Posts from February 16th, 2010

CND Aldermaston protest 2010

Yesterday I got up at 4:30 to blockade the AWE ‘nuclear bomb factory’ in Aldermaston. It was cold, some people were arrested, and there was a tent operated by the Oxford branch of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament which gave out food to the protesters. Protesting makes people hungry, they passed out some excellent organic [...]

Children of the state.

I have been told, and I’m too lazy to actually look it up; that Trotsky advocated putting all children in the care of the state – citing that the family as an institution is broken and unfair. If anyone actually has this elusive quote or could back me up, please comment. My best guess is [...]

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#Oxtuttle

In true fashion my blogging has a little lag that means I blog about things sometimes a week after they occur. Better late than never though, #Oxtuttle is a real-life meetup for social media enthusiasts in Oxford. While I was there I met my next door neighbour, which was weird because I had forgotten they [...]