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The Company appears to have had quite a few people there that day. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eA good film, \u003cI\u003eThe Parallax View\u003c/I\u003e, starring Warren Beatty, was made in 1974. Probably influenced by the attitude around Watergate, it shows a US Senator being murdered and a fall guy being chased to his death (literally falling). Beatty plays a reporter who investigates but there are a few turns and twists along the way. There is a good Wikipedia article about the film but it gives away the plot, so see the film first."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/7813468956169734674/comments/default/2567753179666133149"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/7813468956169734674/comments/default/2567753179666133149"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2007/06/rostock-route.html?showComment\u003d1241379060000#c2567753179666133149","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rostock veteran"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2007/06/rostock-route.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-7813468956169734674","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/posts/default/7813468956169734674","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-758481673543782625"},"published":{"$t":"2009-04-19T20:34:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-04-19T20:34:00.000+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Not all that long ago, legislation was passed maki..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Not all that long ago, legislation was passed making it potentially a terrorist offence to photograph policemen. I am wondering whether the police actually thought this would be enough to stop people filming/photographing them \u003cI\u003ein flagrante delicto\u003c/I\u003e. They certainly have flogged the terrorist horse for all its worth, but perhaps they went a step too far this time."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/8386877199093929969/comments/default/758481673543782625"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/8386877199093929969/comments/default/758481673543782625"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2009/04/on-death-of-protestor-time-i-almost.html?showComment\u003d1240169640000#c758481673543782625","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rostock veteran"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2009/04/on-death-of-protestor-time-i-almost.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-8386877199093929969","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/posts/default/8386877199093929969","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-3564560408263701483"},"published":{"$t":"2009-04-17T20:44:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-04-17T20:44:00.000+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The story is now that Tomlinson died of internal b..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The story is now that Tomlinson died of internal bleeding. The word \"manslaughter\" is being uttered, but I won't hold my breath that the relevant plod or plods will do any time."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/8386877199093929969/comments/default/3564560408263701483"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/8386877199093929969/comments/default/3564560408263701483"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2009/04/on-death-of-protestor-time-i-almost.html?showComment\u003d1239997440000#c3564560408263701483","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rostock veteran"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2009/04/on-death-of-protestor-time-i-almost.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-8386877199093929969","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/posts/default/8386877199093929969","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-4076852525280746283"},"published":{"$t":"2009-04-15T20:28:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-04-15T20:28:00.000+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"No, apparently there 'may be' CCTV. They were 'wro..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"No, apparently there 'may be' CCTV. They were 'wrong' to claim otherwise. http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/crime/police-watchdog-admits-ian-tomlinson-cctv-error-$1287806.htm\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHope you're doing okay Southpaw. Bless Google Reader for finding you..."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/8386877199093929969/comments/default/4076852525280746283"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/8386877199093929969/comments/default/4076852525280746283"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2009/04/on-death-of-protestor-time-i-almost.html?showComment\u003d1239823680000#c4076852525280746283","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Adam Ford"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/17073644252487455592"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2009/04/on-death-of-protestor-time-i-almost.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-8386877199093929969","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/posts/default/8386877199093929969","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-5885991197213774158"},"published":{"$t":"2009-04-15T11:52:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-04-15T11:52:00.000+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Nice to see a new post. I was getting tired of sta..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Nice to see a new post. I was getting tired of staring at Lee Harvey, posing in that mysterious photo with the Italian rifle that \"never killed anyone on purpose\", according to disgruntled Italian troops in WW2. I suppose it was a novel approach to left-wing paper-selling. \u003cI\u003eMilitant\u003c/I\u003e in one hand, Mannlicher-Carcano in the other. Anyway, I digress. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIt is odd that no CCTV coverage from the official side is yet forthcoming about the Tomlinson incident. I expect the furnace in New Scotland Yard has been very busy."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/8386877199093929969/comments/default/5885991197213774158"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/8386877199093929969/comments/default/5885991197213774158"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2009/04/on-death-of-protestor-time-i-almost.html?showComment\u003d1239792720000#c5885991197213774158","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rostock veteran"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2009/04/on-death-of-protestor-time-i-almost.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-8386877199093929969","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/posts/default/8386877199093929969","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-7353716336456716308"},"published":{"$t":"2009-04-12T10:44:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-04-12T10:44:00.000+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Marxist..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Marxist_Group\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eGood illustration of rather different British left attitudes in the 1970s."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/4600387354676355284/comments/default/7353716336456716308"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/4600387354676355284/comments/default/7353716336456716308"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2007/02/ireland-wikipedia-public-relations-left.html?showComment\u003d1239529440000#c7353716336456716308","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rostock veteran"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2007/02/ireland-wikipedia-public-relations-left.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-4600387354676355284","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/posts/default/4600387354676355284","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-6147940218701396154"},"published":{"$t":"2009-04-10T13:57:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-04-10T13:57:00.000+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Charlie Chaplin was radical enough to become a sub..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Charlie Chaplin was radical enough to become a subject of red-baiting which eventually drove him from the USA, although he seems never to have joined any party. It is noticeable in his 1936 film \u003cI\u003eModern Times\u003c/I\u003e that the police killing an unemployed man at a demonstration is almost taken for granted (by which I don't mean Chaplin approves of it, but seems to regard it as something cops do)."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/7813468956169734674/comments/default/6147940218701396154"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/7813468956169734674/comments/default/6147940218701396154"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2007/06/rostock-route.html?showComment\u003d1239368220000#c6147940218701396154","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rostock veteran"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2007/06/rostock-route.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-7813468956169734674","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/posts/default/7813468956169734674","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-7057682643673815187"},"published":{"$t":"2009-04-09T18:49:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-04-09T18:49:00.000+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I think the dogmatic left has largely moved to the..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I think the dogmatic left has largely moved to the right - a process all the more damaging for being partly an unconscious one. The \"inner policeman\" thing again. This shows in a lot of the areas we have both touched on. \u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eI will be interested in any reflections you may post on this site or elsewhere, on the Tomlinson case in particular, or on what I call the taming of the left. I have followed your comments on other blogs, notably Dave's Part."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/7813468956169734674/comments/default/7057682643673815187"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/7813468956169734674/comments/default/7057682643673815187"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2007/06/rostock-route.html?showComment\u003d1239299340000#c7057682643673815187","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rostock veteran"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2007/06/rostock-route.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-7813468956169734674","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/posts/default/7813468956169734674","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-5789303242900574540"},"published":{"$t":"2009-04-09T07:24:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-04-09T07:24:00.000+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Indian hospitality industry has seen a major h..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The Indian hospitality industry has seen a major hike in the recent times owing to the astounding industrial growth of the country. The growth in the IT sector has also hugely led to the revolving fortunes of the metros and major cities of the country. Offshore business flowing in and the eagerness of the MNCs to come up in India has led to the obvious growth of the hospitality sector also. Most of the big names in the hospitality industry from India and abroad have their properties in the important commercial hubs of the country. However, surprisingly, the hospitality industry is not that vigorously promoted in one of the most important metros of the country, Kolkata. In the past decade Kolkata has also seen major industrial growth. But unfortunately, the West Bengal state Government hasn’t shown much inclination towards the development of the hospitality industry of the state in general and the \u003cA HREF\u003d\"http://www.fortunehotels.in/HotelResort/main.aspx?ID\u003dER0HGYxmI4Z8U8gcrxEdtA\u003d\u003d\u0026PType\u003d6FrpaFUg4tzWXwacpHoKmg\u003d\u003d\" REL\u003d\"nofollow\" TITLE\u003d\"ITC hotels in Kolkata\"\u003ehotels in Kolkata\u003c/A\u003e in particular. Inspite of the repeated appeals from the Hotel and Restaurant Association of Eastern India, the state government hasn’t come up with steps that would boost the growth of the hospitality industry. Most of the suggestions and appeals made by the Association have gone unheeded. On the contrary, the state government increased the luxury tax payable by the air conditioned \u003cA HREF\u003d\"http://www.fortunehotels.in/HotelResort/main.aspx?ID\u003dER0HGYxmI4Z8U8gcrxEdtA\u003d\u003d\u0026PType\u003d6FrpaFUg4tzWXwacpHoKmg\u003d\u003d\" REL\u003d\"nofollow\"\u003ebudget hotels in Kolkata\u003c/A\u003e and the ones in the rest of the state by a whopping 650%. Change in excise duties, reduction in the bar license renewal fee etc have also not been worked upon. In one word, the government seems to be underestimating the need to strengthen and boost the hospitality industry in the wake of unprecedented industrial growth. With proper etching out of the taxes and fees payable by the hotels of the state, the state government can make the \u003cA HREF\u003d\"http://www.fortunehotels.in/HotelResort/main.aspx?ID\u003dER0HGYxmI4Z8U8gcrxEdtA\u003d\u003d\u0026PType\u003d6FrpaFUg4tzWXwacpHoKmg\u003d\u003d\" REL\u003d\"nofollow\"\u003ebusiness hotels in Kolkata\u003c/A\u003e and other renowned hotels of the state bring in huge profits for the state."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/6473552401021115387/comments/default/5789303242900574540"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/6473552401021115387/comments/default/5789303242900574540"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2007/05/soon.html?showComment\u003d1239258240000#c5789303242900574540","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Martin"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/06978770884125974303"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2007/05/soon.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-6473552401021115387","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/posts/default/6473552401021115387","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-538161482525822026"},"published":{"$t":"2009-04-07T15:29:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-04-07T15:29:00.000+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"@RostockThanks for all your remarks.I’m sorry I ha..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"@Rostock\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eThanks for all your remarks.\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eI’m sorry I haven’t responded previously to your useful comments. \u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eI’ve been neglecting this website but indeed had intended to post something on this very issue with some re-writing of what I placed on Lenin’s Tomb after the first news of the death of Ian Tomlinson - and some other stuff. I will be doing that soon.\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eI’ve been relying on http://leninology.blogspot.com/2009/04/not-so-accidental-death-of-bystander.html and the excellent stuff at http://london.indymedia.org.uk/ for new about this.\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eI think the incident is critical - the first possible killing of someone at a demonstration by the cop in 30 years .I’m surprised it’s not over all the Left blogs more prominently.\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eOn other stuff, you may be correct about Oswald. The site you gave a link for, www.michaelparenti.org, is interesting. I wonder if we will ever know. \u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eAnd yes, I could say Ireland, as ever, par for the course but then in the 70s, the British Left was somewhat better, especially compared to now, when one of their ‘own’ side, a British solider, is killed they run for the hills."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/7813468956169734674/comments/default/538161482525822026"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/7813468956169734674/comments/default/538161482525822026"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2007/06/rostock-route.html?showComment\u003d1239114540000#c538161482525822026","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Southpawpunch"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16983582539891307841"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"17429153367638969080"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2007/06/rostock-route.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-7813468956169734674","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/posts/default/7813468956169734674","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-6907274299400934660"},"published":{"$t":"2009-04-07T12:26:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-04-07T12:26:00.000+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"It seems Ian Tomlinson was not a demonstrator but ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"It seems Ian Tomlinson was not a demonstrator but a passer-by caught inside one the typically unsubtle police \"kettles\". Questions about the circumstances of his death persist."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/7813468956169734674/comments/default/6907274299400934660"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/7813468956169734674/comments/default/6907274299400934660"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2007/06/rostock-route.html?showComment\u003d1239103560000#c6907274299400934660","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rostock veteran"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2007/06/rostock-route.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-7813468956169734674","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/posts/default/7813468956169734674","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-1687373314414354510"},"published":{"$t":"2009-04-02T15:19:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-04-02T15:19:00.000+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"My posts in December seem particularly relevant ag..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"My posts in December seem particularly relevant again after the death of a demonstrator yesterday in the City of London."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/7813468956169734674/comments/default/1687373314414354510"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/7813468956169734674/comments/default/1687373314414354510"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2007/06/rostock-route.html?showComment\u003d1238681940000#c1687373314414354510","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rostock veteran"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2007/06/rostock-route.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-7813468956169734674","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/posts/default/7813468956169734674","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-6082624067704717626"},"published":{"$t":"2009-03-11T19:08:00.000Z"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-11T19:08:00.000Z"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"\"Ireland is far where the sun goeth on settle\" - A..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\"Ireland is far where the sun goeth on settle\" - Alfred, King of Wessex, allegedly.\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eThe dissidents have suddenly shot their way into the headlines and the British left response is, well, unsurprising."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/4600387354676355284/comments/default/6082624067704717626"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/4600387354676355284/comments/default/6082624067704717626"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2007/02/ireland-wikipedia-public-relations-left.html?showComment\u003d1236798480000#c6082624067704717626","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rostock veteran"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2007/02/ireland-wikipedia-public-relations-left.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-4600387354676355284","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/posts/default/4600387354676355284","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-9075308475829500593"},"published":{"$t":"2009-02-26T15:21:00.000Z"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-02-26T15:21:00.000Z"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"http://www.michaelparenti.org/JFKAssassination.htm..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"http://www.michaelparenti.org/JFKAssassination.html\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eMichael Parenti's article is a pretty good statement of what I find dubious about Oswald.\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eAnthony Summers suspected Oswald had special language training at Monterey. Interestingly, Parenti describes it as an established fact."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/3760283278071438302/comments/default/9075308475829500593"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/3760283278071438302/comments/default/9075308475829500593"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2008/12/unrecognised-hero-library-snooping.html?showComment\u003d1235661660000#c9075308475829500593","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rostock veteran"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2008/12/unrecognised-hero-library-snooping.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-3760283278071438302","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/posts/default/3760283278071438302","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-7320414729822034388"},"published":{"$t":"2009-02-02T11:42:00.000Z"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-02-02T11:42:00.000Z"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"A qualified librarian writes....web access was fir..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"A qualified librarian writes....\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cI\u003eweb access was first introduced in libraries, the system was that you would just put down any name on a list to book a time to access the Internet but this has changed so that now you need to be registered and use your library card to get on the web in a library\u003c/I\u003e\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eI don't think there's much that's sinister in this - it's just that internet access is limited and that as more people found oiut that you could access the internet free from a library rather than pay at an internet café, public libraries therefore tend to reserve their PCs for people who were actually members. I should say this is less than conveient if you're from out-of-town and can't \u003cI\u003efind\u003c/I\u003e anywhere else to access the internet (we don't all have laptops) but I understand it.\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cI\u003eDid it ever occur to the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals body to ask why they are doing this, and should they be doing this\u003c/I\u003e\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eYou could try asking them. But they ought to. I recall finding a lot of information on the American Library Association website about similar fishing expeditions udnertaken after the introduction of the Patriot Act and - if memory serves - that organisation took a position against the Act and the unreasonable obligations it placed on librarians. CILIP (of which I confess I was never a member, though I've been to seminars at their building) must know about this."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/3760283278071438302/comments/default/7320414729822034388"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/3760283278071438302/comments/default/7320414729822034388"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2008/12/unrecognised-hero-library-snooping.html?showComment\u003d1233574920000#c7320414729822034388","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"ejh"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2008/12/unrecognised-hero-library-snooping.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-3760283278071438302","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/posts/default/3760283278071438302","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-1414075790774963923"},"published":{"$t":"2009-01-31T16:06:00.000Z"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-01-31T16:06:00.000Z"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Yes, but would you be clutching diverse left liter..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Yes, but would you be clutching diverse left literature plus a gun while posing for photos? \u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eThere is a lot mysterious about the pics (genuine? Why were they taken? Who took the pictures?) There was also apparently a comment written in Russian on one of them - \"hunter of the fascists ha ha ha!\" It is not known who wrote that, apparently mocking Oswald. It seems it was not his Russian wife."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/3760283278071438302/comments/default/1414075790774963923"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/3760283278071438302/comments/default/1414075790774963923"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2008/12/unrecognised-hero-library-snooping.html?showComment\u003d1233417960000#c1414075790774963923","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rostock veteran"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2008/12/unrecognised-hero-library-snooping.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-3760283278071438302","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/posts/default/3760283278071438302","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-3231979405468238627"},"published":{"$t":"2009-01-21T00:17:00.000Z"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-01-21T00:17:00.000Z"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Of course it may be so but then he did reportedly ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Of course it may be so but then he did reportedly contact the Left when still at school and I'm not sure the SWP (US) and the CPUSA were diametrically opposed (although they may have seen themselves as enemies, I think many, especially those new to the Left are bemused by, or don't initially grasp, the difference between 'communists'). I have certainly had a copy of Labour Briefing, a Maoist magazine, Socialist Worker and The Spectator on my table at the same time. \u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eBut sure, who know for sure about Oswald."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/3760283278071438302/comments/default/3231979405468238627"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/3760283278071438302/comments/default/3231979405468238627"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2008/12/unrecognised-hero-library-snooping.html?showComment\u003d1232497020000#c3231979405468238627","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Southpawpunch"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16983582539891307841"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"17429153367638969080"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2008/12/unrecognised-hero-library-snooping.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-3760283278071438302","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/posts/default/3760283278071438302","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-3643814019542450451"},"published":{"$t":"2008-12-24T10:31:00.000Z"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-12-24T10:31:00.000Z"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I have to say I have always suspected Oswald had s..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I have to say I have always suspected Oswald had some kind of relationship with the US security services, perhaps defecting to the Soviet Union as a kind of low-level agent, and maintaining the relationship after he returned from the USSR. \u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eI find the photos of him displaying CP and Trot literature while posing with a rifle dodgy. Anthony Summers thinks it very odd that he would be clutching diametrically opposed left-wing literature, and concludes he was trying to set up the dogmatic left. It does resemble some of the COINTELPRO practices of the FBI in the 1960s and 1970s."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/3760283278071438302/comments/default/3643814019542450451"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/3760283278071438302/comments/default/3643814019542450451"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2008/12/unrecognised-hero-library-snooping.html?showComment\u003d1230114660000#c3643814019542450451","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rostock veteran"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2008/12/unrecognised-hero-library-snooping.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-3760283278071438302","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/posts/default/3760283278071438302","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-3322291433991579305"},"published":{"$t":"2008-12-23T19:41:00.000Z"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-12-23T19:41:00.000Z"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Yes. The \"inner policeman\" is working overtime in ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Yes. The \"inner policeman\" is working overtime in a lot of people purporting to be lefties in Europe. \u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eI don't know how many demonstrators were hurt, but quite a few people in the camp I was in (one of several) were walking wounded with cuts and bruises. There was something of a queue to see the camp doctor. A rather cosmopolitan casualty list - the guy in front of me was from Ireland.\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eSome of the press coverage looked like an incitement to the police to shoot someone, like in Genoa. And after all, Germany is the country where Benno Ohnesorg was shot dead at a protest against the Shah of Shahs in 1967."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/7813468956169734674/comments/default/3322291433991579305"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/7813468956169734674/comments/default/3322291433991579305"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2007/06/rostock-route.html?showComment\u003d1230061260000#c3322291433991579305","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rostock veteran"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2007/06/rostock-route.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-7813468956169734674","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/posts/default/7813468956169734674","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-993610982439688791"},"published":{"$t":"2008-12-20T08:37:00.000Z"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-12-20T08:37:00.000Z"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I could appreciate Victor Serge, except for his in..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I could appreciate Victor Serge, except for his incorrect and belated opposition to Trotsky on Kronstadt.  Nobody who is honest says it's black and white issue.\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eHooligan elements come with revolutions, but they are not the revolution.\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eGreece's anarchist/hooligan element are not class struggle but lifestyle anarchists.\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eRegards."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/3760283278071438302/comments/default/993610982439688791"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/3760283278071438302/comments/default/993610982439688791"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2008/12/unrecognised-hero-library-snooping.html?showComment\u003d1229762220000#c993610982439688791","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Renegade Eye"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2008/12/unrecognised-hero-library-snooping.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-3760283278071438302","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/posts/default/3760283278071438302","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-921759511589877152"},"published":{"$t":"2008-12-15T02:10:00.000Z"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-12-15T02:10:00.000Z"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Sorry to hear that.I'am afraid that the attitude o..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Sorry to hear that.I'am afraid that the attitude of that 'Left' surprises me not. I can imagine what he would do in Greece."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/7813468956169734674/comments/default/921759511589877152"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/7813468956169734674/comments/default/921759511589877152"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2007/06/rostock-route.html?showComment\u003d1229307000000#c921759511589877152","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Southpawpunch"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16983582539891307841"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"17429153367638969080"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2007/06/rostock-route.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-7813468956169734674","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/posts/default/7813468956169734674","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-191051483374093673"},"published":{"$t":"2008-12-06T20:03:00.000Z"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-12-06T20:03:00.000Z"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I was at Rostock last year and was one of those in..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I was at Rostock last year and was one of those injured by the police. I was waving a red flag and a police charge caught me - I was hit in the face, chest and groin - the last the most painful. I was knocked down but not arrested. \u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eSome of the \"lefties\" were upset that people were throwing things at the police. One, a German, asked me if I was injured by rioters throwing things or by the police. He lost interest when I said it was the police."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/7813468956169734674/comments/default/191051483374093673"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/7813468956169734674/comments/default/191051483374093673"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2007/06/rostock-route.html?showComment\u003d1228593780000#c191051483374093673","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rostock veteran"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2007/06/rostock-route.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-7813468956169734674","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/posts/default/7813468956169734674","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-7308436930836153804"},"published":{"$t":"2008-10-09T06:16:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-10-09T06:16:00.000+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"It's common to call the bailout socialist, in righ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"It's common to call the bailout socialist, in rightist circles.  This crisis gives us a chance to use the term state capitalist.  It isn't the most accurate term, but it'll do."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/5035704034432536425/comments/default/7308436930836153804"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/5035704034432536425/comments/default/7308436930836153804"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2008/10/let-banks-go-bust-honest-copper.html?showComment\u003d1223529360000#c7308436930836153804","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Renegade Eye"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2008/10/let-banks-go-bust-honest-copper.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-5035704034432536425","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/posts/default/5035704034432536425","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-1376747641248324905"},"published":{"$t":"2008-08-04T22:28:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-08-04T22:28:00.000+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Next post by next week, at latest.-Solomon Hughes,..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Next post by next week, at latest.\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003e-\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eSolomon Hughes, thanks for that. \u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eThat's an impressive list and most was news to me. I reckon, sadly,  only the cops and the far Left itself takes itself seriously as the Bomb Squad story shows. \u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eI note quite a few of the stories are about events long ago which is unsurprising the way stuff is  locked away for 30, 40 etc years but it would be good to see more recent stuff as well.\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eI look forward to buying the Morning Star for your column on Friday. I'd buy it more if it really was the 'paper of the left' and covered our Trot end and our politics as well."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/2075600692839698327/comments/default/1376747641248324905"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/2075600692839698327/comments/default/1376747641248324905"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2008/06/investigate-thatcher-tory-cut-good.html?showComment\u003d1217885280000#c1376747641248324905","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Southpawpunch"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16983582539891307841"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"17429153367638969080"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://southpawpunch.blogspot.com/2008/06/investigate-thatcher-tory-cut-good.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713045.post-2075600692839698327","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20713045/posts/default/2075600692839698327","type":"text/html"}}]}});