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IT reflects the times we live in that disabled people are stigmatised and dehumanised in society. Ableist language is used in everyday life, and even I’ve been guilty of failing…

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Confabulations by John Berger – A Review
By Mike Stanton
John Berger showed in his life and work that you be a writer, an artist, an intellectual of international renown and never sell out in the struggle against exploitation and oppression. […]
Parallels: A Response
By Mike Stanton
Are there parallels between Tory attacks on the disabled and the Nazi policy of extermination? Is creeping fascism a threat? […]
Fear spreads as bills continue to rise
By Critical Mass News Team
AS FEAR spreads throughout households and small businesses over the impact of the cost of living crisis, the UK government announced an ‘Energy Price Guarantee’ which will mean a typical UK household will now pay up to an average £2,500 a year on their energy bill for the next two years. […]
The ‘Jelly-Bean Street’ Painting.
By Mel Cakey
What was it about the Jelly Bean Street painting that made Madelaine's partner Phillip prepared to pay over the odds for something that looked like it had been painted by a 10 year old? […]
Interest Rate Rise Compounds Our Misery
By Critical Mass News Team
Raising interest rates is supposed to control inflation. But we will finish up paying more for everything while banks and bosses benefit. […]
Sunday Socialist September 25th
By Dave Middleton
Socialist Sunday - a free, independent, socialist weekly PDF as fascists win power in Italy we ask is democracy under threat? […]
Warmongers of the world unite
By Critical Mass News Team
Cold war lessons in diplomacy are forgotten as Biden ramps up the temperature of the hot war in Ukraine. What about brokering peace talks? […]
Canada – Indigenous People Massacred
By Critical Mass News Team
People in Canada may be shocked by the recent massacre of Indigenous people. But given their racist history they should not be surprised. […]

Broken Britain
by Critical Mass News Team
September 29, 2022
Broken Britain is being battered into recession by the Tory mini budget that will benefit the super-rich at our expense.
Preacher man: Starmer inspires the converted
by Critical Mass News Team
September 28, 2022
ACCORDING to the establishment media Keir Starmer’s conference speech was ‘inspirational’, he is ‘a Prime Minister in waiting’ and so on and so on, but those of you who might have turned over to it in exasperation after not being able to find the third part of Al Jazeera’s The Labour Files, will know that was far from the case. The speech was only inspired if you like a thesaurus of cliches. From “stand tall […]
How the Monarchy makes a mockery of ‘British Values’
by Tanweer Dar
September 27, 2022
The Rule of Law has to be one of the most egregious examples of how the Monarchy makes a mockery of British Values. From the protection afforded to royals being investigated for terrible crimes to the reigning Monarch's sweeping immunity from laws, it is evident that some people are, indeed, above the law.
Labour Conference – Tory Crisis
by Critical Mass News Team
September 27, 2022
The Labour Party Conference takes place at a time of Tory crisis. But they are more concerned to take on the Left than challenge Capitalism.
Why the Left fight
by Luke Andreski
September 26, 2022
It’s often said of the political Left that we are our own worst enemy – quicker to fight among ourselves than to focus on our sociopathic adversaries on the Right. But why?

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