How would you feel about being rich? As Scottish Finance secretary, John Swinney, says, Scotland would be the sixth richest country in the world, while the rest of the UK would be a mere 16th if they are lucky. So that is one up on the Southerners, who we have apparently been subsidising. Even if this was […]
Posts Tagged ‘Socialism’
On socialism, nationalism and anti-English sentiment in Scotland (part 1)
May 6th, 2014 by Greg Philo.Blairites, Valls and Renzi, offer little hope for Eurozone
Apr 23rd, 2014 by Michael Meacher.Valls and Renzi, the new prime ministers of France and Italy respectively, have made clear their respect for Blair and their intention to follow his example. That’s bad news for the Eurozone and for the EU in general. Blairism is not an economic ideology, but rather a style of leadership that is far more about […]
Why Marx was right
Mar 19th, 2014 by Phil Burton-Cartledge.I’m currently reading Terry Eagleton’s Why Marx Was Right, a little book that came out in 2011. And, I have to say, it is possibly the best short introductory work to Marx and Marxism I’ve read. And I’ve read a lot. Taking a set of common charges made against Marx (Marx was a determinist, Marx hated individualism, […]
Watch: Kshama Sawant on why the USA needs socialism
Nov 16th, 2013 by Newsdesk.Here, Socialist Alternative’s Kshama Sawant, all but declared the victor in her race for a powerful city council position in Seattle, in her first appearance on US national television. Expect to hear more!
Left Unity? No thanks, at least not yet
Aug 10th, 2013 by Peter Rowlands.The initiative by Left Unity (LU) to found a new party of the left (NPL) is the most serious attempt to do so for some years, and merits some consideration. I would like to argue that a NPL should not be formed, at least at least not now, as it is unlikely to succeed and […]
Karl Marx for Today
Mar 14th, 2013 by Carl Packman.On this very day, 130 years ago, Karl Marx died in his house in Chalk Farm Road, London. Shortly after the death of Jenny Marx, his wife, in late 1881, Marx developed a catarrh, making him very ill for at least the final 15 months of his life. What eventually came to kill the old […]
Two Milibands, One Nation, One Monarchy
Dec 4th, 2012 by David Osler.The late Ralph Miliband made his name as a Marxist theoretician through detailed elaboration of the proposition that the Labour Party can do absolutely nothing for the working class. His two boys, or so the lefty joke has it, have very loyally done their best to prove the old man right. Now it looks as […]
Just how left wing is Sinn Féin?
Nov 5th, 2012 by David Osler.There is a political party in the United Kingdom – and I use the geographical expression advisedly – content to serve as junior partner in a rightwing-dominated coalition committed to austerity, reductions in public spending, privatisation, the PFI and tax cuts for business. And no, I am not talking about the Liberal Democrats. Unfortunately, such […]
Owen Jones and the prospects for neo-Bennism
Oct 12th, 2012 by David Osler.The Daily Express was once the largest circulation newspaper in the world, Frederick Forsyth was once this country’s best-selling novelist, and Labour leftism was once a force that could not ignored. All of these statements, dear younger reader, are astounding but true. So I was highly amused to see that the website of the has-been […]
Socialism and homeopathy: what’s the quack?
Sep 7th, 2012 by Carl Packman.Was I not copied in on the email that said socialism and homeopathy were intrinsically linked? I wouldn’t have listened but it would have been nice to know. Though I suspect there is no such email knocking about. Which is all the more disturbing. Why do some socialists support this stuff? My mate Dr Amanjit […]