WPFC: Privately Owned or Member Owned?

Meanwhile back on topic....

After the Revolution, everyone will have a share of Wellington Phoenix Lokomotiv Wellington, which will play for the adulation of the masses at  Westpac Stadium The People's Stadium.
Stripes2009-12-30 21:10:20

Any chants to go with The Red Flag or The Internationale?

Gramsci remains a good read for an Italian take on Socialism
also a mighty fine band

And Alexei Sayle remains as one of the funniest comedians (and definitely the funniest - or maybe only - communist comedian.

One of you rabid reds might be able to correct me on the 1980s UK drama group "Iron Fist Cabaret" or something similar - I think they were very funny in a dark humour way. And there might have been a connection with Alexei and the Young Ones too.

Q."describe alternative comedy for me?"
A."an alternative to comedy"

Brecht could write a very good comedy and was definitely a communist.  (More so than Sayle, who would more accurately be described as a Stalinist.)

Thanks for the clarification. I wouldn't want to be accused of "waving the red flag to oppose the red flag"

(not that anyone would accuse me of waving the red flag these days - more like yellow and black, black and white or white and blue)

 I've not heard of them mate. Having been an 80's yoof I was in CND and other protest groups, who was in them? Comic strip lot or different?

Mmm. Yeah it's a pretty obscure group - and I only read about it in one of those film festival things I think (80s was a while back for me too).

I think there was a connection with Comic Strip but weren't one and the same: maybe pre-dated them or some of them went on to be part of the Comic Strip. The group used to give theatrical performances in UK pubs - which were invariably met with mixed receptions!

Have a vague recollection of seeing a film which began with a transvestite bartender/waitress demanding angrily to a customer "Oi. Where's my f#cking tip!"

The 80s was rather hazy for me (post 1982, 83) - rather not say why!

there is no listing of Iron Fist Cabaret in the
Comic Strip Encyclopedia

Iron Fist (Daniel rand) was however a pretty good comic from Marvel in the 1970's, it also gave us Sabretooth who went onto become Wolverine's nemesis. His run with Luke Cage is of course a genuine bona-fide classic. Seriously cool comics these, and not priced too badly either.

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