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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The decision to accept the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk split the Communist hierarchy in Russia and led to the outraged Allies supporting the monarchists in the Russian Civil War (1917-22). Nevertheless, Lenin remained adamant that the agreement, no matter its harshness, was necessary to preserve the achievements of the Bolshevik Revolution and to buy time for further worker-led revolutions to occur in Western Europe, a hope that was never realised.
Armando Iannucci: Comedy, Satire and Power
Comedy, Satire and Power Comedy is a serious business, and in the business there’s none more serious than Armando Iannucci. Writer, director, satirist, Iannucci is the acclaimed creator of The Thick of It, Director of Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa and the massive comedy brain behind the multi award-winning Veep. Having made a name for himself in comedy, he’s recently turned his gaze to political systems, collaborating with the New Statesman's Anoosh Chakelian on the podcast Westminster Reimagined.
London Mayoral Election 2024: Which Candidate Should You Vote For? - Evening Standard
Circle May 2 on your calendars. The London mayoral election is just one day away. Thirteen candidates are standing, with current Mayor Sadiq Khan on track for “a broadly comfortable victory” with 42 per cent of the vote according to the final poll, though that gap has narrowed, with Tory candidate Susan Hall now on 32 per cent.
There’s No Enlightenment, Just Psychosis: 'Search Party' » We Are Cult
❉ ‘Search Party’ is a comedy for those who think, and a tragedy for those who feel, writes Robin Bunce. Search Party is stunning. It’s piercingly good. I turned on for Alia Shawkat and stayed for everything. Search Party is Scooby Doo meets The Name of the Rose, it’s Black Mirror off acid, it’s got all the drama of Traitors (US) and all the narrative complexity of Twin Peaks.
Robin Bunce and Paul Field
As Britain braces itself for the Platinum Jubilee, a fanfare to hereditary power and privilege, where’s the opposition? With the exception of a three-day ‘Fuck the Jubilee’ festival in Bristol, there’s little of the agitprop street theatre or situationist provocation that accompanied previous royal celebrations. We are unlikely to see any plywood guillotines or 21 bum salutes outside Buckingham Palace.
Here to Stay, Here to Fight
A Race Today Anthology Edited by Paul Field, Robin Bunce, Leila Hassan and Margaret Peacock A unique anthology of Race Today (1973-88), featuring original contributions from C. L. R. James, Linton Kwesi Johnson and Darcus Howe Overview Author Biography Endorsements Contents Details From 1973 to 1988, Race Today, the journal of the revolutionary Race Today Collective was at the epicentre of the struggle for racial justice in Britain.
Television, Lockdown, and other Dystopias
In the midst of a pandemic, led by a government which is, by turns, illiberal, inept, mendacious and incomprehensibly crass, Britons can be forgiven for craving a little escapism. In such times it is only natural to turn to Nigella and the soothing balm of culinary montage. We may not be able to solve the climate crisis or make peace in the Middle East, but with the right kind of anchovies we can achieve a moment of domestic bliss. More surprising is the appetite for dystopia.
Diane Abbott
A Waterstones Best Politics Book of the Year 2020 On the night Margaret Thatcher secured a third consecutive general election victory in June 1987, history was made by a daughter of Jamaican immigrants as she became the first black woman to be elected to Parliament. Diane Abbott entered the House of Commons at a time when there were no black MPs in Parliament and when fewer than 5 per cent of MPs were women. Three decades on and she is one of the best-known figures in Westminster.
More equal than others? How complementarianism (mis)uses language to skew the gender debate
Being a child of the 70s, the 'intellectual dark web' has passed me by. YouTubers locked in debate, Ben Shapiro destroying 'liberal snowflakes', the Rubin Report – this kind of kerfuffle's not my thing. Put simply, I wouldn't know one end of Jordan Peterson from the other. But this weekend I took the plunge: I watched Natalie Collins in discussion with Phil Moore on gender theology on Justin Brierley's Unbelievable broadcast for Premier. That's what I call a New Year's treat.
Women, men and complementarity: The awkward questions raised at a hardware store
Yesterday I went to a B&Q hardware store. Full disclosure: it's not my natural habitat, but my need for a lightbulb was pressing. Faced with a frankly bewildering range, I asked for help. To my surprise lightbulb advice was available at the Paint Mixing Desk. I don't know what image pops into your head when I say 'Paint Mixing Desk', but it was hi-tech. Think Mission Control at NASA, and you won't be far off.
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