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Special Article
caffeine and
I effects of dietary
of tea:
Janet Bryan
This review summarizes the literature on the association between two dietary
components of tea, caffeine and L-theanine, and the psychological outcomes of
consumption; it also identifies areas for future research. The studies reviewed
suggest that caffeinated tea, when ingested at regular intervals, may maintain
alertness, focused attention, and acruracyand maymodulate the more acute effects
of higher doses of caffeine. These findings concur with the neurochemical effects
of L-theanine on the brain. L-theanine may interact with caffeine to enhance
performance in terms of attention switching and the ability to ignore distraction;
this is likely to be reflective ofhigher-level cognitive activity and may be sensitive to
the detrimental effects of overstimulation. Further research should investigate the
interactive effects of caffeine, L-theanine, and task complexity, utilize a range of
ecologically valid psychological outcomes, and assess the neuroprotective effects
of L-theanine using epidemiological or longer-term intervention studies among
individuals at risk of neurodegenerative disease.
m 20081nternational life Sciences Institute
Historically and universally, the consumption
black and green 'tea has been associated with relaxation
and refreshment.'~2 Tea is the most widely consumed bev-
erage apart from water, with black tea being consumed
mainly in Europe, North America, and North Africa and
of both
green tea consumed mainly in Asia;Z~' however, the con-
sumption of green tea is increasing in Western countries
as well. Recently, there has been an emerging interest
in the active dietary components of tea and the psycho-
logical effects of tea consumption. According to recent
studies, some dietary components of tea, especially caf-
feine and the amino acid L-theanine, have an impact on
brain activity and have positive effects on psychological
outcomes, including enhanced
and psychological well-being. This review summarizes
findings from the existing literature on the psychological
benefits of caffeine and L-theanine as dietary components
of tea, identifies the limitations of the research to date,
and proposes steps for future research.
cognitive performance
An average cup of tea contains around 40 mg of caffeine,
depending on the blend of tea and the brewing proce-
dure,° and black tea and coffee are the main sources of
caffeine in the Western diet. It takes around 30 minutes
for the effects of caffeine to be detected, with peak plasma
concentrations of caffeine being reached between 30 and
120 minutes after consumption s Caffeine easily crosses
the blood-brain barrier and its effects on the brain include
a general increase in neurotransmitter activity by block-
ing the inhibitory action of adenosine, a neuromodulator.
There is a relatively large body of literature reporting
the positive effects of caffeine per se and at doses equiva-
lent to one to two cups of tea 6-8 Caffeine is typically
associated with improved performance of tasks that
require sustained effort and attention s-" Other studies
have shown some specific effects of caffeine on speed
of response,'s~'6 and on feelings of well-being, energy,
Affiliation: J Bryan, School of Psychology, University of South Australia, Adelaide, 5001, South Australia, Australia.
Correspondence: J Bryan, School of Psychology, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, 5001, Australia.
E-mail:email@example.com, Phone:+61-8-83024385
Key words: anxiety, cognitive performance, L-theanine, mood, relaxation, tea
doi:10.1111 /j.1753-4887.2007.00011
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motivation, self-confidence, alertness, and concentra-
tion." However, the direct effects of caffeinated tea are
less well known.
There follows a summary of studies that have com-
pared the effects of tea and coffee containing varying
doses of caffeine (Table 1), many of which represented the
typical intake levels for these beverages. Both immediate
and day-long statistically significant effects have been
reported. For the purpose of this review, the studies were
divided into those that describe psychological well-being,
mood, and alertness, and those that describe changes in
cognitive performance.
Effects on well-being, mood, and alertness
There is little evidence from cross-sectional studies for
an association between tea consumption
psychological well-being and mood. Although Hintikl a
et a1.'8 reported daily tea drinkers had a SO% reduced risk
of depression, even after controlling for risk factors for
depression, these results have not been replicated. Shimbo
et al.Z found no link between green tea consumption and
mental health, and Steptoe and VVardle'9 similarly found
no relationship between tea and coffee intake and mood.
There are considerable differences in the sample popula-
tions, in these studies which may have influenced the
outcome, but it is also possible that in the stratified sample
of 2011 people in Finland,'8 tea drinking was associated
with other behaviors that reduced the risk of depression.
Reports from experimental studies of mood have
and increased
produced more consistency. Findings indicate that 37.5-
150 mg caffeine, which are doses found in 1-4 cups of tea,
produces acute effects, with participants reporting statis-
tically significant increased wakefulness, vigor, energy,
clarity of thought, efficiency, hedonic lane, and decreased
perceptions of sedation. Caffeine is arguably most well
known for this latter effect, and in this context caffeine in
tea and coffee is thought to deliver positive dose-response
relationships with regard
However, in one study, similar doses of caffeine in water
did not produce the same results, indicating that at least
some of these effects could be placebo or learned effects.
Caffeinated tea has also been found to have longer-
term,benefits when taken at regular intervals throughout
the course of a day. Tea is significantly associated with
lotiver perceived sedation or fatigue than coffee,22.2' and it
is less disruptive than coffee on sleep quality at night zz
to energetic arousal?°'Z'
Effects on cognitive performance
Studies of caffeinated tea have tended to focus on simple
rather than complex cognitive outcomes, such as speed of
of assessing cognition using these tasks is that they are able
making,and response.The advantage
to be given quickly on repeated occasions throughout
the day with minimal practice effects. One example is the
critical flicker fusion test (CFF), which measures the
threshold at which the speed of a flickering light appears to
flicker compared with appearing to be constant. Those
who perceive a light to be flickering at a faster rate are
considered to have a higher speed of perception.
One of the most interesting and potentially impor-
tant findings is that very low doses of caffeine (37.5 mg),
such as would be found in a single cup of tea, taken at
regular intervals throughout the day, have been found to
significantly benefit speed of perception, as measured
by the CFFZZ Furthermore, when the level of caffeine in
tea is increased such that it is equivalent to coffee (i.e.
75 mg and 100 mg per serving), caffeinated tea appears to
provide an advantage over coffee in the rapid increase and
maintenance of the CFF threshold?°~ZZ
regular tea intake across the course of a day may result in
more consistent levels of simple task performance.
The effects of caffeine in tea on reaction time are less
clear. Hindmarch et al?Z found no chronic effects of caf-
feine across the course of a day on reaction time, but
found significant acute effects, `with coffee drinking
resulting in faster reaction times than tea drinking. Motor
reaction time was benefited by lower doses of caffeine
(75 mg, the equivalent of two cups of tea), evhereas higher
doses (150 mg) resulted in slowerperformance. Overall,
participants consuming tea containing 75 mg caffeine
were able to maintain their baseline levels of performance
during the course of a day, while the performance of
participants with no caffeine declined.
Whilst simple cognitive tasks appear to be affected
by intakes of caffeine in tea, the performance of more
complex tasks, such as the high-speed scanning and
retrieval of information from short-term memory, was
shown to be unaffected following intake of 100 mg of
caffeine from either tea or coffee.Z°
intakes of caffeine in tea on a variety of more complex
cognitive tasks has not been investigated.
This suggests that
To date, the effect of
L-theanine is an amino acid found almost exclusively in
tea. It constitutes between 1 and 2% of the dry weight of
tea, which results in , around 25-60 mg per 200 ml
serving of liquid tea Za-zs L-theanine was first identified
in green tea2'and in the mushroom Xeroconttts Gnditts.Zg
Tea is therefore the major source of L-theanine in
the diet. It readily crosses the blood-brain barrier in a
dose-dependent. manner within 30 minutes, reaching
maximal levels 5 hours after ingestion in animals, and it-
is thought to influence the central nervous system
(CNS) through a variety of mechanisms, including
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7able 1 Effects of caffeine in tea and tea consumption
mood and cognitive performance.
on alertness and sedation
psychological well-being, and
Study design
RCT: crossover design, manipulation of
beverage type (study l only) and
caffeine levels
Study 1: effects of no drink, hot water,
tea (37.5 mg), tea (75 mg), coffee
(75 mg), coffee (150 mg) on blood
pressure, heart rate, skin conductance
and temperature, saliva, current
Study 2: effects of hot water,
decaffeinated tea (5 mg),
decaffeinated tea plus 25, 50,100, and
200 mg caffeine on measures used in
study 1
Five-way crossover design. Effects of
black tea (i00 mg), black
decaffeinated tea, coffee (100 mg),
water (100 mg), non-caffeinated water
on CFF performance, choice reaction
time, short-term memory, ratings of
tiredness, drowsiness, and alertness
and state anxiety
Quinlan et al.
Hindmarch et al,
Hindmarch et al.
Scott et al.
Steptoe &
Hintikka et al.
Shimbo et al.
Study 1: 8 male, 9
female (21-51 y)
Study 2: 7 male, 8
female (22-52 y)
10 female, 9 male
(mean age 29.2 y),
15 female, 15 male
aged 19-36 years
(mean age 27.3 y)
13 mountain climbers:
9 men, 4 women
(age range 18-51 y;
mean age 33.5 y)
18 men (mean age
women (mean age
40.9 y) from two
occupational groups
(psychiatric nursing
and school teaching).
Age- and
sample of 890 men
(mean age 44.8 y)
and 1121 women
(mean age 44 y), age
range 25-64 years,
living in Finland
380 Japanese men
(n=180) and women
(n=200) aged 20-60
years from urban and
rural areas
RCT: five-way crossover design. Effects of
caffeinated black tea (37.5 mg)
caffeinated black tea (75 mg),
caffeinated black coffee (75 mg),
caffeinated black coffee (150 mg) and
boiled water on CFF performance,
choice reaction time, subjective
ratings of tiredness, drowsiness and
alertness and sleep quality
Experimental, within-subjects design
including 2 x 24-h treatment periods.
Effects of tea versus no tea
consumption, in the presence of no
other caffeinated or alcoholic
beverages, on dimensions of mood
(Profile of Mood States)
Correlational, cross-sectional naturalistic
diary study assessing day-by-day
associations between tea, coffee, and
alcohol consumption and dimensions
of mood (Profile of Mood States)
of tea and coffee
and self-reported
Correlational, cross-sectional study
assessing associations
tea consumption
(General Health Questionnaire)
between green
and mental health
Study 1: both tea and coffee produced
mood elevation (p < 0.05); beverage
type or caffeine dose had no effect
Study 2: caffeine affected energetic
arousal (p<0.001); no dose-response
Consumption of tea, compared with
water, associated with transient
improvements in CFF performance (all
significant effects p < 0.001),
prevented the steady decline in
alertness and cognitive capacity.
Effects of tea vs. coffee similar, but tea
associated with less variation in CFF
Caffeinated beverages maintained
cognitive and psychomotor
performance across the day when
administered repeatedly (P < 0.05).
Day-long tea vs. coffee consumption
had similar effects; tea was less likely
to disrupt sleep
Tea consumption associated with
reduced fatigue (p < 0.01) compared
with no tea
Coffee and tea not related to mood.
Alcohol consumption related to high
positive and low anxious mood
among those with low
drinking-to-cope ratings (P < 0.05)
Those reporting daily tea consumption
reported lower levels and prevalence
of depression than those who did not
drink tea (OR 0.45, 95% C10.30-0,70)
No relationship between green tea
consumption and decreased risk of
mental ill-health. Daily caffeine intake
was associated with a higher risk of
ill-health among females (OR 1.26,
95% CI 1.01-i.56)
Abbreviations: CFF, critical flicker fusion; RCT, randomized control trial.
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effects on neurotransmitters. L-theanine is structurally
similar to glutamic acid, an excitatory neutrotrans-
mitter.29 Animal studies have found that L-theanine is
associated with the following: an increased release
and concentration of dopamine;'°~" an inhibition of
glutamate reuptake and blockade of glutamate receptors
in the hippocampus;'Z increases in gamma-aminobutyric
acid (GABA -- a neurotransmitter associated with the
regulation of responses) concentrations;" decreases in
norepinephrine levels, possibly as a result of increased
GABA);" and both increases in serotonin in the
stratum, hippocampus, and hypothalamus and suppres-
sion of the generalized release of serotonin z9 In addi-
tion, some findings suggest that L-theanine might
interact with caffeine because L-theanine has been
found to decrease serotonin levels that have been artifi-
cially elevated by caffeine.' Furthermore, L-theanine
appears to antagonize the stimulatory effects of caffeine,
which may contribute to its effects on lowering blood
pressure.'' Overall, these effects on neurotransmitters
suggest that L-theanine may have a regulatory role in
the CNS such that it may modulate and perhaps "tone
down" CNS responses. These effects on the CNS would
predict that L-theanine might have a role in the regula-
tion of anxiety due to effects on serotonin and GABA;
the enhancement of cognitive performance due to
increases in monoamines, and the possibility of neu-
roprotective effects due to antagonistic effects on
Neuroprotective effects of L-theanine
The similarity of L-theanine to glutamate has lead to the
suggestion that it may have neuroprotective effects
through the antagonism of this excitatory neurotrans-
mitter.'2~'6 Indeed, in animals, L-theanine has been
found to reduce post-ischemic neural death in the hip-
pocampus,'Z reduce the size of cerebral infarcts;' and
inhibit neural death caused by brief exposure to
glutamate'8 These findings from animal studies suggest
that L-theanine may have neuroprotective effects against
brain injury, such as that resulting from stroke. There '
are no studies that have investigated the neuroprotective
effects of L-theanine in humans and the little work that
has been done has focused on the relationship between
flavanoid consumption and neurodegenerative disease.
There is mixed support for the validity of this
relationship. One cohort study conducted in the Neth-
erlands, in which black tea consumption provided 61%
of flavanoid intake, found no relationship between fla-
vanoid intake and cognitive decline.3' In contrast, a
cohort study conduced in France, in which black tea
contributed only 16% of flavanoid inake, found that
total flavanoid
intake was
negatively related
Effects of L-theanine on a-brainwave activity
to risk of
Consistent with its effects on the CNS, and unlike caf-
feine, there is evidence that L-theanine could be associ-
ated with relaxation. There have been a small number of
studies using electroencephalography to investigate 'the
ability of L-theanine to increase a-braimvave activity
(Table 2), which is indicative of a state of wakeful relax-
ation. Alpha activity has also been associated with
increased creativity, increased performance under stress,
and improved learning and concentration, as well as
decreased anxiety3' so if L-theanine impacts alpha activ-
ity, then it may also be associated with these psychol-
ogical outcomes. The effects of L-theanine on brain elec-
trical activity, as evident from the EEG, are consistent
with its association with increased relaxation. Ito et al 4'
examined the effects of 50-200 mg L-theanine
on a-wave activity in eight participants, half of whom
scored high and half low on a self-reported anxiety scale.
In both groups, tested 30 minutes after administration,
alpha activity increased significantly in the occipital and
parietal areas, and blood pressure decreased, indicating
relaxation. The results were interpreted as evidence that
L-theanine could promote a state of relaxation without
causing drowsiness. These findings were supported by
Song et al 4Z who found that in individuals reporting
high levels of anxiety, 200 mg L-theanine increased
alpha activity in the frontal and occipital areas 40
minutes after intake compared with placebo. Evidence
for an effect of L-theanine consumption on alpha activ-
ity at more realistic dietary levels comes from Owen
et al "' who reported significantly
alpha activity at 45, 60, 75, 90, and 105 minutes after
ingestion of 50 mg L-theanine compared with placebo.
~'Vhile these studies suggest that doses of L-theanine at
levels found in one to two cups of tea have an influence
on alpha brain activity, ane limitation they have is that
the subjective states of relaxation and related constructs,
such as anxiety, were not assessed; instead, they were
inferred from effects on the EEG.
One recent study indicates that L-theanine's effects
on alpha activity may indicate a role in learning and con-
centration. Gomez-Ramirez et al.a' assessed whether
250 mg L-theanine, compared with placebo, could regu-
late the brain's activity as it prepares to focus attention on
a task to be performed using one sensory modality while
ignoring stimuli presented to another. They found sig-
nificantly increased alpha activity in relation to the task
being attended to and a decrease in background alpha
activity, suggesting that L-theanine may have specific
positive effects on focused attention.
greater and increasing
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Table ~ Effects of L-theanine on brain activity, anxiety, psychological stress and cognitive performance.
Ito et al. (1998)4'
8 female university
students (age range
18-22 y): 4 with high
reported anxiety and 4
with low reported
20 healthy males (age
range 18-30 y)
Study design
Three-way crossover assessing the
effects of water, 50 mg L-theanine
solution, and 200 mg L-theanine
solution on brainwave activity
Reported dose-dependent increase in
alpha activity in occipital and parietal
brain areas 30 min after consumption
of L-theanine compared with water.
Song et al.
Owen et al.
et al. (2007)44
Lu et al. (2004)4s
Kimura et al.
Haskell et al.
Parnell et al.
35 healthy young
15 participants (mean
age 27.8 y)
12 male (age range
18-34 y, mean 24.8 y)
and 4 female (range
28-31 y, mean 29.0 y)
university students
12 healthy male university
students (age range
20-25 y, mean 21.5 y)
17 female and 9 male
university students (age
range 18-34 y, mean
21.61 y).
13 female and 14 male
healthy volunteers
(mean age 28.3 y)
comparing 200 mg L theanine with
placebo on alpha brain activity
Randomized, placebo-controlled
experiment comparing 50 mg
L-theanine with placebo on EEG at 45,
60, 75, 90, and 105 min after ingestion
EEG data gathered from 168 scalp sites
while participants engaged in an
intersenory attention-cuing task after
ingesting either 250 mg L theanine or
placebo (water)
Double-blind, placebo-controlled,
repeated measures design assessing
effects of three treatments, placebo,
L theanine (200 mg), and alprazolam
(1 mg), on self-reported depression,
trait and state anxiety, and relaxation
under conditions of anticipatory
anxiety or relaxation
Double-blind, placebo-controlled
within-subjects repeated measures
design assessing the effects of one or
two doses of 200 mg L theanine
compared with placebo or no
treatment on self-reported stress and
anxiety and physiological
stress (heart rate and s-IgA
concentration) under high-stress and
low-stress conditions
Double-blind, placebo-controlled
crossover study assessing the effects
of four drinks containing 0 mg caffeine
plus 0 mg L theanine,150 mg caffeine,
250 mg L-theanine, and 1 SO mg
caffeine plus 250 mg l: theanine on
response and memory reaction time,
sentence verification,
memory, self-reported mood and
indices of
RCT: double-blind, crossover design
assessing the effects of 50 mg caffeine
with or without 100 mg L-theanine or
placebo on memory performance,
rapid visual information processing,
attention switching, and mood
L theanine increased alpha activity in the
occipital area, compared with placebo,
among those with higher reported
anxiety (P < 0.05)
L-theanine produced greater and
increasing alpha activity compared
with placebo (p < 0.05)
greater and background alpha
reduced for the L-theanine condition
compared with placebo (significant
attention modulation index, p < 0.05)
L theanine had a positive effect on
relaxation under relaxed conditions
only (P < 0.05); no other effects were
alpha activity was
No statistically significant levels
reported; L theanine reported to
reduce self-reported anxiety and
physiological indices of stress under
high-stress conditions compared with
Caffeine improved mood, reaction time,
and accuracy (various significance
levels). L theanine had mixed effects
on reaction time but significantly
potentiated the effects of caffeine on
simple reaction time, the accuracy of
rapid information processing, mental
fatigue and tiredness (various
significance levels).The combination
of L-theanine and caffeine enhanced
speed of rapid information processing
< 0.001), sentence verification'
(P < 0.05), word recognition reaction
time (p < 0.001), and alertness
ip < 0.001)
Caffeine improved alertness after
60 min (P < 0.01) and response speed
and accuracy after60 (p < 0.001) and
90 min (p < 0.01). L-theanine and
caffeine improved speed and accuracy
on an attention-switching task and
reduced interference from distracting
information at 60 (P < 0.001) and
g0 min (P < 0.05)
Abbreviations: EEG, electroencephalograph; RCT randomized control trial.
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Thank You and Goodbye
From a Very Grateful Park Manager
By Kevin Munroe
"You work at Huntley Meadows Park?! Wow, you're lucky, and I'm jealous!" That's a pretty standard reaction anyone who works here has heard many times, myself included. The Park's reputation precedes itself - residents of other states and even other countries have heard of this place, and consider its staff and volunteers "lucky", and of course they're right! I have been very lucky to work here for the last eight years, and am already looking forward to coming back to walk the trails soon, as a visitor.
I have been dreaming of moving out West since I was 10, when my dad took me to his father's ranch in New Mexico. That dream slowly turned into a plan over the last decade as I've made several trips to explore the Pacific Northwest. My last day as Park manager was July 11, and I'm currently working in Sonoma County, CA for a great organization called The Laguna Foundation. If I'm any good at this new job, it will be because of the excellent, comprehensive learn-ing experience I received at Huntley Meadows Park. The two places are very similar: containing seasonally-flooded wet-lands, meadows, and vernal pools, with an emphasis on resource protection and environmental education, and an amazingly dedicated and passionate community! As I've been telling everyone these last few months, I don't want to leave VA, but I do want to go to CA.
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1 -4 p.m.
Historic Huntley c. 1825
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Huntley Farm: How contemporary trends influenced the cultural landscape
Including new information on the tenant house, Huntley's double ditches and the influence of pattern books on villa design.
Presentation begins at 1 p.m. followed by tour of site.
Monday Morning Birdwalk
Harry Glasgow
When we take bird walks, it's more than about birds. Certainly, it's rewarding to study a Tanager or a Warbler or a Thrush for a minute or so. We are dazzled by colors, song, and setting. But over time, our interest in birds gradually expands to include habitats, behaviors, and life cycles. We develop interests in things such as migration and breeding. As we watch a Thrush, we begin to think about anatomy or its beautiful song, and before long, we are swathed in the measureless scope of a bird's seemingly simple life.
Who We Are
The Friends of Huntley Meadows Park was founded in 1985 and is a nonprofit organization of individuals dedicated to the protection of Fairfax County's premier wetland wildlife sanctuary.
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Shaefer from San Diego writes: Hey Mike, love your posts. Can't get enough of them. I just moved to San Diego, but I lived in Chandler, Ariz., my whole life and have been a die-hard Cards fan and season-ticket holder since I was born in 1988.
Me and a couple buddies were discussing Larry Fitzgerald's chances when he's in the red zone. I think he's virtually unstoppable on the fade. I was wondering if you have access to the percentages of times he scores a touchdown , catches the pass, actually drops the pass, has the ball deflected, and has the ball intercepted. Any of these stats or extra info on the Cards would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again for your work in the NFC West.
Mike Sando: You're welcome. Thanks for the support. I do have some pretty cool Cardinals-related data I'll be presenting on the blog soon, hopefully this week. End-zone fade percentage is not something I track. When the Cardinals go to four receivers in the red zone, though, Anquan Boldin tends to score the touchdowns. He's so tough working the inside.
Fitzgerald has improved his technique on the fade routes, though. He has made it a priority to use his body more intelligently down there, shielding the defensive back in a way that gives Kurt Warner a bigger strike zone. Warner has mentioned this specifically.
Pablo from Dallas writes: Huge Niners fan stuck in Cowsheep area of country. So, I was very excited with drafting Crabtree and had high hopes. Is it too early to give up hope? I'm thinking that his first season is pretty much shot.
Do we still give big five-year money for four years (if that) of service? Why don't we trade him now to a contender for first and third-round 2010 picks? We would have three first-rounders next year and could rid ourselves of this headache. I'm asking for two picks because only a contender for the upcoming season would be interested and that would mean a low first-round pick. Your thoughts?
Mike Sando: The deadline for trading draft rights has passed. I do think it's too early to write off Crabtree. Also, there might be a flaw in your logic. If the 49ers should trade Crabtree in part because they are unlikely to get much from him this season, why would a contending team want to add him?
While this situation is frustrating for the 49ers and their fans, the best course of action seems to be for the 49ers to wait out Crabtree, try to get a deal done and then try to get him ready to contribute in some way this season.
Anthony from Georgia writes: Everyone seems to be talking about second chances and how Mike Vick deserved one, but what about Matt Jones? Jones seems to be blacklisted by the NFL because I haven't even heard about him being invited for a tryout. He was on pace to be one of the top WRs in the NFL last season and now he cannot even get a tryout. Why is that?
Mike Sando: Michael Vick was a much better player than Matt Jones ever showed he could be. Vick also plays a much more important position. Those would be the reasons, in my view. Also, people probably worry more about Jones going back to drugs than Vick going back to fighting dogs. I'm guessing dogfighting is less addictive.
Kyle from Tempe writes: Do you think the 49er franchise would have been better off drafting Michael Oher, not making anyone in the o-line play out of position, and giving the Michael Crabtree headache to someone else?
Mike Sando: Not really. Adam Snyder looks pretty good at right tackle. Finding a right tackle is easier than finding a potential superstar receiver. Now is the time to take a deep breath on Crabtree and consider the big picture, which spans years, not days.
Tom from Soquel, Calif., writes: How will the 8th and 9th picks of the draft signing affect the Crabtree situation?
Mike Sando: Those signings would not appear to change the fundamental differences between the parties, as those differences have been reported.
Josh from Richmond, Calif., writes: You said the Niners would [likely] keep four running backs in "Gore, Coffee, Michael Robinson and Moran Norris." Why not Brit Miller? He had an awesome game on Friday with two touchdowns. Does he not deserve to be in the talks?
Mike Sando: Roster spots are too precious. Miller likely would never play on offense in a game. He could factor on special teams, which might help his chances. But if the 49ers waived Miller, they probably would not have to worry about another team signing him to its 53-man roster. It was one game, in the preseason, against backups. A good start, yes, but not enough, in my view, to suddenly rate alongside Gore, Coffee, Robinson and Norris.
Mike Sando: My first impression in camp was that Boller looked good for a backup. Physically, he is different from a lot of backup quarterbacks. I tend to agree with your perspective on him, though I haven't seen him nearly as much as you probably have. I don't think he was an outright bust in Baltimore. His signing by the Rams was a good one, I think.
Mike Sando: The third-down back or change-of-pace back should be able to pass protect to get on the field and stay there, particularly for the Cardinals, who have so much riding on Warner's health.
That said, you've probably
heard the term "numbers game" in relation to roster management. The Cardinals have been saving a roster spot for special-teamer Sean Morey in recent seasons even though he doesn't factor into the offense as a wide receiver. How many roster spots can they set aside for specialists when they know Steve Breaston can be an effective return man? I think that's another question to consider as we watch these players over the next two or three preseason games.
Mike Sando: Davis is a project. They'll need to invest a couple of seasons in him before letting him compete for a more important role. The way he grips the football is unconventional. I'm not a quarterbacks coach, but if Davis can throw the ball equally well with or without gripping the laces, I wouldn't consider that to be a huge issue. Whether he grips the laces wouldn't throw off other mechanics, seemingly. Perhaps a quarterbacks coach out there can help.
Chris from Seattle writes: Hey, Mike, question for you on the Seahawks offensive line. Anyone who has had the chance to watch the practices, myself included, has noted that the offensive line looks mediocre at best. How much of that is the personnel (with the injuries, retirement, and so forth), and how much of it is just a group of guys trying to learn the ins and outs of a completely new blocking system? Thanks!
Mike Sando: It's a combination of those things. Mostly, it's not having Walter Jones out there. He solves a lot of problems up front. That is no excuse. The Seahawks were thrilled to add Mike Solari as offensive line coach. His addition was supposed to upgrade the line. Last season was a mess from an injury standpoint, with all five starters winding up on injured reserve. This is the year Seattle needs to see more production from that line.
Mike from Gig Harbor writes: Is there a position on Seattle's O-line that they have been using Max Unger more than any other? I'm having trouble putting any confidence in Chris Spencer at this point and am curious if Unger could take over the starting job sooner rather than later. Love the blog!
Mike Sando: Thanks, Mike. I see Spencer starting if he's healthy, but those last three words are key. Rob Sims has left guard locked down. Mansfield Wrotto is less established at right guard. I see Unger getting onto the field at right guard or center, perhaps via injury, and never looking back.


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A humor piece, only the insufferable female is my OC in this fic. Because of the constant interaction with humans, Solok is going to be slightly OOC to fit the humor. Enjoy!
The Insufferable Human Female
Chapter 1
It turns out that the crew from T'Kumbra had to stay on board longer than expected, repairs that were estimated to take only a week had been extended for another three days. Most inefficient to the eyes of Captain Solok who had long since been ready to depart deep space nine, especially since the holodeck incident but it was of no matter. So long as he kept to himself and interacted only with the immediate members of his crew, the rest of his stay should prove to be tolerable.
The extent of wanting solitude went as far as requesting replicated meals from his guest quarters, so it came as quite the nuisance.. if he felt such emotions when he discovered that one evening when he went to have plomeek soup replicated, the computer denied his request.
His grey eyes blazed as he asked the computer more forcefully: "I said, I request plomeek soup!"
"Request denied" The computer replied.
He sighed as he ran his fingers through his bangs. Momentarily contemplating skipping dinner altogether then deciding avoiding interaction with humans was illogical.
He straightened himself out and put on his most neutral expression as he made his way over to the small mess hall.
Shocked was not quite the word but he was surprised when he saw one of his female senior officers avidly speaking to a male human. He could tell from the look in the young man's eyes that he was intrigued by her. The thought was repulsive to him, how a Vulcan could find a human aesthetically pleasing was simply unwarranted for a wide array of reasons.
He was able to replicate his soup there with no problems, and he made a mental note to speak to Sisko about the growing list of inefficiencies on his ship. You would never see such disastrous happenings on a ship run by a Vulcan crew.
As he thought these things he realized he was being observed by a rather small human female sitting almost across from him, she was more towards his left hand side. He stayed staring at her in a way he knew intimidated most humans but she didn't even wink.
He was the one that gave in and finally looked away, continuing to eat his soup before it got cold, but when he looked up again, sure enough she was still looking at him. He abruptly dropped his spoon- he caught himself, he had displayed annoyance, he should've been more in control. Another side effect from intermingling with humans.
"Can I help you?" He finally asked.
"With what?" She answered.
He raised a brow. "You are looking at me."
"Yes, I am." She replied.
He blinked. "Why are you looking at me?"
She blinked. "Am I not permitted to look at you?"
"Logic dictates that when you look at someone it is for the sole purpose to enter into discussion, or to ask a query."
"Nope, those aren't any of the reasons." She replied.
He sighed. "Fine, what is your reason?"
She shrugged. "I don't know, its cause you're funny looking I guess."
His eyes grew wide, who did this slip of a human think she was saying such things to him? Did she know who she was talking to? He was a star fleet captain, and not just any captain, but THE BEST captain starfleet has ever known!
He would talk to Sisko about this immediately! She would not get away with this!
He calmed himself immediately; he knew how to handle such circumstances if his vast variety of essays regarding illogical humans meant anything.
"Tell me, what is your name?" He asked with command in his voice.
"What is the logic in asking me such a question, what do you seek to gain by such information?"
Of all the insufferable... ! Who the heck was this girl?
"I demand you tell me your name this instant!" He said in a voice loud enough to get everyone's attention in the mess hall.
She made a face and gathered her things before rising out of her chair. "Gosh, I didn't think Vulcans were so emotional; I'm getting out of here!"
WEIRUFJ#*$*%)! For a moment he actually visualized himself slamming the small human female against the wall and forcing her to tell him; yes! Nobody obscured information from Captain Solok! Nobody! He didn't even realize he was getting out of his chair and following after her when suddenly the damn Ferengi Quark ran right into him with a PADD in his hand.
"So when you gonna pay my tab Vulcy?"
He quickly raised himself up to see where she had gone but she had been fast and was already too far away to be seen anymore. He caught himself as he almost snarled, grasping the PADD roughly away from the Ferengi as he signed over the appropriate credits.
Quark gave him a toothy smile. "You know.. if you're ever in need a Vulcan love slave.. I can certainly accommodate.."
"Out of my way Ferengi!" He stated powerfully as he exited the mess hall.
He needed to meditate, he needed to let out some steam, and he needed to get the heck off deep space nine already! But he would control himself, he would never let these humans get the better of him; he was after all Solok of the T'Kumbra; decorated star fleet captain and it would take a lot more than some human girl to set him off and disgrace himself.


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Keep Unite affiliated! No new Popular Front!
Andrew Murray: Popular Frontist
" … the [Labour] party's leaders in parliament know that if they were to lose Unite, there could be an English Syriza formed with more resources and dynamism than the party it would replace" – Counterfire
It hasn't been widely publicised, but for the last couple of years Unite leader Len McCluskey has been saying that in the event of Labour losing the general election, Unite would seriously consider disaffiliating from the party.
Many of us considered this a bizarre position to take: surely the aftermath of a Labour defeat, and the ensuing ideological struggle between the Blairite right and various more left-wing currents, is precisely the time when affiliated unions should be exerting their influence?
McCluskey's strange position seems to have been a concession to anti-Labour forces within the union, which include the Socialist Party (and their pathetic TUSC electoral front), various free-lance syndicalists within the United Left, a significant number of Scottish members (antagonised by Miliband's handling of the Falkirk row, and now pro-SNP), and -perhaps most importantly – his 'Chief of Staff' Andrew Murray, to whom he has in effect sub-contracted the running of politics within the union. Murray, a member of the Communist Party of Britain who is on record supporting North Korea, has a record of deciding the union's political "line" without reference to the union's executive, in accordance with his own Stalinist predilections.
Murray is part of the current within the CPB that favoured closer links with Galloway and Respect and, through his prominent involvement in the Stop The War Coalition also has a close relationship with John Rees, Lindsey German and their small ex-Trotskyist organisation Counterfire.
This influence over the union's leadership accounts for the enormous resources Unite has poured into Counterfire's initiative The People's Assembly, the union's declared (but undebated) support for Lutfur Rahman in Tower Hamlets, and also for McCluskey's unwillingness to call for a Labour vote in Scotland.
Counterfire and its Stalinist friends have two prominent supporters in the mainstream press, Seumas Milne (in the Guardian) and Owen Jones (in the Independent and New Statesman), both of whom, immediately prior to the election, were promoting the idea of a popular frontist anti-Tory coalition, and the idea that a Tory minority government would be, in effect, a 'coup' against the anti-Tory parliamentary majority. There was even a 'Counterfire'-inspired proposal for a demonstration against the 'coup', although this didn't take place under its planned slogans, due to the reality of the Tory absolute majority.
Counterfire is a small and politically insignificant outfit, but via Murray, it wields influence within Unite (despite the fact that it has only one known member within the union!) Therefore when articles like this and this appear on the Counterfire website, Unite activists who understand the vital political importance of maintaining the Labour link, should prepare for battle against the defeatists, class collaborationists and syndicalists who'll be arguing for a break with Labour and the creation of a lash-up with the SNP, the Greens and even (according to the schema put forward by Murray's pal Seumas Milne) sections of the Lib Dems! They may present it as "an English Syriza" reacting to the "Pasokification" of Labour ("English" because the SNP's autonomy in Scotland must be respected), but in reality it would be a new variation on an old, class-collaborationist theme: the Popular Front.
'Stop The War' (sic) backs Putin
By Chris Ford (via Facebook):
So Stop the War are off the fence and jumped into bed with the ultra-Stalinist campaign 'Solidarity with the Anti-Fascist Resistance in Ukraine' –
I note that it is holding a joint protest at the USA Embassy under the ironic slogan of 'Peace for the Donbas'.
This from a campaign who supported the annexation of Crimea, support the war in Ukraine as 'anti-imperialist', refuse to call for a ceasefire, support restoring by arms a Tsarist colonial state of 'Novorossiya', branded all of us who supported an appeal from the Ukrainian miners union as 'a bunch of scabs', and generally spend all of their time spreading smears lies and intimidation against anyone who engages in sane or rational disagreement with them.
My question to comrades who are anti-Stalinist who are in StW – what now?
Searchlight warns of "Anti-Fascist Resistance in Ukraine" scam
Above: sub-Stalinist and Putin supporter Andrew Murray addresses the meeting
The following warning to the Left comes from Gerry Gable of Searchlight, the UK's longest-established anti-fascist publication. It was published on 1st June, the day before the inaugural meeting of 'Anti-Fascist Resistance in Ukraine':
The so-called Anti-Fascist Resistance in Ukraine has called a meeting on the evening of Monday 2 June at SOAS. The British left and anti-fascist movement has been canvassed to take part.
The warning below, which exposes these political crooks, comes from genuine anti-fascists in Ukraine. President Putin's media Trojan Horse, the Russia Today TV station, presents as commentators Nazis from Germany and the UK, and people involved in the far-right LaRouche cult group without explaining who they really are.
Over the past few weeks RT has featured Paul Weston from the tiny Islamophobic Liberty GB party, who has been associated with the English Defence League. Weston was described on screen as a civil rights activist. Also on was Manuel Ochsenreiter, editor of Zuerst!, a glossy German Nazi magazine. Then came the man from LaRouche's international Executive Intelligence Newsletter, the happy hunting ground of several intelligence services. This is the group responsible for the death in 2003 of the British student Jeremiah Duggan in Germany, a death that will be subject to a new inquest in the North London Coroner's Court next February.
Our comrade who has written the paragraphs that follow, is one of the most experienced investigators of what really goes on in Moscow and Kiev. He expresses his sorrow, as do I, about the way part of the British and European left are being manipulated by these enemies of the true anti-fascist struggle.
The so-called "Solidarity with the Antifascist Resistance in Ukraine" is simply a scam.
Borotba, which "represents" the Ukrainian side (their guy will address the meeting on Skype), is a fake left-wing organisation the representatives of which are now travelling across Europe to get funding for their dodgy activities. No decent left-wing group in Ukraine is cooperating with them. This is very much worth reading:
At the same time, Borotba has been cooperating with the so-called "Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine". Its leader, Natalya Vitrenko, is a long-time associate of LaRouche:
Borotba also supports the self-proclaimed Donetsk People Republic, the "constitution" of which proclaims an authoritarian clerical regime.
It's really painful to see that so many people fall victim of the idiotic propaganda.
H/t to Comrade Coatesy for drawing our attention to this bizarre affair. Coatesy also gives more detail about Lyndon LaRouche (aka "Lyn Marcus"):
The name LaRouche should send alarm bells ringing.
I will just cite this (there are thousands of pages on the Net about him) about this creature, " Why is LaRouche considered a crank in some circles? Consider the following tidbits drawn from numerous similar statements over 30 years. According to LaRouche, The Beatles (who "had no genuine musical talent") were created by the "British Psychological Warfare Division" and promoted "by agencies which are controlled by British intelligence."
Furthermore, the Queen of England and the British royal family run the global drug trade. 37 LaRouche asks: "Who is pushing the world toward war?" It is "the forces behind the World Wildlife Fund, the Club of Rome, and the heritage of H.G. Wells and the evil Bertrand Russell."38 Having a hard time as a political activist? LaRouche has the cure! He is "confident and capable of ending your political-and sexual-impotence; the two are interconnected aspects of the same problem….I am going to make you organizers…by taking your bedrooms away from you….I shall destroy your sense of safety…." From here.
We urge you to read Coatesy's account, which is rather more even-handed than we're inclined to be, and includes a link to a statement from the 'Anti-Fascist Resitance in Ukraine' campaign and from Borotba, putting their side of the argument. But there can be no doubt that this so-called "anti-fascist" campaign is a quite extraordinary rotten bloc of genuine dupes of Putin, sub-Stalinists, degenerate ex-Trotskyists and far-right conspiracy theorists with Nazi links.
See also: Dale Street on the Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic
Boko Haram, 'my enemy's enemy' and 'left' isolationism
John Rees, of Counterfart and the War Coalition, writes:
"As Lenin put it, those who wish to see a pure revolution without nationalist revolts in oppressed countries, will never live to see a revolution. Such revolts can manifest all sorts of religious and nationalist prejudices. But Lenin argued the political complexion of the leaders of small nations–be they nationalist, fundamentalist, dictators or democrats–should not determine whether socialists in the major imperialist countries support them against imperialism. It is enough that a victory for imperialism would set back the cause of oppressed nations everywhere for socialists to commit themselves to the side of national liberation. Whether the leaders of such nations are despots, or merely murderous "democrats" in the George Bush mould, it is the task of the working class of these nations to settle accounts with them. Any interference by the imperialist powers would only be to secure profits and strategic interests."-
As well as (I would contend) misrepresenting Lenin with an out-of-context quote, Rees fails to acknowledge that, if taken seriously, his formula would amount to "my enemy's enemy is my friend"; put much more crudely and honestly here. It also exposes the truth that many of us have known all along, that the likes of Rees are not really anti-war at all, but invariably support the anti western side, even if that means Saddam, Putin or the Taliban – or, presumably, in the event of a western intervention – Boko Haram.
Us Shirazers are not always fans of Nick Cohen, but he nails Rees and the latter-day "left" isolationists and pro-whoever's-anti-western "leftists" of the War Coalition variety, good and proper:
220 schoolgirls haven't been 'abducted' by Boko Haram, they have been enslaved
Terrorists from a religious cult so reactionary you don't have to stretch the language too far to describe it as fascistic attack a school. The assault on a civilian target, filled with non-combatant children, has a grotesque logic behind it. They call themselves "Boko Haram", which translates as "western education is forbidden". The sect regards learning as oppression. They will stop all teaching that conflicts with a holy book from the 7th century and accounts of doubtful provenance on the life and sayings of their prophet written hundreds of years after he died.
A desire for sexual supremacy accompanies their loathing of knowledge. They take 220 schoolgirls as slaves and force them to convert to their version of Islam. They either rape them or sell them on for £10 or so to new masters. The girls are the victims of slavery, child abuse and forced marriage. Their captors are by extension slavers and rapists.
As you can see, English does not lack plain words to describe the foulness of the crimes in Nigeria, and no doubt they would be used in the highly improbable event of western soldiers seizing and selling women.
Yet read parts of the press and you enter a world of euphemism. They have not been enslaved but "abducted" or "kidnapped", as if they will be released unharmed when the parties have negotiated a mutually acceptable ransom. Writers are typing with one eye over their shoulder: watching their backs to make sure that no one can accuse them of "demonising the other".
Turn from today's papers to the theoretical pages of leftwing journals and you find that the grounds for understanding Boko Haram more and condemning it less were prepared last year.
The crisis in Ukraine: a new statement from Stop The War Coalition
The highly dangerous situation in Ukraine has brought into focus the threat of a new cold war, and the possibility of military conflict. It is in the interests of no one for such military conflict to take place.
We oppose all foreign military intervention, and it is in that spirit that we now wish to clarify our position on the present crisis.
We take no lessons from those who have supported intervention in the past in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya, and who proposed major air strikes in Syria as recently as last August. Nor should we believe concerns about national sovereignty from countries which have launched drone attacks on Yemen, Somalia and Pakistan.
There are many political differences in Ukraine that can only be resolved politically and by respecting the language and civil rights of all concerned.
The Stop The War Coalition recognises that in some of our previous statements we may have given the impression that Putin's actions towards the Ukraine were justified and that, in any case, the job of any anti-war movement is to oppose only its own government's wars. We now recognise that this was a mistake, and wish to put the record straight.
Firstly, the suggestion that the overthrow of the corrupt president Yanukovych was the work of US imperialism, rather than a genuine, democratic social revolt, was clearly wrong. Secondly, the repetition of Putin's slander that the Ukraine protest movement and the interim government are dominated by fascists, whilst repeated in good faith by ourselves and many others on the left and the peace movement, has now been shown to be false.
We now call for the complete withdrawal of Russian forces from areas close to Ukraine, no further annexations and an end to attempts to bully Ukraine back under Russian domination.
At the same time, we call on the West to act with restraint (in particular, to reject calls for any kind of military response), to cancel Ukraine's debts and to encourage devolution of power within Ukraine.
These are the steps required in order to avoid a new cold war, a war which is against the interests of the people of the world, whether in Ukraine or elsewhere. The Stop The War Coalition apologises for any previous statements that may have suggested that we hold to any other agenda.
Statement from the Stop The War Coalition
'The Stop the War Coalition opposes imperialist interventions wherever they occur, and by whatever government carries them out. We didn't stop the war in Iraq, but we did create a mass anti war opinion in Britain and throughout the world. That tide of anti war opinion has made itself felt in the past few days. We now have to reject all attempts at intervention in Ukraine and call upon President Putin to to develop a foreign policy which is based on equality and justice, and the rights of national sovereignty. We will demonstrate on Saturday against this intervention. It is the aim of the anti-war movement to ensure that Putin is forced to abandon the attack on Ukraine now that the country with which Russia is supposed to enjoy a 'special relationship' has carried out an exercise in national self-determination.'
[NB: if it's not obvious…ONLY JOKING!]
'Stop the War' and Mother Agnès: the strange case of John Rees and Assad's Nun
Thanks to Comrade Coatesy and also Bob from Brockley for drawing this bizarre business to my attention. You don't need to be a supporter of the Syrian rebels (certainly, neither Coatesy nor us at Shiraz are) to be appalled at people like Newman's Socialist Unity blog and Rees' Stop the War pimping for Assad's fascistic regime. The following comes from Tendance Coatesy:
Mother Agnès-Mariam de la Croix will not be attending the Stop the War Coalition's International Anti-War Conference on the 30th of November.
It seems that two speakers due to speak at the event – Owen Jones and Jeremy Scahill – threatened not to come unless her invitation was withdrawn.
The Stop the War Coalition announced on Saturday,
Over the last few days a campaign has developed over the invitation we extended to Mother Agnes — a nun from Syria, who leads a campaign called Mussalaha (Reconciliation) — to speak in London at the International Anti-War Conference on 30 November organised by Stop the War Coalition.
Mother Agnes has now withdrawn from speaking at the conference.
In inviting speakers to participate in its events, Stop the War has never sought to endorse all their views. We have always provided a platform for a diversity of opinions within a broad anti-war perspective.
John Wight of Socialist Unity writes today,
She has been demonised by her detractors as a 'pro regime stooge' due to her support for Assad and his government. But why wouldn't she? As with the majority of Syrians who support their government – and none more so than Syria's various minority communities – she understands that the only force capable of preventing her country being turned into a killing field by western and Saudi backed savages is the Syrian Government, the Syrian Arab Army and its allies.
The BBC reports on Mother Agnès-Mariam (Extracts)
In recent weeks she has become the focus of media attention because of her attempt to prove to the world that Syrian opposition activists fabricated the videos showing victims of the Damascus chemical attack.
She argues the horrifying scenes – of men, women and children either dead or dying from inhaling sarin gas – which caused such international outrage were stage-managed.
The BBC's Richard Galpin spoke to Mother Agnes.
Mother Superior Agnes Mariam de la Croix sprinkles blessings liberally over our conversation.
I've phoned her to request an interview about her strange role as an analyst of the chemical weapons attack in Damascus.
In her most startling conclusion she alleges some of the people seen in the videos are in fact women and children abducted by rebels from minority Alawite areas of the country. President Bashar al-Assad and his family belong to this community.
The BBC asks, "So how credible are the claims made by Mother Agnes which have been so eagerly seized upon by Moscow as it still tries to save the Assad regime?"
There's just no basis for the claims advanced by Mother Agnes," says Peter Bouckaert, emergencies director of Human Rights Watch, which has produced many detailed reports on Syria.
"She is not a professional video forensic analyst… we have found no evidence to indicate any of the videos were fabricated."
One by one, Mr Bouckaert rejected the claims, saying:
- There were tens of thousands of civilians trapped in the Ghouta area of Damascus, according to very regular reports received by Human Rights Watch
- Children were often sleeping in the basements of buildings in significant concentrations because of the intense shelling and that is why so many died (Sarin gas accumulates at low levels)
- The dead and those injured in the chemical attack were moved from place to place and room to room both at the clinics and ultimately for burial
- There were many men and women who were victims of the attacks. But there were separate rooms for the bodies of children, men and women so they could be washed for burial
- Almost all of the victims have been buried
Human rights researchers have spoken to the relatives of Alawite women and children abducted by rebels. None of them said they had recognised their loved ones in the gas attack videos
It is perhaps not a coincidence that arch-conspiracy theorist lunatics Lyndon LaRouche's group have diffused (November the 14th) a video of an interview with Mother Agnès-Mariam.
Bob from Brockley has been following this controversy closely.
He comments (yesterday),
Her invitation provoked outrage from Syrians and supporters of the Syrian revolution, as "Mother Agnes" has been a widely disseminated mouthpiece for the Assad regime's propaganda, including vigorously denying some of Assad's war crimes. (Of pictures of dead children in Ghouta, for example, she claims they are only sleeping.) Her lies are widely promoted by Russian media sources, by Christian news agencies, and by the LaRouche network. There are also live allegations about her own involvement in war crimes, and in the regime murder of journalists. Below the fold, I have pasted some information about her, but some good starting points are Linux Beach, Democratic Revolution, and Pulse.
The Stop the War Coalition could do without this kind of "opinion" amongst its "diversity".
SWP faction fight: How to argue
By Ross Spear (taken from Facebook). It should go without saying that us Shirazers don't necessarily agree with all of the author's opinions, and we didn't seek his permission before publishing this, as it was already in the public domain:
How To Argue
The crisis inside the SWP has long been peppered with calls to conduct the debate in a comradely fashion inside the organisation. What goes unsaid is just how difficult this has been made. It takes two to tango, and the leadership has expended considerable effort destroying any possibility of a reasoned debate on the events of the past year. Its interventions on the subject are more akin to the smear tactics found in tabloid newspapers than the kind of debating you would expect to have amongst comrades. I take here the Charlie Kimber/Alex Callinicos article in the most recent ISJ as an example of this sort of behaviour. I stress that this is only that of an example, for the writings of the SWP leadership on the crisis are riddled from top to bottom with the wilful distortions that characterise their approach to 'debate'. That this is their modus operandi only goes to show that their aim is not to convince their opponents so much as it is to discredit them. They aim to publicly sow confusion in order that the relevant facts are accorded a degree of ambiguity in the minds of their readers.
For anyone closely involved in the SWP crisis the various diversions, distortions and omissions are always plain to see. For those looking on at a distance this is likely not always so clear, thus why the opposition has been forced in to a rear-guard action so as to publicly set the record straight at every twist and turn. David Renton has already comprehensively dismantled the claims in the first part of the article that refers to the two cases. 65% of the article, however, is not concerned with this but deals with refuting what Callinicos and Kimber believe to be the mistaken politics of the opposition. They seek to take the debate "onto a political terrain where the issues can genuinely be clarified." What emerges, however, is precisely the opposite.
Their main claim is that the opposition is subject to the deviation of 'movementism'. That is to say that it, or at least a sizeable component of it, has renounced class politics and, specifically, the primacy of the working class as the agency of socialist change. This is what underpins the current split within the organisation, and is a common thread running through each split since the 2007 Respect crisis. It is through this lens that Kimber and Callinicos understand the opposition.
Argument by diversion
In reality, there is little indication that any drift towards 'movementism' is a defining aspect of the opposition. It is certainly not a unifying element of this heterogeneous bloc, which is unified solely in its disagreement with the systematic covering up of rape accusations. The opposition remains unified by this, and probably this alone, in spite of any protestations by Kimber and Callinicos to the contrary. In order to achieve their ideal target of an argument with 'movementists' they pursue diversionary tactics, away from what the opposition is talking about and towards what Kimber and Callinicos would like to talk about. They are unable to produce a sustained argument that would vindicate the SWP in its handling of two serious disputes, thus they move us on to something that they are confident talking about: the importance of the working class. The structure of the piece betrays this, for they quickly put forward their (incorrect) version of how the allegations were handled before launching in to a lengthy diatribe about movements, class and the united front.
If this is intended to be read and digested by the opposition then they merely waste paper, for that is not the dispute we are having. But this is not, of course, the purpose of the article. The diversion here is so absurd that one struggles to think that Kimber and Callinicos believe their own fantasy. There is certainly a time and a place for putting the arguments of revolutionary socialists as to the importance of the working class out in public, in order to convince people of our ideas. An article seeking to understand why a large portion of the SWP's membership is resistant to the endemic sexism present in its handling of rape allegations is not it.
Argument by distortion
This diversion is achieved by way of presenting two pieces of evidence, provided to the reader as if they were telling examples of SWP members gone bad. For the first, they paraphrase the view of Richard Seymour: "Neoliberalism has entered the very soul of the working class, crushing class solidarity and identification, engendering acceptance of market relationships and hollowing out resistance." According to Kimber and Callinicos the claim put here by Seymour is that neoliberalism "has totally gutted working class power." It must be left up to Seymour to clarify his own ideas, but based on Kimber and Callinicos' own summary he has said nothing of the sort. It is a well-known fact of the last thirty years that social attitudes have changed considerably (in what thirty year period do they not?) and that the working class has been on the back foot in the class struggle. Identifying the nature of this is the first step to changing it. Kimber and Callinicos are surely not yet so far fallen from revolutionary socialism that they would deny Marx's postulate that the ruling ideas are those of the ruling class – and yet this is all Seymour's claim really amounts to. Thus Seymour is presented as a heretic to revolutionary socialism not by the use of supporting evidence but by asking the reader to make a leap of faith, to trust in Kimber and Callinicos to know what he is really getting at. The authors travel swiftly from what he did say to what they would have liked him to have said, and then they comprehensively rebut that instead.
Their second target is Renton, whose crime is to contend that "'Core' public sector workers… having final salary pensions arguably have as much in common with MPs and bankers as they do with the nine out of ten workers who rely on private pensions or no pensions save the state pension." Once more a jump is made by Kimber and Callinicos, who transform this statement – that the minority of workers who have decent pensions have something significant in common with other social strata that do also – in to a moral claim on Renton's part that these workers are somehow bad because they have attained this level of security. Renton is said to be 'directing fire' at groups of workers. Unfortunately for Kimber and Callinicos, the quoted passage does not make the argument that they go on to counter. They are once more left to argue against a target that they have constructed themselves. If I make the observation that those who have been to Russell Group universities and become workers have something in common with lots of non-workers, like MPs, I am not 'directing fire' but making a potentially valuable statement about a certain lived experience. That this is a fact does not make those involved any less working class, but may nonetheless be of use in understanding the lived experience of workers if socialists wish to lead them. The ruling class has consciously pursued stratification within the working class, attempting to break down its bonds of solidarity. The least we owe them is to acknowledge this. Read the rest of this entry »
Anna Chen accuses John Rees of racism
Above: Rees has many faults, but seems an unlikely racist
Ex-SWP'er Anna Chen, who blogs at 'Madam Miaow Says' is a writer and performance artist of Chinese-British extraction. She recently wrote a piece, re-published and/or quoted on various blogs, criticising Ken Loach's film The Spirit of '45 for ignoring black people. My personal view is that while she has a point, she possibly overstates her case, given the film's concentration upon the 1930s and '40s, before large-scale black immigration into the UK. But Loach's dismissive response on Radio 4, "That's how it was. That's the record of the time" does him no credit.
Anna has a Comment piece in yesterday's Guardian (print edition) in which she again criticises Loach's film for only showing white people, and she also makes some well-aimed criticism of Maurice Glasman and David Goodhart (both said to be influential in Labour Party thinking on race, immigration and "community").
But Anna also makes an extraordinary allegation against 'Counterfire' and People's Assembly big-wig John Rees:
"The blind spot that so irritated Orwell is alive and well on the left today: in one shocking example, John Rees – a former leading member of the SWP (and now the People's Assembly leader) – argued that 'it's British workers who count, not Chinese' soon after 58 dead Chinese migrants were found dead in a truck in 2000."
Let's be clear: Anna is accusing Rees of racism: there can be no other interpretation placed on her allegation. Anna does not provide the full context of Rees's alleged words, but it's difficult to conceive of any context that would make such words acceptable.
I have not always considered Anna an entirely reliable source of information in the past and, indeed, the Guardian piece contains at least one howler: since when has the Grunwick dispute been considered a "famous victory"?
The charge against Rees is about as serious as it gets, and presumably the Guardian's lawyers cleared it. But does anyone know when, where and in what context Rees is supposed to have made that comment? As regular readers will know, I don't have much time for Rees and his degenerate 'Counterfire' outfit, but I have to say I find Anna's allegation against him difficult to credit. And if she can't back it up, she ought to withdraw it.
NB: I see that the online version of Anna's article (linked to above) omits the alleged quote from Rees and carries the following disclaimer:
• This article was amended on 17 July 2013 following a complaint from John Rees, an organiser of the People's Assembly and a former member of the SWP, to remove remarks which he denies making.


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The Kremlin has been marching toward Syria and Iraq for months now, expedited by the West and Iran reaching a nuclear deal that ends international sanctions on the latter.
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