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Miles Davies

humanist; and what one supposes to be catholic values; are closely assimilated to each other in “pickpocket”; and it is evenings i heard them called for the irreducible minimum of ensemble work: one perfunctory chorus stating the themeriff on numbers like “walking” and “ so what”; and no general exposition at all on standards like “bye bye black­ bird” ; then a succession of long solos by davis; stitt; kelly and chambers; invariably in that order; finally; towards the end of the bass solo; miles would move moodily back on stage; a saturnine; almost sinister figure in the shadows; shortly to be joined by stitt in the briefest of codas. It is part of davis’ genius that he has succeeded as no one else has done in heightening the timeless significance of his music without sacrificing its immediate expressiveness, its urgent communication in time; he has somehow bestowed a marvellous complexity and coherence on jazz-as-object without reducing the impact of jazz-as-action.

The Welfare State: An Historical Approach

Even more striking however - and it is a matter on which there has been virtually no hostile comment from labour theoreticians - is the growth of direct and indirect taxa-  22 the new reasoner tion upon working class incomes to the point where much of the expenditure upon social services is no more than a transfer of income by taxation within, the working class, or, to put the matter more simply, to a very considerable extent the working class pay for their own social security benefits by compulsory contributions and a high level of indirect taxation. oblicost to country av. hourly gatory employers social earnings 1954 social of days wages -j- security in uk — charges offwith social receipts swiss as % of pay as charges as % of 100 francs assessable % of -f days national wages wages off income uan.1956 1952-3 a+c+d 1948 uk = 100 (c) (d) (e) (f) (a) (b) 2.2 6.0 145 11.6 3.3 148 sweden 6.0 4.5 126 10.6 125 2.8 finland denmark 118 7.5 6.5 123 9.2 2.7 norway 3.7 6.0 115 9.2 2.6 115 3.9 6.0 114 8.8 114 switzerland 2.6 2.7 6.0 100 12.9 u.k. 2.3 100 belgium 17.7 11.6 100 14.1 1.9 85 29.8 7.2 104 13.9 1.9 83 france 11.7 9.8 85 18.6 w. germany 1.7 77 1.7 4.6 66 7.3 1.5 68 ireland netherland 1.4 61 19.0 7.2 70 9.4 austria 19.0 10.1 68 15.0 1.3 58 italy 1.2 53.5 14.2 83 11.5 55 sources: colums a to e. freer trade in europe (h.m.s.o.) 1957, quoted in free trade and security, p e p planning, 15 july, 1957.

Fashion/Orientalism/The Body

indeed, when the russian ballet came to london just before the first world war, the 'warlike group' of slade students who startled london with 'a witches' sabbath of fauvism', the 'terrors of soho', were enthusiasts for bakst and fokine, at least according to ezra pound, who writes in his poem 'les millwin' how: the turbulent and undisciplined host of art students the rigorous deputation from 'slade' was before them. Bataille drew on the american indian custom oipotlatch, the wilful expenditure of the surplus by a chief rather than f a s h i o n / o r i e n t a l i s m / t h e body 27  its use for exchange or productive investment, to construct a model of a 'general economy' which could be contrasted with the 'restricted economy' of contemporary capitalism.

The Struggle against Fascism and War in Britain

our history titles available no. no. no. no. no. no. no. no. no. no. no. no. no. 18 24 36/7 42 57 58 60 61 62 63 64 65 67 no. 68 sheffield shop stewards (bill moore) *the lancashire cotton famine (s broadbridge) 'prints of the labour movement *class and ideology in bath (ft s neale) nazis and monopoly capital (allan merson) kilsyth miners in the 1926 general strike (carter) time and motion strike (mick jenkins) middle-class opinion and the 1889 strike (g cronje) 1945-year of victory (george barnsby) the origins of capitalism (a christozvonov) imperialism and the labour movement (maclntyre) the general strike in lanarkshire (maclean) spain against fascism 1936-39 (nan green and a m elliott) workers'newsreels, 1920s & 30s (hogenkamp) 40p * this issue in duplicated format our history journal no. 1 no. 2 december 1977 july 1978 15p 15p bibliographies history group, bibliography of the british labour movement (revised 1968 edition) national unemployed workers' committee movement and the national unemployed workers'movement list of publications postage: 9p a single copy, add 2%p for each additional copy. in the general election, as part of the communist party's policy of creating unity to defeat the national government, only two communist party candidates were nominated; elsewhere the party called for support for labour and the building of united front campaigns in the constituencies.

France Moves Left

The denunciation of socialist 'misdeeds' became a the dangers central element of party activity; attitudes towards the soviet union of course, the participation of the french communist party in a and other socialist countries became less critical; party discipline was predominantly socialist government is not without ambiguities and tightened and, for the first time in many years, dissident party contradictions. Only a clarifying the distinction between the reformist and revolutionary few months ago, the communist leadership was itself pointing out the currents within the left, and recreating (in the far distant future) the dangers of an eventual socialist victory in france: social conditions for a stronger left coalition by combatting the illusions 8 federation de l'education nationale. about the socialist party generated by the period of left unity.

The Training of Technical Teachers

It recommended, inter alia, further development of the existing one year pre-service courses, the introduction of an in-service course of three terms, not necessarily consecutive, a one-term course for those unable to take the full in-service course, fuller provision of part-time day, evening and weekend courses, better rates of grant for students taking pre-service courses and a training increment for those who have completed a one-year course or its equivalent. The annual “output” of the three colleges has risen from about 300 to about 500; bolton and huddersfield are occupying attractive new premises (though much building, particularly at bolton, has still to be done) and garnett college (the london college was re-named in 1953) expects to move from the elephant and castle to roehampton early in 1963; a college was established at wolverhampton in 1961; one-term courses for in-service teachers are operating at all four colleges and a new type of sandwich course has been introduced at bolton; grants have been improved but not yet to a level where they could be considered anything but

Arts:

he says the trip has been fixed up d erek c ha p m a n “despite the highest level o f unem ploy­ m ent since the war and persistent doubts about the long-term health and resilience o f the british economy, the record business at least is enjoying a present rate o f trade which belies the stagnation and cutback in other areas, and bodes well for the christmas market prospects. He then contrasts the policies of the independent record by mitch howard s ilv e r d isc f o r a silver age 24 contusion surrounds the reported new year tours of china and the soviet union by english rock revival bands.

Portugal

although there are no official figures available for the per­ centage of women workers in the whole economy there are figures for specific industries which show women’s pre­ ponderance: in fish canning, 85% of the workforce is women, in electronics 80%, tobacco 66%, textiles 45%, rubber 35%, paper 32%. For example, a workers council was elected consisting of eight men and four women but the women seldom attend because the meetings are held at the end of the day when they have to go home with the other women.

1997

and thus it had been that the checkers, in collaboration with the general parents unions (for did these things not start off in the home), had finally combined with the national kindred volunteer detachments (now combatting the distressing rise in pre-teen crime) to form the kindred groups of britain, who had generously taken on the task of administering the growing network of retraining and reeducation centres, now re-named the general utilities for the location of all anti-social groups, in one of which was jane. (and he passed the gaping window of a junk shop, in which appeared to be a kind of strange, brown, box-like object, which was obviously some form of visionless receiver, from which a voice emerged, which explained how, in response to the liberation of the south ukraine, the forces of the warsaw pact — in a 'protectively offensive operation' — had taken braunschweg and hanover and were half-way to the rhine). And of but she had admitted, always, that it course harold did as he was told, and they could get out of hand, that one of these were standing in the garage, with the bags 'adventures' would prove to be unstoppaand sacks and boxes, when bryan ble; and he knew, because he'd heard it screeched in through the jaw-like doors, talked of, seen it flashing on the vdus, of and the two of them humped all the food the sino-soviet rapprochement, and the  january 1984 russian/chinese mutual defence pact, and the growing tension as the chinese government prepared to repossess hong kong at the ending of the british lease on june 30, 1997. .

LIFE

Disillusioned with what they could give the children within the system, and with what the children were ever likely to get o u t o f the system, they left and started britain’s first c om m unity school - the scotland r oad free school. 7 days 9 february 1972 7 days 9 february 1972 nevis c am eron liverpool free school teachers on a tightrope by john hoyland b il l m u r p h y and john ord were teachers at state schools in liverpool.

ARTS

the great conspiracy trial an essay on law, liberty and the constitution by jason epstein “the chicago eight are probably the most non-conspiring conspiracy ever hatched and yet we are going down, it's all a question of intent, the judge will say, and the jury will look over at us nasty eight and come down hard, for the jury will have a difficult time drawing a line between intent to overthrow the government, intent to incite riot, intent to be black, intent to help the vietnamese keep their land., intent to give lsd to everyone who wants and intent to live in a family of man. The real issues were: the need to be charming in relationship to the police in order not to make them appear ridiculous; the need for a female lead in any series to show due respect to the male heroes, in as decorative a way as possible; the need for a visiting actress not to upset the star’s relationship to the audience; and hostility towards actors who speak their mind - particu­ larly if they threaten established images.

INDUSTRY

Retail prices have increased by over 10 per cent since the miners last pay settlement which means changes in weekly earnings, "money and that the board’s offer amounts to cuts "real", 1967-71 of 32p (or nearly 2 per cent) for a money wage real wage surface worker with two children; 15p % change % change (or about 1 per cent) for surface all industries workers with no children; £1.15p +40% +10% manufacturing (about 41/2 per cent) for a power loader +43% +12% coalmining +24% with two children and 98p (about 4 per -2% effects of the situation cheering the miners on the miners a) the most dramatic aspect of the delegates gave a standing ovation to whole situation was the change in the joe holmes, president of the kent miners’ view of students.

SPORT

much of the time of a professional california at berkeley, the university has three full-time employees who just university coach is spent travelling handle public relations for the athletic throughout the country recruiting high department — and this is not school athletic stars to attend his uni­ versity. i an average male american university student would be familiar with the names of at least ten or more university football coaches, but it would be most unusual if he knew the names of more than one or two university presidents.

INTERNATIONAL

the people of chief mudavanhu of belingwe district had long asked their chief to allow them to meet and be read and explained the white paper (the settlement proposals), but the chief refused and told his people that it was unnecessary to do so and so as he was emphasising that the people were not concerned with the settlement and that it was going to be decided by the white inhabitants of the district including the d.c. who had told the chief that he was in favour o f the settlement proposals. much of the time of a professional california at berkeley, the university has three full-time employees who just university coach is spent travelling handle public relations for the athletic throughout the country recruiting high department — and this is not school athletic stars to attend his uni­ versity.

INTERNATIONAL

Ahon the m an? he g lu m l a d that poked into the gnarled face of the leader of the opposition a double barrelled shotgun, pulled the trigger at point blank range and missed; t — the gliding sharks and crawling sea-lice that ingested the eighteenth prime minister; — the proud flagship that mistakenly rammed and sank an australian battleship one moonless night in 1964, and then mistakenly rammed and sank a u.s. battleship one moonless night in 1968; — the labour party that in the space of six weeks expelled from its membership not only the prime minister but all of the premiers of all of the states; awarded government contracts and said it was nobody’s business but his own; — the fat prime minister that on nationwide television warbled to the queen of england, “i did but see her passing by, and yet i’ll love her till i die”; — the lean prime minister that on nationwide television vowed to richard nixon, “we’ll come a-waltzing matilda with yo u ” ; — and the chubby prime minister’s widow that now writes an advice to the lovelorn column in a sydney evening paper; . . . featured president gaetano of portugal increase in the european defence budget in the bantu t o w n s h ip of a tte rid geville near pretoria, an as an obsequious mid-ocean host, his with the observation that “the annual c h ris tm as fu n ctio n is held by the f o u r local creches.

Home News

O f two members o f the salah family for conspiring to import a ton o f cannabis, o f which they were found guilty. argyle’s misdirections the court o f criminal appeal on friday, after three days o f considering the defence argument that argyle had clearly diluted the test laid down by parliament by bringing in historical and dictionary meanings o f “ obscene” , agreed that this amounted to a serious misdirection

Creative America

Again the question: does this place now being assigned to the arts imply a salutary change in the values of the social organisation as to the function of art in society ; or doesit signify that the artist is being asked to relinquish his role so as to engage in a false celebration of a spurious community? federal urban renewal administrators tell us that art galleries; museums, concerthalls, theatres, and other such “purveyors of unusual merchandise” must be located not in the community but in the central business districts of the large cities, so as remuneratively to provide a ration of escapist: excitement for a population increasingly condemned to a suburbia of dull anonymity. The keynote essay * 101 views 6—autumn 1964  creative america—eleanor hakim president kennedy begins by citing precedents for the cold war utilisation of art: both lincoln during the civil war, and roosevelt during the second world war, “in the midst of great national trials,” concerned themselves “with artistic endeavors,” understanding “that the life of the arts, far from being an interruption, a distraction, in the life of a nation, is very close to the centre of a nation’s purpose—andis the test of the quality of a nation’s civilisation.’

Russia Alive

Specialists—be they town-planners or doctors—who out of intellectual honesty and devotion to their work are bound from time to time to disagree and criticise in public some party plan, and those bright young comsomols or party members who, whatever their occupation, will use their minds and energies to justify the party—be it right or wrong. But the question is "need others compete?" even from a strictly atlantic standpoint to show russia some of the better sides of the west—its people, its art and its wealth—is one of the best ways of counter-acting soviet domestic propaganda, and so relaxing some of the basis for world tension existing in russian public opinion.

Straight Talking

The palestinians living under israeli rule have more political rights, and are treated less brutally, 28 h a l l i d a y there's no doubt that saddam's policies prior to august 2, confronting the west and israel, and even more so since, have aroused a great current of sympathy in much of the arab world. Is solidarity about the uncritical support of whatever oppressed peoples say, or is it an attempt to distinguish between whatever oppressed peoples may say at a particular time and what, in the view of any outside observer, are the long-term interests of marxism today october 1990 stork: 'however much we would like to see saddam vanish from the face of the earth, the question has to be asked: at what price?'  that oppressed people?

Motor Showdown

It was bad luck that the dull glow of trouble in the middle east came along just before the motor show to illuminate it all, but the motor manufacturers and distributors, the used-car trade, the motormagazine publishers, the classic-car collectors, the auctioneers, the car restorers and the vast, multinational, vertically integrated business that leads from oil wells to acid rain by way of the ubiquitous hatchback, is having a very bad time indeed. Review martin pawley finds motor car design at the crossroads motor showdown alpha romeo sz: truly advanced this year's motor show,

Festival Fever

Leading them, for most people, are the edinburgh international festival and the fringe, with supporting parts played by the film and jazz festivals, the delegates-only television festival and the biannual book festival (sorry, next year). Review hilary robinson is first in the queue for this year's edinburgh festival festival fever it's edinburgh festival time again.

Survival Instincts

a nicaragua in which government changed hands through the ballot box would certainly be an advance on the nicaragua of the somosas, but even a man blessed with daniel ortega's relentless optimism would be taxed to present it as the sandinista revolution. A few years ago harry berghold, then us ambassador to nicaragua, used to have cosy dinner dates with tomas borge, grand old man of the nicaraguan revolution, while back in washington reagan was at the height of his 'evil empire' rhetoric.

Gayness & Liberalism

Looking in i recognised women i had seen or known in gay liberation, women who lived out homosexuality before the women’s movement decided it was respectable. 8 gayness & liberalism by elizabeth wilson ever since the bristol women’s conference it has seemed important to members of the red rag collective that there should be some discussion of the role of gay women in the women’s movement.

FAMILY ALLOWANCES

If the credit exceeded the tax, money would be paid to the person concerned by weekly payments, some benefits which are at present tax free, for example unemployment benefit, sickness benefit, injury benefit, maternity allowance and invalidity pension, would become subject to tax. there will be a national women’s demonstration on march 10th in london commemorating women’s day in which the women’s family allowance campaign will be marching.

PENSION FUNDS

Focus pension funds many people pay 5 or 10% of their earnings into a pension or superannuation scheme today without knowing too much about it, and certainly without realising the extent to which pensions are becoming part of the political battleground in the cabinet. The dti has had a professor gower, who started off as one of mrs thatcher's pals but is probably less so now,  4 february 1984 marxism today looking into the protection of investors for some time now, and being a man of logical mind he finds it difficult to see why insurance companies should be heavily regulated and pension funds not at all.