Vaux populated

Quick mention that the SPGB election blog, Vaux Populi, is up and running again what with the coming Euro Elections.

The SPGB will be contesting the London seat, and has listed its eight candidates in a recent post.

German language impossibilsm

Wiederaneignung

'Fraid babel fish doesn't really help . . . in case you were wondering.

A rapid share of old socialist articles

The 'Isn't It About Time We Had Socialism?' blog is no more.

Not sure what happened but it appears that Graham - the Gillingham supporting death metalist SPGBer living in Denmark - (who's not to be confused with Rob, the vegan death metalist SPGBer living in Norway) decided that the blog couldn't hang around any longer for the revolution bus* to fill up.

However, not being a comrade to rest on his blogging laurels, Graham has kick-started the Ragged Trousered Philanthropist blog to take its place.

A first glance it looks like death to death metal as this blog is geared more towards reprints of old articles and pamphlets from the SPGB *cough* canon. I'm pretty sure that the majority of the articles are appearing on the web for the first time, and that it's Graham who has done most of the transcribing. So, kudos to him for performing the public service:

Of course, you should check out the blog for yourself but these are the articles that caught my eye:

From the July 1970 Socialist Standard A write up of a debate between the SPGB and the International Socialists

From the April 1969 Socialist Standard Marx and Engels and the 'Collapse' of Capitalism

5 part article from the Socialist Standard in early 1979 How Capitalism Works

From the June 1928 Socialist Standard A vintage debate between the SPGB (Jack Fitzgerald) and the ILP (James Maxton)

The SPGB 1978 introductory pamphlet, Questions of the Day

From the January 1969 Socialist Standard Rosa Luxemburg and the Collapse of Capitalism

From the October 1923 Socialist Standard Jingo Communists

There's a lot more to check out on his blog, so feel free to click on the link.

A lonely footnote

*If you can find that Peter Rigg's cartoon online, you're a better googler than me.