Firebox run by Counterfire: Champagne socialism.

[Firky]

A decorator's table adorned with left wing literature and badly photocopied posters is the ultimate sign of the lefty.

 

[love detective]

It's the small details - the red stars on the belt, the Palestinian scarf - essential leftie accessories.

glass of champagne on table

 

[Dan U]

A decorator's table adorned with left wing literature and badly photocopied posters is the ultimate sign of the lefty.

to be fair, the mad muslamics that used to preach some pretty questionable stuff outside Marble Arch tube had a nice line in decorators tables and bad posters.

 

[barney_pig]

It's the small details - the red stars on the belt, the Palestinian scarf - essential leftie accessories. Still have a soft spot for Benn though.

the joy of this photo, is, having failed completely to protest where they wanted, this group of anti Israelis took their banners and occupied the trot cafe instead.
this morning I set out to strike a blow against the state that would rock it to it very foundations; and had a latte and a cinnamon whirl at Cafe Nero, tomorrow I will instigate a violent assault on privilege and unearned wealth, and have a bacon roll and cuppa tea at Pret.

 

[Firky]

to be fair, the mad muslamics that used to preach some pretty questionable stuff outside Marble Arch tube had a nice line in decorators tables and bad posters.

The ALF are quite partial to a decorating table too.

 

[Louis MacNeice]

Mild's fuckin great. And you can drink about twenty pints of it.

I don't know about 20 but a couple of these are pretty good.

Brewed just up the road in Horsham, and served just over the road in my local.

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

 

[Dan U]

The ALF are quite partial to a decorating table too.

as long as they are vegan.

 

[butchersapron]

It's horrible that this is how connections are made now. By going to places where wankers like you go to. Not forced on you organically through work or living in the same area, drinking in the same pub or the breadth of your action/group/campaign.

 

[barney_pig]

honestly, It is even worse than I thought possible.

 

[weepiper]

honestly, It is even worse than I thought possible.

*boak*

 

[Dan U]

honestly, It is even worse than I thought possible.

is that a steve coogan character on guitar

 

[articul8]

Is that guitarist someone taking the piss? John Rees behind the bar like some Parisienne cafe owner? Does Benn think this is what trade unions look like now

 

[butchersapron]

What does the name mean?

 

[articul8]

is that a steve coogan character on guitar

beaten to it...exaclty what i thought!

 

[articul8]

What does the name mean?

sounds like an incentive to arson

 

[DotCommunist]

suffering baby jesus

 

[butchersapron]

Is that guitarist someone taking the piss? John Rees behind the bar like some Parisienne cafe owner? Does Benn think this is what trade unions look like now

Is this what he thinks work are?

 

[DotCommunist]

sounds like an incentive to arson

or one too many iranian curries

 

[the button]

suffering baby jesus

.... on a bike.

 

[Idris2002]

sounds like an incentive to arson

They're just "arson about", you might say!

 

[butchersapron]

Firebox is a cafe and political events space in central London, following in the footsteps of the Chartists' meeting halls, Sylvia Pankhurst's International Club and the Partisan Coffee House.

Spot the difference between the first one and the latter two.

Benn's argument is that good argument's win. Firebox will produce good arguments. He's wrong on both.

 

[Firky]

honestly, It is even worse than I thought possible.

I Thought the idea was to present a positive image?

 

[articul8]

I think it's what Hilary and her chums would call "convivial". And I would call "shit".

 

[weepiper]

nearly three quid for a coffee seems a bit steep too.

 

[frogwoman]

the joy of this photo, is, having failed completely to protest where they wanted, this group of anti Israelis took their banners and occupied the trot cafe instead.
this morning I set out to strike a blow against the state that would rock it to it very foundations; and had a latte and a cinnamon whirl at Cafe Nero, tomorrow I will instigate a violent assault on privilege and unearned wealth, and have a bacon roll and cuppa tea at Pret.

dismantling the apartheid wall with the power of pork, one bacon roll at a time

 

[Firky]

You can see the Bengali Chai in this photo.

The Agitator

 

[butchersapron]

How much for a tea and two slices?

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Someone more cynical than me would pitch a "compare and contrast" article on Firebox vs Cuts Cafe to Vice Magazine.

 

[Plumdaff]

"Greek Frappe" - frothed with the tears of the Hellenic proletariat. Express your solidarity by ordering yours skinny.

 

[frogwoman]

bacon, the food that's been a cry of freedom throughout the centuries