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World Cup Boycott?

The 2026 World Cup My mate says he’s going to boycott the World Cup: He says he’s not going to watch any of the matches; I said you have to set your alarm clock then, Because sleeping through the night isn’t a boycott, That’s just sleeping – if you’re going to boycott, You have to get up in the middle of the night, Trudge downstairs and sit, sanctimonious, In front of the telly without turning it on. Now I admit I have some sympathy With his proposed abstemiousness: The reasons for a boycott are legion, So obvious, evident and embarrassing That they don’t need mentioning or listing – But let’s slip in good old Baudrillard: ‘Power is only too happy to give football a diabolical responsibility for stupefying the masses’ … But … If we vacate that space then who takes it over? If we...

Stroud General Strike Exhibition

Hello there, This is for anyone who has read the General Strike 100 May newsletter and is thinking of visiting the Radical Stroud exhibition. The exhibition (some of it anyway) is now on at the famous and enchanting pub, The Prince Albert. If you fancy a visit, I...

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SVA General Strike Exhibition Feedback

250 visitors to the exhibition. 50 at the performance.   ‘I have lived in Stroud all my life and never knew anything about this. Thank you. And great to see Howard beard’s name here. Well done.’   ‘Lest we forget! Our history. Our future.’   ‘Nicely...

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A Swindon General Strike Walking Guide

Introduction This guide for a walk through the General Strike in Swindon will be half-way between a conventional guide for a walk (turn left then right for the bus station sort of thing) and a guide for a psychogeographical ramble. ‘What do you mean by that?’ I hear...

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