Welcome to Critical Mass Issue 9
Today is Human Rights Day, held every year on the anniversary of the United Nations adopting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10 December 1948. As we reported earlier…
So, it begins. A review of the first issue of the Harry’s Last Stand newsletter
JOHN SMITH is searching for a publisher for his book about life with his dad, Harry Leslie Smith, “The World’s Oldest Rebel.” In the meantime he’s asked me to promote…
How to build a socialist movement
Building a socialist movement can feel like a labour of Sisyphus. If the left are not in retreat they are attacking each other. What do we need to do to…
The Trials and Tribulations of being the Bloomin’ Christmas Tree Fairy.
I’ve been in a box for most of the year And all of my time was free But yesterday they took me out To put me on the bloomin’ Christmas…
No Room At The Inn
No Room At The Inn, a poem by Tanweer Dar Between the bombs and the bullets The endless misery and despair Brought by foreign hands To these forsaken lands And…
12 days of kindness
FOR many of us who run independent food banks, the way the mainstream media portray us as operating is far removed from our reality. At the We Care Food Bank…
A short conversation about cooperation
It misrepresents nature to highlight competition above all things.
Dakota 38 Memorial Ride
ON 9 December riders from around the world assemble with the Oceti Sakowin (7 Council Fires), people you might call Sioux, at Lower Brule, South Dakota. The following day they…
Take A Look Through The Overton Window
Following last week’s look at the psychological assessment tool known as the Johari Window, this week it’s the turn of the Overton Window. What is The Overton Window The Overton…
This Feline Has Ceased To Be
The Sixty Second Scribe takes a look at the latest dead cat to be thrown on the dinner table, and while he recognises it for just what it is, he…