[g8-sheffield] I loved the words you wrote to me, but .... WAS Re: [ssf] Billy Bragg and patriotism

[adam bashid]

Hi Lists, Hi office at billybragg.co.uk

Chris Mallins wrote:

>>> The estimable Billy Bragg is looking for a community group or similar in 
>>> Sheffield who might be interested in staging a meeting with him on the 
>>> subject of 'Progressive Patriotism' and what it means to be English. 
>>> Would anyone be interested in being put in touch with him, or know 
>>> anyone who might be?

John Smith wrote:

>>  tell him where to stick it. "Progressive patriotism" is a contradiction
>> in terms. It is pure poison, exacty what Blair and Brown are also
>> serving up. Billy Bragg is fast becoming another Bob Geldoff, and one is
>> already one too many. Here's an excerpt from an article in the Red
>> Pepper (full version:
>> http://www.redpepper.org.uk/brit/x-may2005-bragg.htm). There's plenty of
>> other articles on the net by and about BB which show that he is
>> campaigning for us to vote for the War Party (formerly known as the
>> Labour Party).

Jill wrote:

> totally agree!

I totally agree that all this seems like yet another distraction, given 
that quite a few of us fear a nuclear strike is about to take place 
against Iran [1] -- but maybe Billy wants to talk to us in continuation 
of his 'search for belonging' and not just to tout his new book 'the 
progressive patriot' -- dunno, but anyway, if he, or anybody for that 
matter, wants to talk to a 'community group or similar in Sheffield', 
then they can always post to:

  ssf at lists.aktivix.org  or
  matilda at lists.aktivix.org  or
  g8-sheffield at lists.aktivix.org  or
  sheffield-anti-war-coalition at yahoogroups.co.uk

Regards

--
[1] http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/361578.html

"privileged journalists, scholars and artists, writers and thespians, 
who sometimes speak about 'freedom of speech', are as silent as a dark 
West End theatre. What are they waiting for? The declaration of another 
thousand year Reich, or a mushroom cloud in the Middle East, or both?"
-- John Pilger