How the right wins and how we fight back
This is what the left needs to do - go positive and appeal to people’s emotions, hope, compassion and solidarity.
What Christmas Means To Me 12
Yule enjoy this article where Howard Thorp calls for a day of reflection.
Net Zero Is Not The Answer
We need massive reductions in greenhouse gas emissions as quickly as possible which means eliminating our dependence on fossil fuels. The only way to keep humanity safe is the immediate…
Solidarity and mutual aid are key for a better future for all of us
In this blog, I’ve stressed the importance of solidarity, not charity and working at the grassroots to build community wellbeing, provide work and housing and combat climate change through cooperation…
The Neoliberalspeak Dictionary
Over the past forty years or so, neoliberalism has contributed to the impoverishment of our language by the misuse of certain words. The aim of a Neoliberalspeak dictionary is to give some…
Western Culture is Toxic and Damages All of Our Lives
The very idea that people are 'born bad' leads to the idea that they need to be controlled and punished, something that is still a feature of Western culture today.…
Bye Bye Boris Bye Bye?
THE UK is surely witnessing the dying hours of the Boris Johnson premiership? After months of revelations about his lies and rule-breaking, something has finally snapped in the Tory party.…
Rail Strike: The Government Can Afford Decent Public Sector Pay Rises
Members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) are taking strike action over pay, conditions at work and proposed redundancies. Predictably there has been a mainstream…
What Is Aspiration?
So the word ‘aspiration’ has become a particular neoliberal framing of those who ‘aspire’. It divides the nation into those who are worth something and those who are worthless; the…
Climate Crisis: Farming Is Devouring The Planet
Around half the world's habitable land is now used to produce our food and the outcomes are dire, with habitat destruction, consequent biodiversity loss and the accelerating extinction of species.