The drivers of the bus company I work for are talking about going out on strike over a pay dispute. I hate strikes and believe there are better ways. A strike only hurts the passengers and not the company. Personally I believe we should still turn up for work, only refuse to take money for trips. This way passengers still get a service and the company loses money.
It is always the public who lose out on strikes. Bus passengers are usually the lower end of the social ladder, pensioners, low paid workers. school kids and the unemployed. As a skinhead I am usually at the lower end myself and know what a bus or train strike can do to the unemployed, pensioners etc. Like many skinheads, our working class roots are there for all to see and public transport is usually our only way to get around, so why hurt our fellow workers and brothers.
I say no to striking and yes to free travel until the company cough up or lock us out, then its a whole new ball game.
Welcome to my blog. I am a gay skinhead and a SHARP. I am also an author of skinhead books and my favorite author is Richard Allen, and no I don't style my writings after his books. My characters are as real as I can make them in my mind and all my books try to show my feelings against racial, sexual and religious hate. Being a skinhead is not just being a lout although that does help in a fight, but upholding a creed and brotherhood established by working class youth in the late 60's.
11/30/11
11/28/11
Skinheads
I get many questions from people who just cannot understand what a skinhead really is. They have no concept of their culture or what they stand for so in a few short words I am going to try and answer these questions.
First and foremost a skinhead is a working class youth/man, no if's or buts, his roots are working class and he identifies with the working class. Seldom does his work go beyond the lower echelons of working society, laborors, warehouse workers, building trades etc. Some lift themselves out of these mundane jobs but they are few and far between. Many are unemployed and live from hand to mouth on social security.
Skinheads came into existance in the late 60's as the mods and rockers wained and the young working class lad started to find the West Indian culture of song and dance, using their work clothes and adapting it into a recognisable uniform. Boots were high and steel capped, pants were usually Levi jeans, 501 and faded but eventually being bleached to rid them of their new look, braces were a sign of the common working man and the polo shirt which was a later addition, but replaced the work shirt used originally. The jacket started as a donkey jacket or army cast off but eventually the MA1 in olive green took over. The uniform eveolved from a working man style to a smart recognisable style of their own.
The media caught upon the look and their perchance to soccer violence and blew it up out of all proportion but in doing so, others decided to get into the act. Many youth or hooligans hit on the shaved head look and so the soccer hooligan reputation began. The national Front or the military front for the Nazi Parti took the look also and as they had a racial predudice look on life became known as Boneheads, as skinheads were none racially predudiced. Their culture had come from the West Indian culture so why would they be racially predudiced. In all skinhead groups throughout the world all races are accepted into the brotherhood regardless, but the NF or WP (White Power) Boneheads have a racially based membership. They are not skinheads and any media outlet who allow themselves to use this name in relation to them are misinformed.
Why do we become a skinhead? We are working class and we are proud of our roots. Skinheads stand for the working class youth since the late 60's and are seen as more than just a gang of lads. It is the culture, the brotherhood, the music and the friendship that every skinhead worldwide knows is waiting for him in every country and in every city. It is not something you retire from when you marry or find a relationship. It is a love of culture for life, and you hang up your boots on top of your coffin.
First and foremost a skinhead is a working class youth/man, no if's or buts, his roots are working class and he identifies with the working class. Seldom does his work go beyond the lower echelons of working society, laborors, warehouse workers, building trades etc. Some lift themselves out of these mundane jobs but they are few and far between. Many are unemployed and live from hand to mouth on social security.
Skinheads came into existance in the late 60's as the mods and rockers wained and the young working class lad started to find the West Indian culture of song and dance, using their work clothes and adapting it into a recognisable uniform. Boots were high and steel capped, pants were usually Levi jeans, 501 and faded but eventually being bleached to rid them of their new look, braces were a sign of the common working man and the polo shirt which was a later addition, but replaced the work shirt used originally. The jacket started as a donkey jacket or army cast off but eventually the MA1 in olive green took over. The uniform eveolved from a working man style to a smart recognisable style of their own.
The media caught upon the look and their perchance to soccer violence and blew it up out of all proportion but in doing so, others decided to get into the act. Many youth or hooligans hit on the shaved head look and so the soccer hooligan reputation began. The national Front or the military front for the Nazi Parti took the look also and as they had a racial predudice look on life became known as Boneheads, as skinheads were none racially predudiced. Their culture had come from the West Indian culture so why would they be racially predudiced. In all skinhead groups throughout the world all races are accepted into the brotherhood regardless, but the NF or WP (White Power) Boneheads have a racially based membership. They are not skinheads and any media outlet who allow themselves to use this name in relation to them are misinformed.
Why do we become a skinhead? We are working class and we are proud of our roots. Skinheads stand for the working class youth since the late 60's and are seen as more than just a gang of lads. It is the culture, the brotherhood, the music and the friendship that every skinhead worldwide knows is waiting for him in every country and in every city. It is not something you retire from when you marry or find a relationship. It is a love of culture for life, and you hang up your boots on top of your coffin.
11/27/11
Shaving
Skinheads are easily recognised by their shaved or short cut hair. Personally I prefer shaved, but there is a side effect of shaving your head. Apart from a cold head in winter, it is a task you must keep up on a daily basis. The smooth look is hard to maintain and requires time each morning to rid the head of stubble and give the smooth, cue ball look we skinheads admire so much.
30 years ago I had a major car accident that left me with many scars on my head and to leave shaving for several years until these healed sufficiently to allow a smooth finish once again. I maintained as close a cut as a pair of clippers could handle but eventually dared to use the razor once again. The first few days was agony as my head became a mass of blood and the razor nicked and cut into the many scars. But I perservered and am so glad I did. I felt lost without the smooth feel of my scalp like I didn't belong any more.
Now I am proud of the smooth finish, I even oil my head to make it shine. I feel a part of the culture once again for without the smooth finish I did not feel like a true skinhead. Long live the cue ball.
30 years ago I had a major car accident that left me with many scars on my head and to leave shaving for several years until these healed sufficiently to allow a smooth finish once again. I maintained as close a cut as a pair of clippers could handle but eventually dared to use the razor once again. The first few days was agony as my head became a mass of blood and the razor nicked and cut into the many scars. But I perservered and am so glad I did. I felt lost without the smooth feel of my scalp like I didn't belong any more.
Now I am proud of the smooth finish, I even oil my head to make it shine. I feel a part of the culture once again for without the smooth finish I did not feel like a true skinhead. Long live the cue ball.
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