Spotlight on The Sixty Second Scribe
The Sixty Second Scribe has been writing for Critical Mass since Issue 1 and has somehow managed to end up managing the website – note to self – stay quiet…
COP26 Saving Capitalism not the Planet
Welcome to the climate con which is COP26 in Glasgow. Here, governments, NGOs, and corporates are supposed to be working together to limit global warming to the 1.5º centigrade target…
Business as usual for corrupt Tories
DILAPIDATED, filthy, slatternly, squalid, sordid, depraved, seedy, and disreputable. No, these aren’t the cosplay nicknames for a number of Boris Johnson’s cabinet members, to the best of my knowledge, although…
Forever January
Ten minute Fiction. The old man was so very cold. His teeth chattered and his shoulders hunched to keep out the chill. He was huddled beneath a coarse n scratchy…
A short conversation about those hateful climate activists
Let’s pretend we’re victims…. while smoothing the way for a future where there’ll be more victims than anyone can even begin to imagine.
Good COP Bad COP
The Sixty Second Scribe takes a minute or two to look over the goings on in Glasgow and has a question or two to ask about the motives of many…
The Giraffe and the Anteater.
Inspired by ‘The Owl and the Pussycat’ by Edward Lear. The giraffe and the anteater went on the road In a purple painted camper van. They took a packed lunch…
Which Way Forward for the Labour Left?
Is there a future for the left in the Labour Party? My article on Class Struggle in the previous issue of Critical Mass argued that the left had no chance…
The demonisation of disabled people
Social media. You either love it or hate it. It’s great for activism and countering government propaganda but it also attracts conspiracy theorists and undesirables who see an opportunity to…