Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish

[anarchist_nomad]

The second half of the Reagan & Thatcher double act has kicked the bucket! About bloody time, too!

Back in 2006, I spent my first Mayday in the UK at an Anarchist event in London. During the long weekend, somebody handed me a card with an invitation to a party on the Saturday after she finally buys the farm. That was nearly seven years ago. Wonder if the party's still going forward...

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ETA: This poem sums thing up beautifully!

Comments

[anarchist-nomad.livejournal.com]

Excellent article! Thanks for sharing!

As the whitewashing machines kick into full gear (as they did during the beatification of St. Ronald, nine years ago), it is good to know that same places can still see the past clearly. This country has still not recovered from the damage that she inflicted.

It is also interesting to look at what is being said outside of the UK and US press. For example, take a look at this article (http://www.santiagotimes.cl/world/chile-abroad/25980-margaret-thatcher-staunch-pinochet-supporter-and-friend-dies) in the Santiago Times. The Anglo-American sphere may be well on its way to canonization... but there are others who remember well how chummed she was with dictators. Not just Pinochet, though that is clearly what Chileans will remember most. She and Pol Pot got on well, too.

It doesn't fix the damage she did, but I'm still glad she's dead.

[selki.livejournal.com]

I'd sing a round of Jim's Big Ego's "New Lang Syne" (Thank God It's Over), except it's not over, as you say.

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2013/04/neruda-pinochet-thatcher-chile-murder-exhumed.html