1. How do we get out of the mess? And 2. In what kind of society do we wish to live afterwards? I have little idea how we manage 1.,…
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Three deities on Mount Olympus, having been instructed by Zeus to lockdown together, decide to hold a symposium. You know the meaning of the word symposium? It is Greek for…
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Do you remember that series from the US? Was it science fiction? Should the word ‘surreal’ be used? Who played the part of The Log Lady in New Labour? A…
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CLAUSE FOUR “To secure for the workers by hand or by brain the full fruits of their industry and the most equitable distribution thereof that may be possible upon the…
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Self-isolation became collective isolation. We assembled in a hotel to search for the meaning of SOCIALISM. I was supposed to be in charge but very much aware that behind me…
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Today is the anniversary of the birth of the Empress Matilda or Maude, mother of Henry II. Depending which side you favour in that particular civil war she might be…
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Cameron is using Johnson’s current medical condition in order, just like Blair, to get back on the stage. He now says positive things about his character with a touch of…
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They were two people who were giving us the vocabulary for discussing what a better society might look like. We are in desperate need of such a vocabulary. In the…
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In casual discussion of social values (politics in other words) I often find that if I say that we are all Marxists in response I see a look of horror.…
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I am aware that many people disagree with me about the way in which, today, we should be using the notions of possitivity and negativity. In my view to complain…