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:…
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…
Mugwort’s Hallowe’en Party
Mugwort the cat was by the window, Gazing out into the Hallowe’en night. The sun had gone down almost two hours ago, Now there was only moonlight. Apart from all…
Halloween Is Cancelled
The Sixty Second Scribe takes a minute or so to be all topical and discuss Halloween, while managing to touch on the pandemic, the economy, the labour party and Richard…
Sally Can Wait – A review of Blair and Brown, the Revolution
“I had discovered long ago the first lesson of political courage: to think anew. I had then learned the second: to be prepared to lead and to decide. I was…
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…
Spotlight on Susie Granic
Susie Granic has been writing for Critical Mass since Issue 1 and also contributes to our daily news pieces, putting her critical eye and journalistic training to good use. She…
Spain’s War on Food Waste
Whilst the UK hosts #Cop26, Spain launches war on food waste, animal welfare reforms and packaging that will transform the way we shop and the way all food outlets operate…