Fighting the Evil Empire and I don’t mean Russia
We condemn our legacy of empire while our politicians ignore it to condemn Putin's imperial ambitions and sing the praises of liberal democracy.
Ukrainian president calls on the West to calm down
WHILE US President Joe Biden continues his warmongering attitude regarding the Russian-Ukraine situation, followed by lapdog Boris Johnson and lapdog in training Keir Starmer, Ukraine’s president is trying to calm…
Poverty is Rising Due to Cost of Living Crisis
Poverty is on the increase. We wrote on Monday about how the energy crisis is leading directly to a cost of living crisis and the Chancellor’s methods are totally inadequate.…
Starmer, Savile and the Establishment
Was the attack on Starmer outside Parliament linked to his handling of the Savile investigation and was Johnson’s attempt to smear him in the House of Commons to blame? Johnson’s…
Michael Rosen Under Attack
Michael Rosen has been attacked in the Mail, the Telegraph and the Jewish Chronicle following the death of Peter Newbon, a lecturer at Northumbria University. Michael Rosen is supposed to…
If Johnson Goes the Show Goes On Without Him
Johnson is under pressure after a hundred Tory MPs voted against the government’s Plan B to deal with the new Covid crisis brought on by the Omicron variant. Does this…
Which Way Forward for the Labour Left?
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…
Don’t Extradite Assange!
Journalism is not a crime Today people are demonstrating in London to say Don’t Extradite Assange. Julian Assange, the publisher of WikiLeaks, has spent more than two years on remand…
Starmer shambles
WITH the whole country focused on the rising numbers of both Coronavirus cases and resulting deaths we might have expected the LOTO, Starmer, to query the Government on it at…
No Direction
A couple of years ago everyone knew what the Labour Party stood for. It had a remarkable, radical, manifesto that would have transformed the country. Its leader, Jeremy Corbyn, had…