Keith Flett – Page 2 – Culture Matters

A drinking culture for the many, not the few: the importance of beer and pubs

1 September 2018 / 291

Keith Flett offers some ideas on how a socialist Labour government could improve our drinking culture. In the stimulating essay on Culture for the Many, not the Few:... Continue reading

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Eating & Drinking

Marx, Engels and beer

21 April 2018 / 276

Keith Flett considers the various references to the role beer played in the lives of Marx and Engels. There have been many and varied attempts over the... Continue reading

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1917 Centenary

The Bolsheviks and alcohol: policy and practice

10 December 2017 / 366

Keith Flett offers a brief survey of Bolshevik policy and practice towards alcohol consumption. Drink and the left has been an issue since the labour movement was... Continue reading

Keith Flett

Eating & Drinking

The Moral Economy of the Price of a Pint: For the Many, not the Few?

2 October 2017 / 268

Keith Flett outlines how market capitalism undermined the principle of a fair price for a pint of beer. The price of a pint of beer, or perhaps... Continue reading

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Beers and photo both courtesy of Cloudwater brewery

Eating & Drinking

‘London Murky’, Mrs. T., and the politics of the haze craze

29 July 2017 / 396

Keith Flett gets the round in again, tracing the political impact of Mrs. T on bright fined beer with his usal wit and clarity (geddit?). It’s not... Continue reading

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Eating & Drinking

Craft beer and competition

24 October 2016 / 285

Keith Flett continues his selfless quest at beer festivals to identify the economics of producing craft beer in a competitive, capitalist market – and what tastes nice.... Continue reading

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Class, CAMRA, craft ale and the contexts of consumption

28 September 2016 / 318

Keith Flett continues his series with a question: is there a link between class and what you drink? The upper classes are supposed to drink fine wines... Continue reading

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A drinking culture for the many, not the few: the importance of beer and pubs

Marx, Engels and beer

The Bolsheviks and alcohol: policy and practice

The Moral Economy of the Price of a Pint: For the Many, not the Few?

‘London Murky’, Mrs. T., and the politics of the haze craze

Craft beer and competition

Class, CAMRA, craft ale and the contexts of consumption

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