Seeing many familiar faces and locations!'Brixton Tale' to play at Slamdance Film Festival.
A Brixton Tale | Feature Film | Official Site
A new feature film set in London starring Jaime Winstone, Ola Orebiyi, Lily Newmark, Craige Middleburg, Barney Harris and Michael Maloney. A Brixton Tale: Coming soon.www.abrixtontale.com
2021 Film Program – Slamdance
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Curious name check there.
I am writing on behalf of Independent London Mayoral candidate, Farah London. In recent days, Farah has been shocked to hear that families on free school meals have been receiving unacceptable food hampers and has decided to act. Tomorrow morning, Farah will be visiting St John’s Angell Town Primary School in Brixton to hand deliver donations of food that the school has asked for. This will go to 50 families in the local area who are struggling to feed their children.
Would you be interested in running a piece on this and receiving pictures from us tomorrow?
More information about Farah’s profile and platform is available on Vote Farah London | Bring London Back | Bring London Back | Have your say. I
Farah wants her photo taken
It won't be on Buzz! I'm utterly fed up with companies/politicians/celebs serving up microscopic, token acts of well-promoted 'kindness' in the hope of garnering positive PR for themselves.looking forward to seeing the finished article.....
I think I agree with your response.Where’s London been that it needs bringing back from?
BBC Radio 4 - The Spark, Paul Vallely and Philanthropy
Helen Lewis meets people offering radical solutions to the big problems of our times.www.bbc.co.uk
The Gospel of Wealth | Carnegie Corporation of New York
The Gospel of Wealth by Andrew Carnegiewww.carnegie.org
Listening to radio last night and Carnegie came up. Programme about philanthropy. Carnegie is key figure in modern philanthropy. His text the Gospel of Weath written in 1889 is key text. I read the text. Definitely worth a read.
He does not say it directly in the text but in the programme he was inflenced by Social Darwinism. A right wing use of Darwins ideas applying them to society. Views were commonly held at the time
These ideas helped support the the what was then new Capitalism. Competition was good and natural. The best will rise up to the top.
Carnegie had clear views on what philanthropy should be.
He thought most philanthropy in his time was wasted on the undeserving. He was of the a "hand up not a hand out " school of thinking.
Given the period he was writing in he puts up a defence of the 1% of his day against Communists / Anarchists.
For him the natural order of things was competition. Capitalism had brought great material benefits and also greater inequality. Those like him who had risen up had become very wealthy.
In his view there is nothing wrong with that. Problem was that the clear divisions between those who worked in the modern factories and those that owned them who became very wealthy.
This was how Communisn / Anarchism had gained ground. The class difference with as Carnegie says the surplus value made going to the top 1%.
Reading his piece and he agrees with Marx. Capitalism had transformed social relations and the surplus value created by workers was appropriated by the business owners like him.
He, however , saw this as a good thing. Natural competition meant that those of the race who were the most able became very wealthy.
As they were from the the superior parts of the race they should be the ones who decide how this surplus value created should be used to further civilisation and the race.
He was against inherited wealth. What he is suggesting is a kind of meritocracy. Those who are the fittest of the race will if competition and individualism is allowed become the top level of society.
He did think that the problem of class warfare between the new factory worker and wealthy Capitalist would be abated if his kind of philanthropy was followed.
He decided how the surplus value he extracted was to be spent.
Libraries were ideal. They were not a hand out that could be misused ( spent on drink and idleness) . Only those workers who already were of the better part of the race would be interested in them.
So his version of philanthropy was top down, opposed the growing Marxist/ Anarchist movements and was to shore up the grossly unequal Capitalist society he lived in.
It won't be on Buzz! I'm utterly fed up with companies/politicians/celebs serving up microscopic, token acts of well-promoted 'kindness' in the hope of garnering positive PR for themselves.
Very interesting. Bit of an Ayn Rand kind of vibe, unless I'm missing something. Strange to me because I hate Rand but always kind of respected Carnegie.
I managed to get this to play for 5minutes yesterday but today it's asking me to register. How do I get it to play?Seeing many familiar faces and locations!
Turns out someone their end made a boo-boo and the video should never had been made public.I managed to get this to play for 5minutes yesterday but today it's asking me to register. How do I get it to play?
Me too but it was on their own video channel which appeared top of the list on Google - and sometimes indie films do appear on line. I only took a quick look, but thought it might have been some sort of extended behind the scenes preview thig.I only watched 5 minutes too and was going to watch tonight. Any good?
Thought it was strange that it was so openly available.
Meet 18-year old local lad Ronaldo Scott who, according to his lawyers, has learning difficulties ...
(Source: as stated in image)
... yesterday at Inner London Crown Court, he was sentenced to 24 months' imprisonment suspended for two years, having pleaded guilty to violent disorder and carrying a prohibited weapon, after filming himself on 'social media' during an "unlicensed music event" on Angell Town estate on 25 June 2020. This was during the national Covid-19-related 'lockdown'. The judge also ordered that he complete a 35 day rehabilitation course and obey an electronically monitored curfew for two months. He was also sentenced to a three year criminal behaviour order. The order means he must not meet others charged in connection with the June party or enter the area of Lambeth and Southwark. It also bans him from carrying a mobile phone not registered in his or his mother's name. At the 'party' he was in possession of an extendable baton which was a stun gun.
" Our Brixton community is one of our closest knit and vibrant. Becky Sparks Wright, knows SW8 like the back of her hand. "
the beating heart of south London: lyvly's guide to brixton
Brixton is one of the most iconic neighbourhoods in the capital. Synonymous with culture, music and food, it’s no surprise that businesses, families and hipsters alike are all setting their sights on..blog.lyvly.uk
Surveys aren't allowed here. Please don't post up any more threads asking for information. Good luck!Brixton Environment
Hello, I am a year 13 Geography A-Level student and am eager to get the opinions of Brixton residents and businesses on the work of the Brixton BID and the Local council in trying to achieve environmental sustainability. Have there been improvements in methods to make Brixton more sustainable...www.urban75.net
Sorry I am new to this website and the only way I know how is to post this message is to use this reply function.
The link should be a way to get to my new forum and the message on that is below.
Hello,
I am a year 13 Geography A-Level student and am eager to get the opinions of Brixton residents and businesses on the work of the Brixton BID and the Local council in trying to achieve environmental sustainability.
Have there been improvements in methods to make Brixton more sustainable?
Are the council doing enough?
Is there evidence that the council is doing enough? Is so what evidence?
Any opinions you have on this would be great.
All answers will remain anonymous as I will be collecting this data for my fieldwork investigation (coursework)
Please only answer if you know about this topic or you live or work in Brixton
I saw this before Xmas and actually emailed them suggesting that a correction would make them look a bit more inforned. No reply, no correction" Our Brixton community is one of our closest knit and vibrant. Becky Sparks Wright, knows SW8 like the back of her hand. "
the beating heart of south London: lyvly's guide to brixton
Brixton is one of the most iconic neighbourhoods in the capital. Synonymous with culture, music and food, it’s no surprise that businesses, families and hipsters alike are all setting their sights on..blog.lyvly.uk