Yemen – The Forgotten War
Not long ago I shared someone’s post on Twitter about the untold suffering in Yemen showing a picture of a starving child. I asked why we seem to turn our…
Why I’m A Socialist
To some, socialism is a dirty word. Margaret Thatcher saw to that. I was born in Thatcher’s Britain. Everything was about the suits in the city and people were buying…
Class Struggle: Which side are you on?
Which Side Are You On? is a great song about class struggle. It came out of a miners’ strike in Kentucky during the Depression. It’s an easy question. On one…
Bride of Mandelstein
HALLOWEEN is upon us and I cannot imagine much more frightening than to see creepy little Lisa Nandy and the Prince of Darkness himself, Peter Mandelson, on my doorstep. Even…
Success and Selfishness
When we find ourselves in the role of “leader”, how do we justify our control over others?
GARDENERS’ CORNER
GROWING CONCRETE Now is the time to be preparing the garden for next spring’s crop of concrete. You have to treat this natural resource very carefully and dig down to…
A room of one’s own
When Virginia Woolf wrote A Room of One’s Own she was speaking of women’s emancipation from men, and she was speaking of a physical room, but nowadays it is both…
USA foments more unrest in Cuba
WHILE it is reported that the US are actively whipping up support for protests against the Cuban government, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, has stated the protests are illegal and will…
Fascism, Perception, and Purple
For anyone unable to actualise the conflicting mythological differences (either due to community cohesion or existential answers), it will be impossible to partition them from their relative truth. Radical Civility:…
Donziger & Assange – Studies in Injustice
On the day that a hearing commenced about Julian Assange’s extradition to the USA (a hearing he wasn’t permitted to attend) Steven Donziger was ordered to report to jail to…