tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18242960.post3838868909236418713..comments2023-07-14T11:35:18.290+00:00Comments on red star commando: Comrade Rees is Purged- A nation mournsdarren redstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00924263166022171368noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18242960.post-8790474831010649262008-12-23T23:31:00.000+00:002008-12-23T23:31:00.000+00:00Point taken, but I'm afraid I've seen many types l...Point taken, but I'm afraid I've seen many types like that on the warehouse floor.<BR/><BR/>And I think the left's issue is less a middle class mentality and more its substitutionist mentality.Imposs1904https://www.blogger.com/profile/04043116442576404667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18242960.post-75662801529465547582008-12-23T17:19:00.000+00:002008-12-23T17:19:00.000+00:00it is NOT the idea of posh that's the issue, it i...it is NOT the idea of posh that's the issue, it is the MENTALITY<BR/><BR/>that pushy, get a head, fuck everyone else Middle Class attitude that's the issue, he could talk like Geoff Boycott if he liked, it is his internal thinking ....not merely an accent.ModernityBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354254639321208955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18242960.post-4520737016082621622008-12-23T13:51:00.000+00:002008-12-23T13:51:00.000+00:00Thing is, Rees never struck me as particularly pos...Thing is, Rees never struck me as particularly posh. <BR/><BR/>Admittedly, I've never seen him at close quarters but when I've seen him speak from the platform a couple of times he had that west country accent about him.<BR/><BR/>I thought the rule from yesteryear was 1) Posh SWPers adopt a mockney accent; 2)Posh Millies adopt a scouse accent.<BR/><BR/>Am I missing something with JR's Pam Ayres Imposs1904https://www.blogger.com/profile/04043116442576404667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18242960.post-82033779003227539162008-12-08T23:30:00.000+00:002008-12-08T23:30:00.000+00:00There is a comrade of mine who has been around 40 ...There is a comrade of mine who has been around 40 odd years, has led strikes at Rover and other plants in Birmingham. After all these years, when his own comrades in the SWP introduce him, it is still as a "worker-militant" (by middle class, weekend warriors) and not as a socialist. It is something to do with the comrade having dirt under his nails and not gone off to university i suspect.Chris Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10186119600823486737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18242960.post-58280183766449660722008-11-30T21:06:00.000+00:002008-11-30T21:06:00.000+00:00It's curious how this works. Even though I'm from ...It's curious how this works. Even though I'm from a lancashire mining family, I do have a degree, but I've never managed to hold down a job for long enough in the world of middle-class bullshit. Consequently,I've mostly had manual jobs.<BR/><BR/>Three years ago I applied to speak at the Dutch Marxist conference and the bastards looked at me like I said I wanted to shag a chihuahua. All Dutch Language Paramedichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277579207419288569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18242960.post-77787935044304426132008-11-29T14:09:00.000+00:002008-11-29T14:09:00.000+00:00Darrengood pointI don't think that's just limited ...Darren<BR/><BR/>good point<BR/><BR/>I don't think that's just limited to the SWP, it is a middle-class characteristic<BR/><BR/>When I worked in the Print you'd run across these very articulate upper-class, lead jacketed individuals occasionally, then they would spiel on for five or 10 minutes and first time out you'd think, "what a clever chappie he is" however when you have seen it three or fourModernityBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354254639321208955noreply@blogger.com