Month: February 2022
Being Human 2/3
9th February 2022“A rat race is for rats. We’re not rats. We’re human beings.” Jimmy Reid, Scottish trade unionist Socialism is almost globally misunderstood and misrepresented. Socialism will be a basic structural change to society, and many of the things that most people take for granted, as “just the way things have to be”, can and must be […]
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Being Human 1/3
7th February 2022“The basic law of capitalism is you or I, not you and I.” Karl Liebknecht, German socialist It is human nature to eat when you are hungry, to drink when you are thirsty, and to sleep when you are tired. Nothing can alter this least of all socialists. However, what is meant by human nature as an […]
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No To Nationalism 3/3
4th February 2022Nation or Class? Home is where the heart is we are told, somewhere with the feel of belonging, security, comfort, fond childhood memories, neighbourly bonds, familiar habits and customs, all the things that frame a person into who they are and what they stand for. In a broader context home may be perceived as a wider geographical area, a […]
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¿SE DERRUMBÓ EL COMUNISMO?
2nd February 2022Vamos a ver si es cierto. Hace varios años que Gorbachov fue casi relevado del poder en un golpe de Estado. Han pasado varios años desde aquellos días de tanques de guerra en Moscú, Yeltsin en “La Casa Blanca”, Yeltsin dando un discurso en un tanque de guerra y trabajadores luchando por la democracia, aunque […]
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No To Nationalism 2/3
2nd February 2022Nasty Nationalist Nonsense The concept of the nation is a very real force in the minds of people. The outlook of “us and them” is deeply entrenched within the lives and the mind-set of many people. The idea that the world is naturally divided into nations is so widespread that it often goes unquestioned despite the world […]
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RUIDO DE SABLES SOBRE UCRANIA
1st February 2022Las potencias capitalistas occidentales, los Estados Unidos y susaliados en Europa, ganaron la Guerra Fría cuando la URSS finalmentecolapsó en 1991. Fue una derrota humillante para la Rusia capitalistaRusia perdió no solo la mayor parte de lo que había conquistado enEuropa del Este después de la 2ª Guerra Mundial, sino incluso parte delo que había […]
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