Here is actually the bestest train I have ever driven
for notch- classy picture of the train
Okay, I give in (there were admittedly better threads to crack and post on than this but whatever).
Black (Wild) Cats and notch8's fav train are sound.
Tame, 'nice' Black Cats and slick trains with "a new world in their hearts" what-the-fuck? There is a reason that aesthetically Anarchist Black Cat is a mess. It represents 'anarchism' with no balls.
Mr Weeler (the Lundy of the Platform) is right - it is a tendency that should not be trusted.
One question, has an appropriate punishment be decided upon by the central committee for breaking the code and leaving the WSM?
ps bobby's attempts to plug ABC have reached new depths with this attempt to interest notch8
Project Libr8, on the other hand, is aesthetically sound. </blatant plug>
Reverend Tap wrote:
Project Libr8, on the other hand, is aesthetically sound. </blatant plug>
Except no, its not.
See Boul misses the railway. When hes at some high brow academic conference hes really thinking how he wishes he was back in the depot listening to the shunters talk about what ones off 'Loose Women' they would or would not, whilst eating a triple egg and bacon soda with their oil and diesel stained fingers.
I miss the railway so much I could almost 
Not really, but sometimes hanging about w' you and other railway workers it feels like I never left. Except of course the shop stewards don't seem to be much cop since I went 
It's also where I picked up my healthy eating habits. But more to the point in the railway workers control actually makes sense and isn't a difficult argument to make.
And I do actually miss loadsa the fuckers who work there and would make the prissie pricks on ABC shudder at the heck of the working class (that most of them seem only to have encountered in books - well except when they meet members of Organise!).
Boulcolonialboy wrote:
And I do actually miss loadsa the fuckers who work there and would make the prissie pricks on ABC shudder at the heck of the working class (that most of them seem only to have encountered in books - well except when they meet members of Organise!).
And some of them are protestant working class, how frightful!
Wouldn't be welcome on a North Belfast Civil Rights Association March either. Capping the rents private landlords can charge and demands for decent social housing are, it seems, demands that are only applicable to nationalists! One out of the six speakers mentioned the campaign on the Shankill against private developers but that just made him seem a bit off message.
Notch8 felt so unwelcome he left early. I stayed but was decidedly uncomfortable the whole time, and not only cos notch8 had earlier pointed out that I was dressed like a loyalist paramilitary 
. The Belfast WSM looked much more at home though, chatting with former comrades in some new republican splinter group
Honest to fuck, one IRP was shoving his IRSP placard in peoples faces and when they said nothing he called them Orange Bastards.
It actually made me feel pretty sad. The best was the "every social wrong is because of the occupation, we have to fight against partition and get the Brits out before we can get decent social housing"!? That was the 32 CSM. Even Bobby was rolling his eyes and going "what the fuck?"
The point seemed to be to prove to SF that the IRPS and 32 CSM can get people on the streets from North Belfast - I really fuckin despair.
Shit, was that all a bit serious for libcommunity?
Boulcolonialboy wrote:
Notch8 felt so unwelcome he left early.
I had to go swimming. If it had started at 1.30 like it was meant to instead of 2.30, I would have stayed for the whole sorry spectacle. Its not my fault Catholics are too feckless to stick to a timetable.
notch8 wrote:
Boulcolonialboy wrote:
Notch8 felt so unwelcome he left early.I had to go swimming. If it had started at 1.30 like it was meant to instead of 2.30, I would have stayed for the whole sorry spectacle. Its not my fault Catholics are too feckless to stick to a timetable.
Mussolini?
Boulcolonialboy wrote:
Wouldn't be welcome on a North Belfast Civil Rights Association March either. Capping the rents private landlords can charge and demands for decent social housing are, it seems, demands that are only applicable to nationalists! One out of the six speakers mentioned the campaign on the Shankill against private developers but that just made him seem a bit off message.
Notch8 felt so unwelcome he left early. I stayed but was decidedly uncomfortable the whole time, and not only cos notch8 had earlier pointed out that I was dressed like a loyalist paramilitary
Honest to fuck, one IRP was shoving his IRSP placard in peoples faces and when they said nothing he called them Orange Bastards.
It actually made me feel pretty sad. The best was the "every social wrong is because of the occupation, we have to fight against partition and get the Brits out before we can get decent social housing"!? That was the 32 CSM. Even Bobby was rolling his eyes and going "what the fuck?"
The point seemed to be to prove to SF that the IRPS and 32 CSM can get people on the streets from North Belfast - I really fuckin despair.
Shit, was that all a bit serious for libcommunity?
no, boul I was quite uncomfortable with the parade(although I did know people on it), looked more like a easter commeration march and it was me who pointed out the IRSP placard waver acting like a prick.
The only suprise was that the 32 CSM were allowed to speak given SF staunch hostility to them in the past.
Finally, I dont think this campaign as it stands has the potential to build class unity around common struggles, nevermind achieving significant housing reforms.
Bobby wrote:
Boulcolonialboy wrote:
Wouldn't be welcome on a North Belfast Civil Rights Association March either. Capping the rents private landlords can charge and demands for decent social housing are, it seems, demands that are only applicable to nationalists! One out of the six speakers mentioned the campaign on the Shankill against private developers but that just made him seem a bit off message.
Notch8 felt so unwelcome he left early. I stayed but was decidedly uncomfortable the whole time, and not only cos notch8 had earlier pointed out that I was dressed like a loyalist paramilitary
Honest to fuck, one IRP was shoving his IRSP placard in peoples faces and when they said nothing he called them Orange Bastards.
It actually made me feel pretty sad. The best was the "every social wrong is because of the occupation, we have to fight against partition and get the Brits out before we can get decent social housing"!? That was the 32 CSM. Even Bobby was rolling his eyes and going "what the fuck?"
The point seemed to be to prove to SF that the IRPS and 32 CSM can get people on the streets from North Belfast - I really fuckin despair.
Shit, was that all a bit serious for libcommunity?
no, boul I was quite uncomfortable with the parade(although I did know people on it), looked more like a easter commeration march and it was me who pointed out the IRSP placard waver acting like a prick.
The only suprise was that the 32 CSM were allowed to speak given SF staunch hostility to them in the past.
Finally, I dont think this campaign as it stands has the potential to build class unity around common struggles, nevermind achieving significant housing reforms.
Notice the smiley wink smiley? Or the joke about mesel' bein' dressed like a loyalist paramilitary? No, obviously. I only said felt "more comfortable" not comfortable ffs. Also I knew notch8 went to go swimming as well, not that he had been driven off or left because he couldn't hack the chuckiness of the whole thing... It all gets a bit tedious when you have to explain that I tried to include a certain amount of sarkiness 
I heard SF had tried to stop this march and when it was clear it would be going ahead sent along their councillor to address it - so I think that the IRSP and 32 CSM were always going to be speaking at it. Note I said you were rolling yer eyes and saying "what the fuck" when the 32 CSM were speaking?
I reckon campaigning around social housing has the potential to build class unity but unfortunately we're up against people who cannot see beyond the ends of their sectarian and communal noses who are intent on a sectarian carve up of campaigns.
And sure, no campaign will achieve significant housing reforms, not until we get rid of the Brits, weren't you paying attention?
Boulcolonialboy wrote:
Bobby wrote:
Boulcolonialboy wrote:
Wouldn't be welcome on a North Belfast Civil Rights Association March either. Capping the rents private landlords can charge and demands for decent social housing are, it seems, demands that are only applicable to nationalists! One out of the six speakers mentioned the campaign on the Shankill against private developers but that just made him seem a bit off message.
Notch8 felt so unwelcome he left early. I stayed but was decidedly uncomfortable the whole time, and not only cos notch8 had earlier pointed out that I was dressed like a loyalist paramilitary
Honest to fuck, one IRP was shoving his IRSP placard in peoples faces and when they said nothing he called them Orange Bastards.
It actually made me feel pretty sad. The best was the "every social wrong is because of the occupation, we have to fight against partition and get the Brits out before we can get decent social housing"!? That was the 32 CSM. Even Bobby was rolling his eyes and going "what the fuck?"
The point seemed to be to prove to SF that the IRPS and 32 CSM can get people on the streets from North Belfast - I really fuckin despair.
Shit, was that all a bit serious for libcommunity?
no, boul I was quite uncomfortable with the parade(although I did know people on it), looked more like a easter commeration march and it was me who pointed out the IRSP placard waver acting like a prick.
The only suprise was that the 32 CSM were allowed to speak given SF staunch hostility to them in the past.
Finally, I dont think this campaign as it stands has the potential to build class unity around common struggles, nevermind achieving significant housing reforms.Notice the smiley wink smiley? Or the joke about mesel' bein' dressed like a loyalist paramilitary? No, obviously. I only said felt "more comfortable" not comfortable ffs. Also I knew notch8 went to go swimming as well, not that he had been driven off or left because he couldn't hack the chuckiness of the whole thing... It all gets a bit tedious when you have to explain that I tried to include a certain amount of sarkiness
I heard SF had tried to stop this march and when it was clear it would be going ahead sent along their councillor to address it - so I think that the IRSP and 32 CSM were always going to be speaking at it. Note I said you were rolling yer eyes and saying "what the fuck" when the 32 CSM were speaking?
I reckon campaigning around social housing has the potential to build class unity but unfortunately we're up against people who cannot see beyond the ends of their sectarian and communal noses who are intent on a sectarian carve up of campaigns.
And sure, no campaign will achieve significant housing reforms, not until we get rid of the Brits, weren't you paying attention?
1. plant omagh bomb
2. brits leave
3. ??????
4. social housing!
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