Monthly Archives: June 2013

Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on June 30, 2013 by lipstick socialist

Watch Sicko (2009) American director Michael Moore’s expose of the American healthcare system. One of the richest countries in the world has one of the fewest numbers of its population with healthcare. In 2009 49.9 million citizens, 16.3% of the … Continue reading →

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Meanwhile : a new play by Colin Connor

Posted on June 27, 2013 by lipstick socialist

They have nothing in their whole imperial arsenal that can break the spirit of one Irishman who doesn’t want to be broken. Bobby Sands. In 1981 a small group of people used to gather together in Manchester City Centre with … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on June 23, 2013 by lipstick socialist

Watch.. Lust / El Shooq…showing as part of a very small Arab Film Festival at the Cornerhouse in Manchester. Made in 2011 and exploring the lives of people living in al-Labban a poor neighbourhood in Alexandria, Egypt. Central to the … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on June 16, 2013 by lipstick socialist

Watch… Miners Film Weekender at Moston Small Cinema on Sunday June 23. A fascinating mix of films including Young Hearts Run Free which is set in1974 during the miner’s strike in a village in Northumberland. After the film there is … Continue reading →

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Can’t Pay Won’t Move: The Bedroom Tax and Tameside

Posted on June 13, 2013 by lipstick socialist

The Government call it an “Under occupancy penalty”, but its now universally known as “the Bedroom Tax” to all those people whom it affects. And those people are some of the poorest and vulnerable members of society. The Bedroom Tax … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on June 9, 2013 by lipstick socialist

Watch…. Food, Inc….another engaging collaboration between Manchester Film Cooperative, Trauma at MMU and FoodCycle Manchester. This film, set in America, exposes the links between a small number of corporations and the food chain, sanctioned by the agencies that should be … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on June 2, 2013 by lipstick socialist

Watch…… Multi Media Ska / 2 – Tone Music Event ..Saturday 8 June, 3pm to 11pm, a day of films and music at the Miners Community Arts and Music Centre in Moston. They say, and we can well believe, “An … Continue reading →

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