annarky's blog.

             I wrote this little piece away back when I was first diagnosed with pleural plaques, the footprint of asbestos. As a young man...

       In the morning of October 21st. 1966, darkness fell on a small village in Wales, on that day, half the children in Aberfan ended thei...

         As a young apprentice I worked in the shipyards, when the use of asbestos was wide and lavish. Its effects are still being felt ...

       Throughout capitalism there has been a constant trait and it still persists. That trait has been as mining and manufacture of ma...

     May 18th. a personal anniversary for me. It was ten years ago on May 18th 2003 that I lost a dear friend and comrade John Stewart...

           Is your work killing you? In all probability the answer is yes. Every year across the country people are killed just trying t...