“Racist!” “One-eyed freak!” “Fascist!” Yes, I regret to inform you that I felt the need to write something about our good friend Nick. This has been prompted by his recent visit to my hometown of Cockermouth, Cumbria, which was hit by severe flooding at the end of November. My initial reaction on hearing about his [...]

Filed under: fascism, jadegoody on February 5th, 2010 | No Comments »

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As we walked down a street in the quiet Portici neighbourhood of Naples, a campaign van made its slow journey past the ruins of Herculaneum, megaphone blaring (admittedly unknown) political slogans. Though oblivious to its meaning, it certainly made us think of the vastly different political culture that exists in [...]

Filed under: clarepoliticsonholiday, fascism, graffiti, italy on September 8th, 2008 | No Comments »