Today has been another day of listless boredom; the dull grey skies over Bolton, the smell and sound of a deacying northern town, the crushing compliance of consumerism. Unemployment is this day's mission, and a neferious task it is to ask the dread question: 'is there any work here?' and hear the inevitable reply of 'NO sorry luv,' Inevitably the answer always is no, this year, last year, despite christmas, despite the colourfull shop windows, despite the throngs of Boltonians doing their Yu...

I read in a blog the some one doesn't like paying tax for welfare. Well thats fair enough; people should work and contribute to soceity. No arguments there. But supporting a system that creates, maintains, and encourages inequalities means that there will always be unemployment. Ever since the Neo-Liberals took over on the sly, full employment has never been a socio-economic goal. Nationalised industries, however innefficient, provided secure jobs. I'd rather that the unemployed were part a nati...

Schemes to improve soceity, not the economy (but they do as a sideline except 3) 1. Nice and Easy, Legalize and Strictly Regulate Cannabis. Cannabis is worth at present £23 billion. Nice little sum there. Well given taxation and investment I'm sure we can hit £30 billlion. With all this cash I'd invest some in expanding the space program. Beagle 3,4,5,6 might as well. But most would go to the Education system. University grants are gonna come back with a vengance, backed up by a graduate T...

To most Americans, the USA is the land of the free and the brave, head of the Free world and all round ace place. To most Americans socialism is a dirty almost blasphemous word, a hideous vision of uniform greys, browns and 10 mile queues for bread and turnips(and thats for the lucky ones). Well I've had enough of being marginalised by a bunch of fachist inbreed red-neck fucks. Far to much. The list of injustices visited upon the world by the USA grows longer each day, the lies of the Washingt...