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Well here we go reading entirely unnecessary accounts of century-old communist strategy again. What is democratic centralism? Whatever you want it to be, baby. Reading: Party Organization in Lenin's Comintern (2020) by John Riddell https://johnriddell.com/2020/11/08/party-organization-in-lenins-comintern/ DISCORD: https://discord.gg/wMYg8TWhWu LINKTREE: linktr.ee/AuxiliaryStatementsPodcast
At spille trommer i et Big Band er det fedeste i Verden! Det kan både din vært og denne episodes gæst skrive under på. Gæsten er trommeslager, dirigent, arrangør- og bare allround Big Band specialist John Riddell fra Aarhus Jazz Orchestra. Vi dykker ned i historien og nørder masser af Big Band musik, lytter til- og analyserer forskellige måder at spille big band trommer på. Vi snakker "time", lyd, roller, fortolkning af noder, om "personaleansvar" og meget meget mere. Alle der spiller på trommer burde prøve at spille i et big band. Den fedeste plads, og den bedste musikskole, der findes !
John joined us on air ahead of their last day of the Mighty River Run - Raising much needed funds for Novita!
Phil Hoffmann joins Tony Pilkington on FIVEaa with an update on the current state of travel and cruising, plus special guest John Riddell joins the show for a special focus on South Australia and how to be an explorer in our very own backyard.
Looking at the Workplace from a slightly different angle, John Riddell introduces us to the fascinating world of theatre design. In this episode we cover a huge range of topics, from lighting and acoustics, to the importance of public space, and what the different theatre workplaces look like and how they can improve. Coming from a background in theatre production and lighting, today John works for Theatre Projects, helping architects deliver successful and future-proof theatre construction or refurbishment projects.See the show notes
The Magnets, Amelia Mulcahy joins the ingredient game, John Riddell and Jane Doyle 'Stop The Press' See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06: Cops are bad for mental health, Paul Heideman on Class Struggle and the Color Line In this week’s episode we talk to activist and author Paul Heideman about his new book, Class Struggle and the Color Line: American Socialism and the Race Question, 1900-1930. Most histories of the left claim that Communist Party members in the 1930s were the first U.S. socialists to prioritize the fight against racism, but Heideman’s collection of writings from a range of American radicals tells a different story. Paul talks with us about the overlooked contributions to the U.S. and international left made by Black socialists like Claude McKay and Cyrill Briggs, and how events like the Russian Revolution in 1917 and the race riots of 1919 helped set in motion the Black radical movement that didn’t fully flower for another two generations. If after listening to this episode you want to learn more about how the socialist movement approached the “race question”, you can (and should!) check out Class Struggle and the Color Line (http://bit.ly/HeidemanBook). Here are some other resources: A shorter introduction to the topic is John Riddell’s article for the International Socialist Review, “Black Liberation and the Communist International” (http://bit.ly/RiddellBlackLiberation). For more on Karl Marx’s avid interest in the fight against slavery, check out Donnie Schraffenberger’s “Karl Marx and the American Civil War” (http://bit.ly/MarxCivilWar). Danny goes off on one of his tangents, citing Oscar Ameringer’s classic socialist pamphlet “The Life and Deeds of Uncle Sam”, which you can find here (http://bit.ly/LifeDeedsUncleSam) and judge for yourself if it was really worth interrupting Paul. In our introduction, Danny and Eric discuss the contemporary horror of police killings of people in the midst of mental health episodes. The discussion quickly covers a lot of ground. Here are links for some of the cases and statistics we talk about: Shaun King’s article for The Intecept: “Danny Ray Thomas Was a Broken Man Who Needed Help. Instead He Was Gunned Down by a Cop in Broad Daylight.” (http://bit.ly/DannyRayThomas) The New York Daily News story about why New Yorkers are afraid of police showing up if they call 911 for a family member having an episode. (http://bit.ly/911Fears) Many of the statistics Jen cites about deadly interactions between police and people with mental illness come from the Treatment Advocacy Center (http://bit.ly/TreatmentAdvocacy) A talk given by socialist David Whitehouse on “The Origins of the Police” (http://bit.ly/PoliceOrigins) The Atlantic’s story on Cook County Jail being “America’s Largest Mental Hospital” (https://theatln.tc/2qudB6G) Music and audio from this episode: Lizard Eyes – The Boy & Sister Alma (Dead Sea Captains Remix) Jamilia Land, speaking at a rally on March 31 in Sacramento Swim Good – Frank Ocean Joe Hill and Let My People Go - Paul Robeson “If We Must Die” read by Claude McKay Keeanga-Yamahtta speaking on “The Fight Against the New Jim Crow” at the 2012 Socialism conference
"Dinosaurs on a Spaceship" is the second episode of the of the British science fiction television series , which first aired on in the UK on 8 September 2012. It was written by and directed by . The episode featured alien time traveller () and his companions () and () accompanied by Rory's father Brian (), (), and John Riddell, an English big-game hunter (). The group landed on a large spaceship that contains dinosaurs. Contents Plot When in Egypt with , receives a call about a spaceship which will crash into Earth in six hours. Taking Nefertiti with him, he picks up Edwardian explorer John Riddell and his and ten months after he last saw them in "", accidentally taking Rory's father Brian on the as well. They land on the spaceship and come face-to-face with dinosaurs. The Doctor and his companions discover that the ship is a ark designed to carry the reptilian humanoids to a new planet along with flora and fauna from their time period. After escaping from a group of , the Doctor, Rory, and Brian are escorted by two robots to a human called Solomon who was injured in a raptor attack. Solomon, who had boarded the spaceship and killed its inhabitants in order to sell the dinosaurs on board, threatens the Doctor into repairing his legs and into giving him Queen Nefertiti after seeing her value. Missiles are fired from Earth to stop the ship from crashing. The Doctor disables Solomon's robots and rescues Nefertiti before he tricks the missiles into targeting Solomon's ship and detaching it from the Silurian ark. Meanwhile, Rory and Brian pilot the ark away from the Earth. The Doctor then takes the Ponds back home after letting Brian view the Earth from orbit. The episode ends after showing that Brian Williams has now taken to travelling across the planet. Production Showrunner said that putting dinosaurs on a spaceship was "the secret of success". The idea to use dinosaurs in Doctor Who came from the special effects teams and Millennium FX. As "" was a darker opening episode, "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship" is more about fun. In Moffat's pitch to writer , he proposed, "Maybe it's a ship heading towards Earth, and Earth is on alert". Chibnall had previously written the Doctor Who episodes "" (2007), ""/"" (2010), as well as work for the spinoff series . The Doctor had previously encountered dinosaurs in the 1974 serial . Chibnall suggested including a "bonkers" gang of characters picked from around time and space. He felt that Doctor Who could have "collisions of characters that no other show in the world can do", and that it was about finding a "disparate" group of characters who would "bounce" off each other. Chibnall asked to introduce Rory's father, as Amy and Rory would be leaving and Rory's family life had not been explored yet. , who played an Edwardian hunter in this episode, previously worked with Moffat on the BBC series . 's character, Solomon, was modelled on a "well-known nightclub owner with long hair". Chibnall described him as "half businessman, half pirate". "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship" and the following episode, "", were the first episodes to be produced for the seventh series, both directed by . The two episodes are Metzstein's first Doctor Who credits. The production team had to be mindful of the series' budget when planning the effects and sets; Chibnall commented that "it would be very easy to spend £300m on this but we don't have it". As such, the dinosaurs could not dominate the episode, and Chibnall had to tell "a big other' story". The episode contains one of the biggest sets ever built for the show. Some scenes were also filmed at beach, in late February 2012. The beach had previously been used as "Bad Wolf Bay" in "" (2006) and "" (2008), and as the planet Alfava Metraxis in ""/"" (2010). A preview clip of the episode was released at the 2012 . 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