George B
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Government |
| Occupation | Equalities Officer |
| Location | London, England, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | Born in Boston, Massachusetts at the end of the 1950s I came to Britain originally in 1982, was active in the miners' Great Strike of 1984-85 and have stayed in London more or less ever since. Currently I'm a UNISON convenor in Camden and a supporter of the Permanent Revolution group. |
| Interests | Baseball, cinema, literature, music, politics (curiously enough), real ale (and with increasing age sauvignon blanc), visual art |
| Favorite Movies | Where to begin? Some that immediately spring to mind are: Distant Voices, Still, directed by Terence Davies, Land and Freedom (Ken Loach), Don't Look Now (Nicholas Roeg), Hana-bi (Takeshi Kitano), The Battle of Algiers (Pontecorvo) |
| Favorite Music | Similar quandary as above - The Clash - especially Sandinista and the eponymous first album, Mission of Burma (post-punk and arty from Boston), ska revival bands like The Specials, mid to late 1970s reggae - Marley, Peter Tosh, Aswad, Steel Pulse. |
| Favorite Books | Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks - extraordinary historical novel about the 'physical force' wing of the abolitionist movement in the US |