Harry's Place

Some of you will remember, perhaps even with fondness, the minor aristocrat and Old Salopian journalist: The Hon. Paul Foot. The Hon. Paul Foot was a very active member of the extreme and vicious sect, the Socialist Workers Party.
The British Left has little time for neo Nazis: even posh ones. However, it retains considerable affection [...]

This is a cross-post by Shiraz Maher from Standpoint Magazine
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Pity the Islamists; the rug has been pulled out from under their feet.
There is a lot of debate at the moment about what the fallout from the Middle East’s uprisings will mean for the region. Is this the start of an Islamist uprising [...]

This is a cross post by Danny Aylon
During the last few months, we have witnessed some bizarre conspiracy stories in the Arab world. Towards the end of last year some in Egypt called the shark attacks on tourists in the Sinai Peninsula a Mossad plan. This was closely followed last month by the “arrest” of [...]

UCU members tend not to vote in NEC  leadership elections – and this is one factor behind the dominance of UCU Left.  So this is a reminder to our readers who work in HE and FE that ballot papers have to be in by noon on 4 March.  Engage has just published a useful link [...]

On the streets of London, some Libyans demanding freedom for their country are quick to spot a local problem. This is what happened to deluded idiots from the extremist party Hizb ut-Tahrir when they tried to join a demonstration:
At around 4.30pm a group of Hizb ut-Tahir supporters had arrived waving black flags and began [...]

Speaking by phone to Libyan state TV, Moammar Gaddafi blamed Osama bin Laden for causing the uprising in Libya through the use of hallucinogenic pills (I’ll bet bin Laden wishes he had that much influence these days).
[Gaddafi] also argued that he was a purely “symbolic” leader with no real political power, comparing his role [...]

There’s to be a protest this Saturday as Boris Johnson and David Cameron attend the London Region Tory Party Conference at Hammersmith Town Hall.
Hammersmith is, of course, home to the Tories favourite ideological borough which has taken to the idea of cuts with abandon. This week it perversely pushed through budget cuts of 15% that’s [...]

Shiraz’s must read, on-the-ground account of the Egyptian revolution is a must-read:
Facebook may have spurred Egypt’s affluent youth into action, but the protesters occupying Tahrir Square represented all walks of life: the rural poor, the elderly, the upwardly-mobile middle classes, Christians and Muslims. The real strength of new media has been its ability to provide [...]

This is a guest post by HP’s Iran Correspondent
You might be interested to learn that Harry’s Place is being blocked here. I had no problems viewing it a year or so ago, so it’s a recent development. On the bright side, it must mean that someone considers you to be a threat. I can’t get the BBC website [...]