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Weekly Bulletin of The Socialist Party of Great Britain (35)

Dear Friends,

Welcome to the 35th of our weekly bulletins to keep you informed of changes at Socialist Party of Great Britain @ MySpace.

We now have 1191 friends!

Recent blogs:

'Pro-life' hypocrites

How We Live and How We Could Live

Upton Sinclair and 'The Jungle'

This week's top quote:

"But first, I will say what I mean by being a Socialist, since I am told that the word no longer expresses definitely and with certainty what it did ten years ago. Well, what I mean by Socialism is a condition of society in which there should be neither rich nor poor, neither master nor master's man, neither idle nor overworked, neither brain-sick brain workers, nor heart-sick hand workers, in a word, in which all men would be living in equality of condition, and would manage their affairs unwastefully, and with the full consciousness that harm to one would mean harm to all - the realization at last of the meaning of the word COMMONWEALTH." William Morris, How I became a socialist, 1894.

Continuing luck with your MySpace adventures!

Robert and Piers

Socialist Party of Great Britain

Daniel Day Lewis is in the Paul Thomas Anderson film, 'There Will Be Blood' . . .

. . . which is loosely based on Upton Sinclair's novel 'Oil'.

Upton Sinclair is best known for his novel about the Chicago stockyards, 'The Jungle'. A recent article from the Socialist Standard on Upton Sinclair and the Jungle has been posted on the SPGB MySpace page:

Upton Sinclair and ’The Jungle’

For those of you have only just stumbled across the blog for the first time - after googling for nude pictures of Kika Markham, perhaps? - The Socialist Standard is the journal of the Socialist Party of Great Britain.

Gordon Warnecke, who was the star of the 1980s British film, 'My Beautiful Laundrette', was the son of Eddie Warnecke, a longstanding member of the Socialist Party of Great Britain.

'My Beautiful Laundrette' was also the breakout role for a very young Daniel Day Lewis. (One of his best roles, and before he decided to adopt the 'Chewing Up The Scenery' school of acting.)

You have just read the worst attempt at a 'six degree of Kevin Bacon' in the history of film trivia. No beef and very little bacon.

Daniel Day Lewis and Gordon Warnecke, on the set of 'My Beautiful Laundrette', laughing over the good old days when the Socialist Standard carried album reviews.