Co-operatives and Liberation, not necessarily in that order
Most of my life, I’ve taken Christmas for granted – I’ve lived in parts of the world dominated by Christians, and although they have been liberal societies where freedom of religion is valued, the reality is that I’ve lived in places where Christmas dominates culturally – Christmas trees everywhere, and christmas shopping has always been […]
Read More No space for Christmas in Upper NazarethThis is my third time on board the Canadian, but my first travelling in a private room – I’m sharing a two person with my brother. It’s a great room, not exactly spacious, but since removing the ladder it is perfectly possible for two people to move around and hang out with some degree of […]
Read More A Bedroom across the CountryThe first thing I can say about the train is that it is pretty empty. I mean, I’ve taken this train before and I’d never say that I’d seen it busy, but seriously, this is ridiculous. The staff tell me it’s just because early december is a slow time. But I think the sheer cost […]
Read More On Board an Empty TrainIn a few hours, Malcolm and I will board The Canadian for a 4 night, 3 day odyssey across hills, prairies and mountains. We’ve prepared ourselves with nerdy beers, Argentinian wine, and a huge bottle of whiskey. We have cameras, computers, and if all goes well, ways of connecting to the internet and publishing updates of […]
Read More Mal and Tris’ Great Train AdventureIt’s hard to imagine now what opposition to the Boycott of South Africa’s apartheid policies would have looked like. Did people actually support anti-black racism in the 1970s and 1980s? Did people support South Africa’s right to treat its blacks as it pleased, and declare that the liberation of blacks in North America […]
Read More The Differences between dissent against the South African and Israeli Apartheid boycott movements: from tactical disputes to characterizing offence as oppression
Only a Northern Song 