Welcome to Critical Mass Issue 15By Editor
This month’s issue looks at forgotten people. There […]
The Critical Mass Socialist Hour Episode 20By Dave Middleton
In Episode 20 of the Socialist Hour Dave, Susie and Mike talk about the Buffalo murders, and Dave interviews Michelle Torez a social activist who has gone from being institutionalised to producing inspiraction for others in her situation. It is an honest and compelling listen. […]
"'Alfred Linnel, Killed in Trafalgar Square, November 20, 1887: A Death Song'" by Digital Collections at the University of Maryland is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
Alfred Linnell: the death of an ordinary manBy Susie Granic
On December 18, Linnell was given a grand funeral. A huge procession of socialists, radicals, feminists, Irish Republicans and working people walked from the West End of London to the East, swelling to tens of thousands. […]
Photograph by Sarah Pflug on Burst
Civil Service under attack againBy Marilyn Tyzack
This has not stopped Boris Johnson joining the long line of ministers who see the civil service as an easy target for revenue savings, either through pay freezes, cuts, privatisation and contracting out, all under the guise of improving efficiency. […]
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What sort of country are we? The detention of refugees in the UK shames us allBy Jo Buchanan
Short-term holding facilities (STHFs), where arrivals are very often sent immediately, are reported to be in a particularly shameful state, and those confined in them are among the most forgotten and overlooked victims of Tory rule in Britain. […]
"Tombstone of Regina, 2nd century AD, Arbeia Roman Fort & Museum" by Following Hadrian is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barates and Regina and Many MoreBy Mike Stanton
Barates and Regina will not be forgotten, thanks to archaeology. And history is rescuing more stories from our multicultural past. […]
"anarcho-communist Chun Li, dropping truth bombs on your notions of freedom. #williamsburg #streetart #chunli" by heeeraldo is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. "anarcho-communist Chun Li, dropping truth bombs on your notions of freedom. #williamsburg #streetart #chunli" by heeeraldo is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
Truth Is A WeaponBy Luke Andreski
Truth grenades are cognitive munitions which scatter the enemy’s lines.
They’re an essential part of our weaponry against disinformation and spin – against false narratives which pretend that greed, selfishness and power-hunger are good, that they benefit ordinary people in their struggle to survive. […]
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How forgotten peoples are kept in the marginsBy Dave Middleton
People are marginalised by being ignored. Marx was right. We need to challenge the dominant ideology through struggle. […]
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With The MinersBy Howard Thorp
Thatcher’s government pulled out all the stops to beat the miners, and the police were drafted in from all over the country to the front line, which was south Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Along with the cohorts of police – reputedly on £500 a week, in 1984! – came the army, who posed as policemen in unmarked uniforms, as well as Special Branch and all manner of spooks determined to break the strike. […]
Civil servants on strike in Norwich, 2010. Photo by Roger Blackwell - Creative Commons 2.0 Generic license.
91,000 Civil Servants Face the SackBy Mike Stanton
91,000 civil servants face the sack to deal with the cost-of-living crisis. Let's defend the civil servants and sack the government instead. […]
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From the river to the sea…By Tanweer Dar
The Nakba (the forced displacement and ethnic […]
My much-loved and often read copy of Paul Foot's 'Words as Weapons'
Investigative journalism? A look back to when words truly were weaponsBy Susie Granic
AS we today complain, rightly so, of the dearth of […]
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Free Julian Assange – He risks losing everythingBy Catherine Clarke
The intelligence services of each country have colluded, behind the backs of their national parliaments and without people’s knowledge, to ensure a truth teller can never be freely allowed to publish the truth about our decaying capitalist system, a system which has nothing left to support its goals but endless war and austerity. […]
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Sense Out Of Nonsense: Northern Ireland, Brexit, and Liz TrussBy Fiat Knox
Northern Ireland has been prominent in the headlines in the week beginning 9th May. The situation has been a thorn in the side of the Tories since the Brexit referendum back in 2016. […]
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The UK Authoritarian Oligarchy and How to Oppose ItBy Amber Goth
Editors note: This article was received in our mailbox […]