Capitalism Creates Poverty

  Living in the 2020s UK is a bit like living in the 1920s Germany. While a labour government continues imposing austerity, underfunding hea...

If you've read previous posts on this blog, you'll know that I've been blogging about how we build a form of socialism that will...

Here we go! The age-old problem of the left - factionalism and rows about differences - many of them petty but destructive. Will this doom C...

So, in recent news, Zara Sultana, after being suspended for a year by Starmer's Labour, announced that she was quitting Labour after 14 ...

Very many of us, around the world, have been utterly horrified by the ongoing slaughter, in Gaza, a genocide. We sit and watch while the mas...

So, Trump and Musk have finally fallen out . Was it to be expected? I would say almost certainly. Two narcissistic psychos with massive egos...

In 1999, I joined the Green Party. Why? I've always been a socialist and I always voted Labour, when I bothered to vote. By then, I had ...

Guess what? Humans are social animals. We are made that way. We need the company of others to survive and to thrive. This does not mean just...

Where are we now? It's hard to keep up. This is only a brief summary. Trump has been president for less than a month and in true Steve B...

We need real change in the UK, and we need it very soon. But how do we bring it about? Millions of Brits are pissed off. They are struggling...

Bad Enoch cackled as she listened to the radio in the darkness. "Nice one Cruella" she said, "now my latest plan is to build ...

Who is looking forward to 2025? Where to start? 2024 was an annus horribilis: the war in Ukraine, the climate crisis, the slaughter in Gaza,...

What would I do if I were Starmer? A newly elected PM with a massive majority (or even a decent, smaller one). Well, I'm a socialist, so...

Deep breath. Here we go. I've been a socialist for over 50 years. In that time, I've seen all the same old arguments go around in ci...

I've already written something about this , but It's hard to know where to start. There's been lots of analysis of why Trump won...