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Billie Eilish and the Woke-Washing of Highland Park Gentrification

The celebration of pop star extraordinaire Billie Eilish as the defiant “socially conscious voice of Generation Z” is being used to manipulate the narrative of the anti-gentrification struggle in her home neighborhood of Highland Park, Los Angeles.

The unsurprising reason Jonathan Pie rants sound straight out of Spiked

Submitted by libcom on Feb 6 2018 00:32

If you've ever thought that Jonathan Pie's contrived rants sounded like they could've been written by someone from a left-liberal rag obsessed with getting speaking gigs for fascists, you were right.

Jeremy Irons: Actor Scab

Submitted by Jambon Bertolli on Nov 8 2017 12:47

Hollywood Thesp Jeremy Irons told striking workers to be "reasonable" so that he could read some poems.

So, is Russell Brand right then? - Anarchist Federation

The AF give their view on Russell Brand, the comedian-turned-activist who opposes voting and calls himself anarchist in his new book, Revolution.

Robin Williams, mental illness, and the stigma epidemic

Submitted by working class s... on Aug 12 2014 22:33

The tragic death of Comedian Robin Williams, in an apparent suicide, has placed the issues of mental illness, suicide, and associated ignorance and stigma, firmly in the public sphere.

R.I.P. Jacques Mesrine - Alèssi Dell’Umbria

Submitted by Alias Recluse on Feb 14 2014 21:49

A 2010 essay on the life, death and continuing appeal of the legendary French bank robber, kidnapper and escape artist, known as “Public Enemy No. 1” and “the man of a thousand faces”, Jacques Mesrine, the author of The Death Instinct, assassinated by the French police in 1979, who, despite his notoriety, said, just before he was killed: “some people want to transform me into a hero, but there are no heroes in crime. There are only men who have been marginalized and do not accept the laws because they are made for the rich and the powerful.”