Boredom to freedom
Imagine if, instead of exams and grades, educational institutions made learning their mission. Gasp! No exams? How would we know how good people were?
2022 – Goodbye to all that
In our final post of 2022 we look back and forward.
India: Economic Growth and Increasing Poverty
People at the bottom of Indian society exist in extreme poverty. The Global Hunger Index published its annual ratings last week. India has fallen for the third year running and…
Woman! Life! Freedom! Protests Continue in Iran
Woman! Life! Freedom! and 'Death to the Dictator!' A movement led by women, provoked by the death of Mahsa Aminia by Iran's morality police has triggered mass protests against the…
Low jobless figures hide a dirty secret
Government statisticians have chosen to use a measure of unemployment which gives the lowest figure possible. It is, frankly, a con.
What makes you a socialist?
Lynne Edwards interviews activist Natalie Strecker on what it means to be a socialist.
Bank Spends Billions to Bail Out Government
Bank of England spends billions on bail out as Tories crash the economy. We will pay with cuts to jobs and services unless we fight back.
Ecco Homo Sapiens – A Look at Human Evolution
The current year is one of strife. Backwards nationalism, war, political shenanigans, autocratic regimes, global warming denial, toxic people on the internet, the erosion of democracy, rampant capitalism, and a…
Food protections set to be slashed
We are already facing a Tory government seemingly obsessed with stripping us of our rights, and now they wish to take away our protections also.
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…