Introduction

This blog starts life as a collection of the various essays and articles that I have written in recent years.... In the future, as I write more articles, I shall include them here also.

Typically I have written articles on political matters, with forays into book reviews, spiritual reflections even the odd bit of fiction. I'll kick off by linking to a few of the IndyMedia articles that I have written in recent times. These have appeared on the UK IndyMedia site (http://www.indymedia.org.uk) , the Cambridge IndyMedia site (http://cambridge.indymedia.org.uk ) and the Bristol IndyMedia site (http://bristol.indymedia.org.uk ).

While in Cambridge I wrote articles on a number of different issues:

• Thoughts on the war on terror (an Australian angle): http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/03/287647.html
• On a drinks ban in Cambridge: https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/12/282386.html and a follow-up article: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/12/282527.html
• On software patents: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/06/292793.html
• On foreign nationals in Cambridge: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/05/290740.html

In (dis)honour of the G8's visit to Edinburgh I wrote several explanatory articles:

• Anti-militarism and the G8: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/06/314307.html
• Borders at the G8: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/06/314774.html
• Summary of a Cambridge forum on the G8: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/cambridge/2004/06/293408.html

I wrote a number of articles about Western corporate activity in post-invasion Iraq:

• An analysis of Iraq as a "money-laundering" scheme for big corporations: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/05/311118.html
• An account of a week of action against a London company which organised conferences for pillaging Iraq: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/02/305889.html.
• The same company was also targetted here: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/06/315255.html

Since moving to Bristol I've contributed the odd small piece:

• Some local subvertising: http://bristol.indymedia.org.uk/newswire.php?story_id=25150
• On action against a local arms manufacturer: http://bristol.indymedia.org.uk/newswire.php?story_id=25275
• An account of the trial of some friends: http://bristol.indymedia.org.uk/newswire.php?story_id=25437