Harry's Place

So the BBC is to put its programme archives on to the net for free.
There can be no doubt that this is a well-timed and smart political move. It is a good response to those who questioned the way the corporation was handling the digital challenge and to those Murdochites with ulterior motives who are [...]

Ed Vulliamy, the Observer’s correspondent in the US for the past six years says farewell to the States in a long piece looking back at his experiences.
In a nutshell Vulliamy says that there were lots of things he loved about the US before living there, many things he enjoyed while he was resident, but like [...]

The Socialist Workers Party demonstrate their contempt for due process and their lack of interest in the concept of an Independent Inquiry.
Note: At the time of posting the Inquiry has yet to even hear evidence from Tony Blair.

Ever wondered how you would react if you got to spend some time with say Anna Kournikova?
Ever wondered if you just wouldn’t be able to handle it and would end up making a fool of yourself?

Like Amazon.com Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos?
One that won’t be going in the memoirs.

There is something about Michael Moore that appeals to me.
The American right really despise him because his humour seems to work with people (I don’t actually find him that funny myself), his films have been very popular and he rips the piss out of the reactionary idiots who think restricting peoples chances of shooting up [...]

Palestinian police have taken a few preliminary actions- making some arrests, seizing some arms, sealing some tunnels from Egypt- in response to the pressure following the murderous attack in Jerusalem on Tuesday.
As Israelis say, we’ve seen this film before. So are Palestinian authorites serious this time about cracking down on terrorists? Or are they just [...]

Now here’s a story you won’t read in the bourgeois press:
Anyone who has paid the slightest attention to the ultra-left will know that all the 57 Varieties have their ‘internationals’ with sections across the globe. In keeping with the traditions of British imperialism all these ‘internationals’ are run by command from London, with any of [...]

‘Only in America’ nicked from Wisse Words.

There are some on the British left who make little attempt to disguise their support for the Ba’athist resistance in Iraqi.
Iraqi leftists take a somewhat different view - here is the Iraqi Communist Party’s statement on the recent attack on the UN in Baghdad.

The football hooligan who was elected as a councillor for the British National Party in Burnley has resigned his seat after being suspended from the party after a fight at the BNP’s ‘Red White and Blue Festival’ in Clitheroe.
Luke Smith, who before being elected had been banned from the Turf Moor football ground due to [...]