Whatever happened to the Labour Party?
So, to the question ‘Whatever happened to the Labour Party?’ the only viable answer is: nothing. It is still the same pro-establishment, anti-socialist party it has always been.
Will there ever be peace in Ukraine?
As I write, reports have come in of a Russian rocket having struck the maternity wing of a hospital in eastern Ukraine, killing a new-born boy and critically injuring a doctor. Every life lost is a tragedy,…
Left Unity – Why Is It So Hard to Achieve?
Left unity matters. We need to understand what divides us and use the revival of class struggle and public protest to build unity in action.
Jamaica – a country in crisis Part 2
The criminal justice system in any country is supposed to be the cornerstone on which a good society is built, so, if that system itself is largely corrupt where does…
Mythical Monetary Theory
Modern Monetary Theory makes revolutionary economic claims but is in fact just a flawed defence of reformism.
Whatever happened to the left?
The left should unite around its core values say many. But what are these values?
Is the NHS safe in anyone’s hands?
The creation of the NHS was not easy. It emerged as a result of passion and conflict. The passion was a vision articulated by Nye Bevan at the time that…
Whatever happened to the Tory Party
We need a radical and very deep overhaul of the way our society operates, not just in one country, though we have to start somewhere, but worldwide. Until we break…
Can the Left unite?
Over-simplification, in response to complex social and moral issues, is both stupid and dangerous – and we can see the impact of this all across the world.
Sitting in judgement on women
THE year is 2022 and the USA, an allegedly civilised country, has rolled back abortion rights by overturning Roe v Wade, while other countries such as India and Ireland are…