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About me:

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Have you ever read the Socialist Standard, the monthly journal of the Socialist Party of Great Britain?.. First published in September 1904, it has been published continuously since then. On the cutting edge of social commentary, it offers you an up-to-date critique of contemporary capitalism, the most persuasive arguments you are likely to encounter for a genuinely socialist society. Against the gross misrepresentations that the term "socialism" has suffered throughout the last one hundred years - from its false association with tyrannical regimes claiming to be "socialist" to its absurd appropriation by labour politicians who simply want to run capitalism better than the Tories - the Socialist Standard has, from the very start, presented a consistently clear concept of what socialism really means, and always has meant: a completely voluntaristic society in which we shall freely give according to our abilities and freely take according to our self-determined needs."

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Who I'd like to meet:

People with a burning desire to click on one or all of the following links:

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    • Details

    • Status: Single
    • Zodiac Sign: Virgo

    Interests

    • General

      Do want the long version or the short version?

      *Sigh* Everyone wants the short version.

      This is an unofficial page for the Socialist Standard that I set up a couple of years ago after moving to the United States from Britain.

      I'm a long term supporter/member of the organisation, the Socialist Party of Great Britain, that publishes the Socialist Standard and, with this page, I'm merely seeking to raise the profile of both the magazine and its politics.

      Nothing more, nothing less. I'm not trying to recruit you. I'm not trying to brainwash you . . . and I'm not even trying to sell you a timeshare in a revolution. Been there, done that. Got the washed out T shirt.

      If you find the politics of the magazine are agreeable to your taste, then please go to the following pages for more information:

    • World Socialist Party of the United States
    • Socialist Party of Great Britain
    • Socialist Party of Canada

      • As I mentioned above, this is an unofficial page for the magazine, so I will from time to time post articles, book reviews and other materials from other magazines and books that I find of interest.

      Sometimes they are from the same political tradition as the Socialist Standard, sometimes they are not. Like the articles posted from the Socialist Standard, I think they provide food for thought and hope people find them of interest even when they may not agree with every dot and comma of the piece posted.

      My own personal MySpace page is over here but it's been a while since I signed in. I think the last time I checked my personal page, Ben Affleck still had his own hair. I also have a blog called Inveresk Street Ingrate but that's only for people who like bad jokes, have a love/hate relationship with Glasgow Celtic and obsess over obscure and not so obscure post-punk music from October 1981.

      One last point of clarification: The music, tv shows and films listed on the page are to my taste, not the Socialist Standard's.

      The magazine does not currently have a position on the merits or otherwise of the Gang of Four or Freaks and Geeks. Don't worry, I'm working on it.

      Thanks again for checking out the page and the magazine. Hope it hits the spot.

      all the best,

      Darren

      PS - Aren't you glad that you asked for the short version?

  • Music

  • ABC
  • Altered Images
  • The Aquanettas
  • Arab Strap
  • Arctic Monkeys
  • The Associates
  • The Au Pairs
  • The Auteurs
  • Aztec Camera
  • Badly Drawn Boy
  • Ballboy
  • The Beatles
  • Bikini Kill
  • Black Box Recorder
  • Blancmange
  • Blondie
  • The Blue Nile
  • Bluebells
  • Blur
  • The Boo Radleys
  • Bow Wow Wow
  • David Bowie
  • Billy Bragg
  • Bratmobile
  • The Buzzcocks
  • The Byrds
  • Camera Obscura
  • The Cavedogs
  • The Chameleons
  • Billy Childish
  • Cinnamon
  • Cocteau Twins
  • Cold War Kids
  • Colourbox
  • Consolidated
  • Cosmic Rough Riders
  • The Coup
  • Crowded House
  • The Dears
  • The Delgados
  • Delta 5
  • The Dentists
  • The Detroit Cobras
  • Diesel Park West
  • Stephen Duffy
  • Duran Duran
  • Eagle*Seagull
  • Elvis Costello
  • Fad Gadget
  • The Fall
  • Gene
  • Girl In A Coma
  • Heaven 17
  • Human League
  • The Jam
  • Japan
  • King Creosote
  • Le Tigre
  • Kirsty MacColl
  • McCarthy
  • Magazine
  • Manic Street Preachers
  • Martin Newell
  • The Mekons
  • Microdisney
  • Mighty Wah!
  • Nervus Rex
  • New Age
  • Orange Juice
  • Paris (Swedish)
  • Prefab Sprout
  • The Proclaimers
  • Pugwash
  • Pulp
  • Roxy Music
  • The Ruts
  • Salon Boris
  • Scars
  • Simple Minds
  • The Smiths
  • Sons and Daughters
  • The Sound
  • Sound Team
  • The Stairs
  • The Sunnyboys
  • Super Furry Animals
  • Supergrass
  • Tears For Fears
  • Teenage Fanclub
  • The The
  • TV 21
  • The Undertones
  • The Wendys
  • Win
  • Wire
  • Robert Wyatt
  • X
  • XTC
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  • Movies

  • 39 Steps
  • 400 Blows
  • 1900
  • The Apartment
  • Au Revoir Les Enfants
  • Billy Liar
  • Bull Durham
  • City of God
  • Dazed & Confused
  • Godfather I
  • Godfather II
  • Gregory's Girl
  • Half Nelson
  • High Hopes
  • Land and Freedom
  • The Last Resort
  • Letters To Brezhnev
  • Life is Sweet
  • Lone Star
  • M
  • Matewan
  • Midnight Run
  • Miller's Crossing
  • North By Northwest
  • The Opposite of Sex
  • Some Like It Hot
  • A Taste of Honey
  • Three Colours White
  • Trust
  • Withnail and I

  • Television

  • Auf Wiedersehen
  • Clocking Off
  • Freaks & Geeks
  • Lucky Louie
  • Made In Britain
  • Meantime
  • The Office (UK)
  • The Office (US)
  • Shameless
  • Tutti Frutti
  • Ugly Betty

  • Heroes

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