Saturday, 19 May 2018

For the sake of the royals, abolish the monarchy

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For a revolutionary socialist to admit to a degree of sympathy for the Royal Family is a bit like a cat declaring himself haunted by images ...
Monday, 2 April 2018

Some thoughts on the anti-Semitism furore

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In a context in which anti-Corbynite MPs recently joined in a demonstration against Corbyn's supposed softeness on anti-Semitism, should...
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Monday, 19 February 2018

Class on campus: support the UCU strike

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Higher Education has something of a genteel image, so that industrial militancy in universities can seem as incongruous as full frontal nudi...
Wednesday, 24 January 2018

Model motion in support of UCU - please put to Labour branches/ CLPs

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An industrial dispute with the potential to be one of the most significant in the UK in recent years has reached a new stage. For details se...
Tuesday, 9 January 2018

Against the Single Market, for internationalism

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So I advocated voting to leave the EU. In some left-wing circles this admission is rather like owning up to necrophilia, but for all that I...
Sunday, 31 December 2017

The Centrality of Class I - Exploitation

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(This is part of the Introduction to Marxism series. See here .) The most important reason that I think the contemporary left could do wi...
Thursday, 28 December 2017

Marxism in Outline

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(On the Introduction to Marxism series see here ) It is easier to say what Marxism is not than what it is. It isn't a quasi-religiou...