GBA 185 Mike Jackson

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In GBA 185 we get better acquainted with Mike Jackson. I met Mike at theFocus E15 Mothers Occupation earlier this year and he is one of the real people who are fictionalised in the film Pride. We talk about the personal and the political, going through class experience and class struggle, LGBT rights, solidarity between differently oppressed groups, consciousness raising, activist and trade union history and so much more. Mike plugs: The reformed LGSM who can be found here: http://www.twitter.com/LGSMpride And in the future they'll be on facebook too here: LGSM 2014 We mention: GBA 179 Focus E15 Mothers (feat Mike Jackson): https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-179-focus-e15-mothers Focus e15 Mothers: https://twitter.com/FocusE15 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Focus-E15-Mothers/602860129757343 http://focuse15.org/ Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/ Pride: http://www.pridemovie.co.uk/ Billy Elliot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Elliot Brassed Off: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassed_Off The Full Monty: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Full_Monty Stephen Beresford: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Beresford Marc Ashton: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ashton Joe Gilgun: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Gilgun This Is England: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_England The Miner's Strike: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_miners%27_strike_(1984%E2%80%9385) Margaret Thatcher: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher Pricewaterhouse Coopers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PricewaterhouseCoopers Neoliberal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism Neoconservative: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoconservatism Von Hayek: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Hayek Milton Friedman: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Friedman Tony Benn: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Benn Naomi Klein: This Changes Everything: http://www.amazon.co.uk/This-Changes-Everything-Capitalism-Climate/dp/1451697384 Freddie Fox: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Fox_(actor) Pink Triangle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_triangle Print Workers Strike: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wapping_dispute Still the Enemy Within: http://the-enemy-within.org.uk/ Women Against Pit Closures: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_Against_Pit_Closures Clement Attlee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Attlee Accrington: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accrington 1967 Sexual Offences Act: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_Offences_Act_1967 Johnathan Harvey: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Harvey_(playwright) Beautiful Thing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful_Thing_(play) Canary: http://www.amazon.co.uk/22Canary-22-Modern-Plays-Jonathan-Harvey/dp/1408131048 "Equal" Marriage Bill: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_(Same_Sex_Couples)_Act_2013 Mark Ashton's Fund: https://www.facebook.com/markashtontrust Soma Mining Disaster: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soma_mine_disaster You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond. On-demand and on the go! Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores. Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review? Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

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