tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805540988587071256.post7945066789299190868..comments2024-03-24T02:21:53.258-07:00Comments on william morris unbound: Contexts for the Birmingham SymposiumTony Pinkneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10044449613701140938noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805540988587071256.post-88017253126222849092015-09-07T09:55:53.749-07:002015-09-07T09:55:53.749-07:00Peter Faulkner has just alerted me to the fact tha...Peter Faulkner has just alerted me to the fact that, as recorded in Martin Crick's 'History of the William Morris Society 1955-2005' (p.220), Jeremy Corbyn spoke to the Society on 'Morris and the Environment' in the programme of events for the year 2000.Tony Pinkneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10044449613701140938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805540988587071256.post-64241720941875956202015-09-07T02:56:52.685-07:002015-09-07T02:56:52.685-07:00Thanks for this, Anon. The EU and IMF are absolut...Thanks for this, Anon. The EU and IMF are absolutely crucial in this, certainly, on the "objective", systemic side of things, but I think the quality of the "subjective" side, the leadership of Greek resistance to austerity, is important too. Perhaps the Syriza project was flawed because self-contradictory from the start: to end austerity but stay in the Euro just wasn't coherent (given the current objective forces, at least). On the more local side of this blog post, I'm just back from Birmingham where, talking to people in the audience during the day and at the pub afterwards, I think the Corbyn campaign did give a real buzz to the Morris symposium (about which I shall doubtless post in due course).Tony Pinkneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10044449613701140938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805540988587071256.post-79263005951581181682015-09-03T14:30:26.445-07:002015-09-03T14:30:26.445-07:00i always thought it was very naive to focus on Syr...i always thought it was very naive to focus on Syriza - they are contained within structures, political , economic that they can't just escape without dire consequences. The Eu , IMF etc is the issue. If they refused a bailout the people would have even less which is OK for people on the outside to applaud as a theoretical victory.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805540988587071256.post-42202583903277657842015-09-01T03:24:39.400-07:002015-09-01T03:24:39.400-07:00For Alain Badiou's reading of the Syriza debac...For Alain Badiou's reading of the Syriza debacle, see http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/2216-eleven-melancholic-points-regarding-the-future-of-the-greek-situationTony Pinkneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10044449613701140938noreply@blogger.com