Beauty, truth, and “the hideous music admired by savages”
Beauty is truth, truth, beauty – that is all Ye know on earth and all ye need to know John Keats, Ode on a Grecian urn With this, Keats articulated […]
Monthly Archives: June 2014
A country of inveterate, backwoods, thick-headed, egotistical philistines
The period of the Liberal government in New Zealand from 1890 to 1912, was one of unprecedented general prosperity – in comparison with the rest of the world – the […]
Was the D-day invasion part of the struggle against fascism in Europe? A discussion
The outpouring of hypocritical blather from imperialist politicians in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the D-day invasion of Normandy by US, Canadian and British troops in June 1944 was […]
Workers who stood for King and Country in 1914
While in 1914 the political appeal of “King and country” was comparatively weak among workers in Australasia, the social basis of national chauvinism was highly developed. The split in the […]
A worker at large 