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MOD’s call to arms
This is popular computer and arcade game, Call of Duty This is the MOD’s latest recruitment advertisement, Start Thinking Soldier What do we think of the portrayal of war as an arcade game for the...
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Getting to grips with the news after G20
Most of my life I have taken for granted the wisdom of the opening lines of two classic books. The first is that: ’The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.’ The...
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The serious business of terrorising concerned citizens
Dunnagall commented on the previous post that he feared we are ‘sleepwalking into a police state’, confirmation of which is over on Organised Rage, where Mick has posted an article by Robert Stevens...
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Humbled, diminished and embarrassed. What did Vince Cable do? Wake up...
I would gladly wage war against Rupert Murdoch. He has been a nefarious influence on the political and cultural life of the UK for decades. Alas, nobody cares what I think or do, and so I could...
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Chavs and the meaning of the English working class
A few years ago I taught a course on British cinema and television where there was a protracted discussion about class and cultural representation. To be sure, there was a protracted discussion about...
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An orgy of condemnation – cockfight at the UK Corral
I’ve been shouting at the television a lot this week; more than usual. I’m prone to this sort of behaviour but when as a direct consequence of such anger you almost cause a four-car-pile-up on the...
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Normal service will be resumed shortly. In the meantime watch this kitten...
The climax to BBC2’s The Hour sees the idealistic young journalist, Freddie Lyons, make an impassioned plea for public debate and the right to question political leaders. These things he sees as...
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Welcome to Belfast: park your corporate cock here
The most important thing going on in Belfast last weekend wasn’t the MTV European Music Awards, it was the occupation of Writer’s Square by protestors angry about inequality and corporate greed....
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Reporting the G8: time to change the story
Like a glutton for punishment I’ve been going through the local Northern Irish newspapers looking at their reporting of the G8 and associated events. The coverage is overwhelmingly dedicated to the...
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