Old habits die hard. A couple of days ago I saw a link to a political event in Britain called 'Dangerous ideas for dangerous times'. My immediate reaction is that calling something 'dangerous' almost certainly means it isn't. I was right.
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Sponsored by a variety of organisations such as trade unions, the publisher Verso and the SWP spin-off Counterfire, the 2 day festival this weekend trots out the usual speakers including long time old frauds such as Tony Benn and Tariq Ali.
Counterfire is the bastard love child of John Rees and Lindsey German, the Ron and Nancy of the left. Apparently a growing organisation, it is populated by students, academics and cafe owners. Countrrfire has continued the SWP's tradition of popular fronts as in Respect Stop the War and countless others. Their other current product s the People's Assembly.
