Wis[s]e Words

This is not a weblog. Nu-uh.

This is just a place for me to jot down some random thoughts and reactions to the news so I don't have to yell at the television or radio, or mutter to myself whilst reading the news.

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I support the Pacific
Northwest tree octopus!

Leftist parties of the world
Marxist thought internet archive

The blogging vanguard

Actually Existing
Ruthless criticism of all that exists, except for the good bits. By Phil Edwards.

Adventures in Historical Materialism
Snowball's blog looks at the history of Marxist struggle.

American Leftist
Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization. -- Eugene V. Debs

Apostate Windbag
A journal of assorted leftwingery with a decided preference for discussing how the late Christopher Hitchens is a twat

Bionic Octopus
better...faster...coconutter.

Dead Men Left
James is active in the RESPECT coalition, but don't hold it against him

The Early Days of a Better Nation
By Ken MacLeod, socialistic science fiction writer.

A few words before we go
By Justin Horton, surviving in a hostile world.

Genosse Tabu
Tagebuch aus der kapitalistischen Knochenmühle.

International Rooksbyism
Not just another scummie student commie's blog. By Ed Rooksby.

Jews sans Frontieres
Mark Elf's anti-zionist blog.

Left I on the News
A leftwing view of the day's news and the way it's represented in the media. By Eli.

Lenin's Tomb
Erudite English SWP supporter.

A New Morning
German/English socialist leaning blog.

Perspective
by Alister Black, Scottish socialist. Writes mainly about local issues.

Pessimistic Leftist
Keep on Blogging in the free world.

The Sharp Side
Erudite, very readable blog by Ellis Sharp

Sonic's Place
A computer generated, left-wing hedgehog's views on the world and the war.

Take it as Red
Thoughts from an ex-pat SWPer.

Unrepentant Marxist
By Louis Proyect, veteran Marxist

Comix blogs

Howling Curmudgeons
Two-fisted comics commentary and criticism!

Progressive Ruin
Mike Sterling's unabashed comics blog.

Waffle
In which Reinder Dijkhuis, Adam Cuerden, Timm Brand, Geir Strom and Jeroen Jager talk about comics, music, politics and the impending apocalypse.

Science fiction and fandom

Ansible
David Langford's near legendary fanzine and website.

Charlie's Diary
By science fiction writer, technogeek and old style UK liberal Charlie Stross.

Kathryn Cramer
An editor of science fiction anthologies, Kathryn writes intelligently about sf and other stuff.

Making Light
Teresa and Patrick Nielsen Hayden's blog embodies the best of fandom.

More Words, Deeper Hole
James Nicoll's livejournal

Sore Eyes
Excellent science/science fiction/fandom/tech orientated blog.

Science and technology

Deltoid
A science orientated weblog by Tim Lambert.

Encyclopedia Astronautica
Incredibly cool site about the history of space travel, with lots of info about the various space programs. Recommended for all spacenuts.

The Loom
A blog of biology and bioscience, written by Carl Zimmer.

Panda's Thumb
On evolutionary theory and the fight against the intelligent design loons

Pharyngula
Science, politics and the intersection between them. By PZ Myers.

Real Climate
A commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists.

All the rest

24-hour Drive-Thru
By Mitch Wagner, computer journalist and sf fan. Good on tech news and internet issues.

Branko
Technology, comics and other stuff by Branko.

Caveat Lectorzilla
Written by Dorothea, this is an exuberant mix of geekery, personal issues and sharp observations.

Eschaton
The liberal answer to Instapundit?

Frothing at the Mouth
Greg Morrow is a comics, RPG and science fiction fan as well as very smart.

Games*Design*Art*Culture
Written by games designer/sf writer Greg Costikyan, focuses on what it says in the title.

GlobBlog
A blog about globalisation. By General Glut.

Going underground
a blog about the London Underground.

Halfway Down the Danube
Our exciting life in the Balkans.

Hip Hop Music Dot Com
Where hip hop blogs. by Jay.

Joel on Software
As the title indicates Joel writes about good software producing practises.

Komma Punt Log
Briljant en bescheiden. In Dutch.

Long Story; Short Pier
Kip is back, erudite and wellspoken as ever.

Michel Vuijlsteke
An excellent weblog about lots of things.

Plastic Bag
By Tom Coates. A very bright, clearly written weblog.

Riverbend/Baghdad Burning
What is really happening in Iraq.

Shadow of the Hegemon
Written by returned from the death Greek demagogue Demosthenes so is very eloquent.

The Sideshow
Avedon makes me think. Her weblog revolves around US politics.

Vaara
An American blogger in Amsterdam.

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