Monthly Archives: March 2016

Book review; Gone to Ground by Marie Jalowicz Simon

Posted on March 31, 2016 by lipstick socialist

Marie Jalowicz Simon was 11 years old when the Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933. By 1939 a whole system of laws were enacted in order to exclude Jewish people from everyday life; stopping them from  going  to … Continue reading →

Posted in book review, Communism, human rights, political women, Uncategorized, women, working class history, young people | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

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

Posted on March 27, 2016 by lipstick socialist

Watch The Pearl Button (Home)….another brilliant documentary by Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzman, once more looking at the brutal history of his country; this time in Chilean Patagonia. At one time the nomadic Kaweskar (or “Water People”) paddled up and down … Continue reading →

Posted in anti-cuts, biography, book review, Communism, feminism, films, labour history, Socialist Feminism, trade unions, Uncategorized, women, working class history | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

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

Posted on March 20, 2016 by lipstick socialist

 Watch High Rise  (Home and elsewhere) based on the J G Ballard novel of the same name which was written in the 70s. Tom Hiddleston plays Richard Laing, a new occupant in a soaring modernist tower block. Not sure if … Continue reading →

Posted in book review, Communism, drama, feminism, films, human rights, Uncategorized, working class history, young people | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

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

Posted on March 13, 2016 by lipstick socialist

    Watch Underground, (only one showing on April 6 at Home) – a classic British film about the lives of working class Londoners. Nell is a shop girl ( a prestigious job at that time), Bert is an Underground … Continue reading →

Posted in anti-cuts, drama, feminism, films, human rights, labour history, trade unions, Uncategorized, women, working class history | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Why we need to reclaim International Women’s Day from the middle class feminists!

Posted on March 8, 2016 by lipstick socialist

I have grown to hate International Women’s Day. As the lives of women (and the partners we live with) deteriorate under the Tory government with the collaboration of Labour councils, the meaning  of the annual Day, started by Socialist women … Continue reading →

Posted in anti-cuts, book review, Communism, education, feminism, human rights, International Women's Day, Palestine, political women, Socialist Feminism, trade unions, working class history | Tagged , | 3 Comments

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

Posted on March 6, 2016 by lipstick socialist

    Watch Hail Caesar(Home)…at last a funny film! Set in ‘50s Hollywood there are several plots going on but George Clooney as Baird Whitlock, the star of a Quo Vadis type movie, does steal the show at least for … Continue reading →

Posted in Bernadette McAliskey, Communism, drama, feminism, films, human rights, labour history, political women, Socialist Feminism, Uncategorized, women, working class history | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Book Review; Angry White People; Coming face-to-face with the British far right by Hsiao -Hung Pai

Posted on March 4, 2016 by lipstick socialist

I call this genre of book “slum lit”. Just as in the 19th century, when novelists chose to shock their readers by depicting slum life and the effects of capitalism on the poor,so  in the 21st century we have a … Continue reading →

Posted in anti-cuts, book review, human rights, labour history, Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment