In Defence Of Gravity
It is always a case of socialist theory or else bad theories produced by supporters of a social system that leaves us marginalised, alienated and impoverished.
Writing From the Left, Changing the Conversation
It is always a case of socialist theory or else bad theories produced by supporters of a social system that leaves us marginalised, alienated and impoverished.
Government, as we understand it, is there to govern. That is an obvious tautology. But the question is really from where do they get the consent to do so?
Socialism offers a way of living that is more closely attuned to how people say they would like to live. Or does it?
This should not be meant to say that utopian socialists do nothing but dream. As is clear from the case of Robert Owen and his followers, they put plenty of…
People are marginalised by being ignored. Marx was right. We need to challenge the dominant ideology through struggle.
What is work, what is it for, and what is it going to look like in the future? Do we need to work and how much work should we do?…
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…
At its best the new left sees change coming through parliament, at its worst it only sees change as a form of consciousness raising.