Meet the new left, same as the old left?
At its best the new left sees change coming through parliament, at its worst it only sees change as a form of consciousness raising.
Black Authors Ignored: Black Lit Matters
Black authors are being ignored even though it has never been more obvious that Black Lit matters. But it has been a long time coming. When Bernadine Evaristo’s Booker-winning novel Girl,…
Co-operation as society’s saviour
Authorities that value blame more than solutions are selling conflict. And those unfortunate enough to fall for their snake oil will tragically see conflict as not only justified, but inevitable.
A short conversation about propaganda
We’re all in this together. Make your country great again. This is the will of the people. Don’t trust ‘experts’. Activists are imposters. It’s propaganda.
Making Democracy Work For Us
The recent political party conferences and the vacuous speeches by Keir Starmer and Boris Johnson got me thinking about democracy. Everybody knows what democracy is, don’t they? Citizens of a…
Whatever happened to the working class?
We hear a lot about the working class. A lot of it negative, or at the least derogatory. People like to think that we now live, those of us fortunate…
Black Lives Matter and so does Black Capitalisation
To promote Black Maternal Health Awareness Week we published a news item in Critical Mass about the shocking rates of mortality among Black women in maternity care. This attracted some criticism over the lack…
Critical Thinking in School vs Conservatism
A passive approach on educating our future leaders we will train them to accept the existing world without critique.
Indigenous Lives Matter
Introduction I have been honoured with the Lakota name Mani Isna La, which literally translates as “He Walks Alone” and signifies that I have chosen my path but invite others…