Month: August 2021

THOSE expecting or hoping for a more pro-Palestinian stance from the Biden administration will have been bitterly disappointed after the first meeting of Biden with the rightwing Israeli Prime Minister…

Yesterday’s news was dominated by one story. Afghanistan. As Twenty Years of Purgatory comes to an end the country once more descends into Hell. The government mishandled the whole withdrawal/evacuation…

SPIKED! At 5.15pm on Friday 4 October 2019 Peter Oborne learned that the copy for his regular Saturday column in the Daily Mail had been declined. Could he write another…

A farmers’ protest in New Delhi ended in violence yesterday. The protest called by farmers concerned for their livelihoods was attacked by state forces. There is evidence that this attack…

Extinction Rebellion protesters covered parts of the City of London in red paint yesterday. They were highlighting the role of the City of London in supporting industries responsible for environmental…

Two bombs exploded in Kabul yesterday killing at least 80 civilians as British and American officials try to justify their decision to abandon Afghanistan. But what we are seeing is…

Sharon Graham wins Unite the Union’s General Secretary ballot. This vindicates her decision to stand. Many people on the left had accused Graham of being sectarian when she refused to…

Last year, before Covid struck, Australia was blitzed by devastating bushfires. Over 30 people died, many had to be evacuated from beaches, and it is estimated that more than one…

We are almost at that time of year when the press office teams at the increasingly corporate food bank operators pump out the annual reports and latest figures for the millions who…

Welcome to Critical Mass, the online magazine of the Creating Socialism Collective. Relax. We are not another new socialist party that is going to save the world. We don’t have…