessation of operation usually of a jet or rocket engine; also : the point at which burnout occurs
2
a : exhaustion of physical or emotional strength or motivation usually as a result of prolonged stress or frustration

b : a person suffering from burnout
3
: a person showing the effects of drug abuse




we all know about your burnout Laura.

Indeed, she is the Lucy Spraggan of radical anarchism.

 

[el-ahrairah]

i had to look that up. i wasn't expecting what i found

 

[chilango]

In her little lenin cap. God i despise these people.

I used to find this Penny stuff amusing but it's making me genuinely angry each time i click on this thread now. How the other half lives eh?

I was just thinking something similar the other day. It's beyond piss taking now. I don't see her "radical pose" lasting much longer, it seems to have run its course.

 

[frogwoman]

a similar trajectory to mad mel beckoning there ya think?

 

[cesare]

Is it only me that thinks she looks a bit like tax in her photos?

 

[chilango]

a similar trajectory to mad mel beckoning there ya think?

why? did she pretend to be a lefty in her rebellious youth or something? Can;t say I know anything thing about her...

 

[frogwoman]

why? did she pretend to be a lefty in her rebellious youth or something? Can;t say I know anything thing about her...

yes she did, even wrote a vaguely lefty book iirc

 

[chilango]

Ah. Ok.

I reckon Laura is already getting bored, and not a little fed up of "the sacrifices she is making".

 

[frogwoman]

probably getting pissed off with people taking the piss all the time as well

 

[Fruitloop]

Hopefully.

 

[weepiper]

probably getting pissed off with people taking the piss all the time as well

the poor poppet

 

[phildwyer]

Who was the LP of previous generations? Of the 60s? Of the 30s? Of the C19th....

Did they even exist in the past?

 

[articul8]

Tariq Ali, Danny Cohn-Bendit?