I have produced a creative and amusing but low-tech video of myself performing
my new song "Mandy" and uploaded it to YouTube at
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yCbl2Ib2-ho giving it the description below:


I (Steve Wallis) was inspired to write this song by UK Business Secretary (Lord)
Peter Mandelson aka Mandy suggesting he would end university fees for students
staying at home - who tend to come from poorer families. This tack to the left
perhaps means that Mandy, one of the architects of New Labour under Tony Blair,
has become a good person. I have seen him looking happy and with what appears a
genuine smile contrasting massively with how he appeared in the past. I used
such a picture of Mandy in this video.

Mandy himself has commented on the change in his personality, at
http://www..guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/aug/14/peter-mandelson-in-charge-countr\
y - "I think 10 years ago, and also 15 years ago, I was a very hard-nosed,
uncompromising figure who was manning the barricades of change in the party, and
prepared to take down anything or anyone who stood in the way. I don't feel in
that mode now. And secondly, I've learned from experience that you can defeat
people without killing them."

A word of warning: people are influenced by others they communicate with,
whether ordinary members of the public, Labour Party members, politicians or
journalists. He could easily become bad again, and he is (of course) loyal to
his own party which necessitates compromises.

My analysis of society as a struggle between good and bad forces in soicety and
people's minds is provided in
http://socialiststeve.in/good-intentions-manifesto.html

Perhaps the most important point in the song is the prediction of a double dip
recession, as forecast by Gordon Brown, which will provide socialists with a big
opportunity to change society. My analysis of this - how it is inevitable due to
big tax rises and public spending cuts after the next general election - is
provided at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PRsocialism/message/170

You can read the lyrics of this song by going to
http:://galaxiamusic.org/lyrics/mandy.html

For more of my songs, visit http://socialiststeve.in/poetry.htm, or the websites
of my bands Red Day, at http://red-day.net, or Galaxia at
http://galaxiamusic.org - also check out my MySpace page at
http://myspace.com/galaxiasteve


--
Steve Wallis (Manchester, England)
Preferred email address: revolutionarysocialiststeve@...⁠
Super-blog: http://www.twitter.com/socialiststeve⁠
Other blogs: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/steve-wallis-socialist-blog,⁠
http://blog.myspace.com/galaxiasteve⁠
My socialist website: http://www.socialiststeve.me.uk⁠ [Indian mirror:
http://www.socialiststeve.in⁠]
My pages at Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/socialiststeve,⁠ MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/galaxiasteve⁠ and Bebo:
http://www.bebo.com/SteveW519⁠
Founder, Ethical Capitalism Network: http://www.ethicalcapitalism.net⁠
Founder, Foundation for Proportional Representation-based Socialism:
http://www.PRsocialism.org⁠
Founder, Revolutionary Platform Network: http://www.revolutionaryplatform.net⁠
My revolutionary socialist band, Galaxia: http://www.galaxiamusic.net,⁠
http://www.myspace.com/galaxiamusic,⁠http://www.facebook.com/pages/Galaxia-a-r\
evolutionary-socialist-band/84310120180,⁠http://www.bebo..com/galaxiamusic.⁠
My socialist band, Red Day:
http://www.red-day.net,⁠http://www.myspace.com/reddayband,⁠http://www.facebo\
ok.com/pages/Red-Day/27468311341⁠
Author, "Revolution Destroyed? Have I ensured that a world socialist revolution
will never happen?": http://www.revolutiondestroyed.net