The Antisocial Socialist

Verdict on The Trotsky.



Ever feel like they made a movie just for you?

Um, yeah. It has the school thing and the commie thing and the Canadian thing and it's basically adorableness incarnate. And it's, dare I say it, incredibly heartwarming, I think because it takes its politics and both the adult and teenage characters seriously, even when they're over-the-top hilarious or gawking and earnest. Now that I'm a pillar of authority, I cringe at a lot of teenage comedies that make their kid characters know-it-alls and their adult characters buffonish; this movie managed to show adults learning a lesson from the kids in their lives while still making the kids awkward and flawed and showing experience and history to also be valuable.

And Ben Mulroney's cameo had me in stitches. I'd finished my drink by then or it would have been coming out my nose.

I want to show this to all my kids, yes.

Shorter Hugo Chavez: ( Trot now! )

In other sectarian news, the IWW resolution to adhere to the Sixth Declaration of the Lacondon Jungle failed by a narrow margin. That's just embarrassing. In the greater scheme of things, it doesn't matter all that much, given how small the Wobblies are, but it means that the organization that I'm part of and that I identify with the most, ideologically speaking, does not have its head screwed on straight at the moment.

Oh yes, and one other little thing. The U.S. just murdered 31 Somali civilians and hardly anyone's said a peep about it. (Hat tip: douglain.)

I am going to see George Galloway tonight. At an IS event, no less. With people like Galloway I'm never sure whether I should listen appreciatively or challenge him on his less savoury points. I never know any more if I should get drunk before or after IS events.*

If you have anything you'd like me to ask Galloway, type it in the comments.



* I will probably get drunk at the next big IS -- I mean, Coalition to Stop the War -- demo, unless the Al-Awda contingent actually gets its act together and I have something to do besides take photos of bad placards.