Weekending: stop shopping

It's the end of the week which means it's time for... weekending!

• Carnival of Socialism #30 was hosted over at Though Cowards Flinch.
• The next edition is at Stroppyblog. Email contributions to flipper400 at hotmail dot com.
  
• Next weekend there is a conference in London on the Internet for Activists - looks good.
  
• Gary Younge, Obama's movement must get going.
• The BNP use a Polish spitfire to front their anti-immigration campaign.
  
• Charlie Broker on how politicians feel about us.
• Tommy Sheridan quits the law.
  
• Viz appears to have a full on website now. To celebrate I've chosen a top tip for you from the current edition; "WHEN COOKING spaghetti, tie all the ends together. That way you can eat it in one long suck, eliminating the drudgery of washing up knives and forks. Johnny Schott, Hackney"
• My letter of the week comes from Wednesday's Independent; "I thought that the saddest aspect of the University Challenge fiasco was the fact that it arose because Sam Kay could not obtain funding to pursue his PhD studies in chemistry so left university to become an accountant. Mike Stroud SWANSEA"

And in Green news;

• Norwich Greens have a weekly column in a local paper. This week Rupert Read writes on Iran's nuclear programme. Good article in my view.
• Talking of Norwich, the Green have won an important victory on insulation.
  
• Lewisham's budget has been agreed. Green councillor Dean Walton is disappointed. Plus, the local Greens slam the Mayor.
• London councils are snubbing the London Living Wage. Darren Johnson is unhappy.
  
• In Fiji the Greens are part of the talks to return to democracy.
  
• Swiss Greens are building a coalition for investment in renewables and opposed to nuclear.
• Joschka Fischer writes in Guardian on Europe's crisis of confidence.
• Greens defend civil liberties in Finland.
  
• Meet the Green candidate for Mayor of New York, Reverend Billy of the Church of Stop Shopping.
• Getting married? Here's some tips for an eco-wedding.
• More on the Irish Greens national convention. They've rejected calls to re-examine their part in the coalition (boo) and called for the jailing of bankers (yah!).
  
• In Hungary the Greens have beards... how unlike elsewhere.
  

This week our video is a classic tune. Lennon's "Working Class Hero", it sends shivers down my spine everytime I hear it!



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