RCP/Spiked/IoI

[William of Walworth]

Fox would probably call off the post Savile "witch hunt" on the Moral Maze. Disturbingly she sounds just like Owen Jones when she speaks on that programme.

Just how they sound? Take it you're not making a direct political comparison there

 

[marty21]

I came across this lot in the late 80s early 90s I think. I went to a film festival and gave them by contact details they plagued me with phone calls for about a year, it was always a different person ringing though, eventually after me telling various people I wasn't interested , the final caller said 'you don't seem to be interested in us' 'we won't call you again'

 

[marty21]

loving this thread by the way - missed it first time around -

 

[killer b]

I'm deeply suspicious of anything the ex-RCP might be involved in - I spotted Ann Furedi's name in this article a friend linked to this morning and immediately assumed there was more to it than is obvious. Anyone? http://www.theguardian.com/lifeands...ancy-mother-forced-pay-child-damages-drinking

 

[DairyQueen]

Took a look at the British Pregnancy Advisory Service...

bpas also provides specialist contact centre services to the NHS such as Central Booking Services which speeds up access to abortion treatment across a range of NHS and agency providers. In addition, bpas offers online STI testing, online treatment and advice for erectile dysfunction.

Its a private contractor for NHS. Anne Furedi runs it.

 

[DaveCinzano]

I'm deeply suspicious of anything the ex-RCP might be involved in

You posted up that Kenan Malik article on FB with nary a critical arch of the eyebrow

 

[belboid]

I'm deeply suspicious of anything the ex-RCP might be involved in - I spotted Ann Furedi's name in this article a friend linked to this morning and immediately assumed there was more to it than is obvious. Anyone? http://www.theguardian.com/lifeands...ancy-mother-forced-pay-child-damages-drinking

I think that piece is pretty much just as it reads. It's a pretty straight forward issue really, anyone sane would be with BPAS on that

 

[killer b]

You posted up that Kenan Malik article on FB with nary a critical arch of the eyebrow

I only noticed it was a speech at an IoI event some time after.

Is Malik RCP? he seems very sane...

 

[DaveCinzano]

I only noticed it was a speech at an IoI event some time after.

Is Malik RCP? he seems very sane...

He was RCP, yes

 

[killer b]

How does that work then? how come he isn't a raging arsehole?

 

[DaveCinzano]

How does that work then? how come he isn't a raging arsehole?

Stopped clocks, etc. And who are you calling a raging arsehole?!

 

[killer b]

are you RCP? I thought you had to be a sharp dresser??

 

[DaveCinzano]

are you RCP? I thought you had to be a sharp dresser??

Harsh but fair

 

[Spanky Longhorn]

I thought you just hung around them, I bet they are Cinzano drinkers though

 

[nino_savatte]

In one!

CLAIRE FOX: Sex abuse is just an excuse to attack the Church

Her mind is like an abandoned car park.

 

[Poi E]

Missed this thread. Very interesting reading.

 

[Spanky Longhorn]

what is the story of the Red Front or whatever it was called? Involving RCP and Red Action among others I seem to remember...

Joe Reilly love detective


Edited first question as got the wrong Hayes lol

 

[Theisticle]

Useful reads:

http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Revolutionary_Communist_Party
http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/LM_network

 

[butchersapron]

Patrick Hayes at Southampton Uni (or is it Southampton Solent Uni?), he's obviously ex-RCP and does stuff for Spiked, but also wrote the blurb on the back of Beating the Fascists, I assume he's still friendly with some of the BtF people?

Also what is the story of the Red Front or whatever it was called? Involving RCP and Red Action among others I seem to remember...

Joe Reilly love detective

You mean the electoral agreement thing?

 

[Spanky Longhorn]

This is an interesting article on the Modern Movement, who I remember having some time for at the time

http://necessaryagitation.wordpress...the-continuity-revolutionary-communist-party/

ETA: from the links that theisticle posted above

 

[Spanky Longhorn]

You mean the electoral agreement thing?

Yes, just wondering whether people who were around at the time were interested in talking about the back ground to it, I'd like to hear what the RA opinion on the RCP was at the time...

 

[Spanky Longhorn]

Also just found another thing on that Powerbase article

They're running a Free School in East London

http://eastlondonscienceschool.co.uk/

 

[nino_savatte]

Also just found another thing on that Powerbase article

They're running a Free School in East London

http://eastlondonscienceschool.co.uk/

Get them early, eh? Kinell.

 

[belboid]

Also just found another thing on that Powerbase article

They're running a Free School in East London

http://eastlondonscienceschool.co.uk/

RCP on science??!! Jesus

 

[Poi E]

Imagine the curriculum.

Chemistry. The benefits of neonicotinoids.
Biology. How modern bees hide themselves.
Physics. Day trip to swim in the Sellafield cooling ponds.

 

[Spanky Longhorn]

Presumably they won't be doing CRB checks or vetting and barring of staff?

 

[treelover]

Sense about Science and the Science Media Centre are attempting to dominate the 'debate' about M.E, its aetiology, shaping public responses to current research, etc.

 

[nino_savatte]

Presumably they won't be doing CRB checks or vetting and barring of staff?

They can't let things like proper oversight and regulation get in the way of their 'freedom'.

 

[nino_savatte]

Here's a classic from O'Neill

Why it’s now safe to say I love Marx
As a Marxist, I should be delighted by Karl’s coming back to life, right? Actually, the frenzied fad for all things Marxist makes me uncomfortable. Because what it really points to is the hollowing out of Marxism, the transformation of Marxism from a genuinely revolutionary, rattling ideology which enthused millions of angry, often armed people into something so safe that the chattering classes can muse over it as they consume their muesli and their morning paper. The reason Marxism can become mainstream, the reason it can be tweeted about and turned into a t-shirt for middle-class yoof to wear, is because the thing which once made it so terrifying to the rulers of society and to all “decent” people has now disappeared: that is, the organised proletariat and the prospect of their carrying out a revolution.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100169490/why-its-now-safe-to-say-i-love-marx/

Wtf is he talking about? The commodification of Marx or something else?

 

[DaveCinzano]

Presumably they won't be doing CRB checks

Just CPB checks