From the every-good Counago and Spaves: "No modern factory could function for twenty-four hours without spontaneous organization of work that groups of workers, independent of the official business management, carry out by filling in the gaps of...

According to the very lovely Ars Technica site, it seems the record companies have their own version of illegal filesharing....

If there is a god, surely s/he will give Dan Hannan a fair wind. They really need to fully understand the many benefits that direct democracy can bring to a political party. I mean, just ask Tony Benn about how the CLPD made Labour stronger and more...

Really interesting explanation of a problem: What stops population growth? from Gapminder Foundation on Vimeo.

There are only a handful of recording artists that I've listened to more often than the great Liam Clancy who died yesterday: I saw this YouTube on Dublin Opinion, but if I hadn't, it'd be the performance I'd have looked for myself.