Keep It Dense, Keep It Futile, Yeah?

Recently, I posted an image on my Facebook page from IWW which included the following text: "You can't be pro-worker and anti-immigration. Immigrants ARE workers. Don't be fooled by dog-whistle racism. Immigrants aren't driving down wages, bosses are." I thought it might be pertinent here to illustrate some different perspectives on this as in my original post, I only focused on the socialist perspective within a capitalist system. So first up, here is (near enough) what I originally posted. The Socialist Perspective (Of A Capitalist System) Employers drive down wages and here's a simple explanation of why using the basic economic concepts of supply and demand. In an employment situation, the labour-force is the supply and the capitalist/employer is the demand. When supply outstrips demand, the capitalist/employer uses "market saturation" or "cost-cutting" as a pretext for their behaviour which is usually to slash wages, other work benefits

There's always been something about the implicit concept of an Israeli lobby as used by leftists that has always made me wince and just didn't sit right with me, and I've never really known why until now. A post by one Mr Vashak on the Facebook group Democratic Socialism has helped me to slide the final piece of my puzzle into place: Sir Trevor Chinn, Israeli lobbyist or philanthropist? As a lifelong supporter of the Labour party, Sir Trevor Chinn has been the subject of some controversy. His lifelong support of Labour friends of Israel is public knowledge as he has an illustrious history of supporting British jews, why wouldn't he, he is one. Generous charity work for the Variety Club of Great Britain (seems he has a personal mission to end child poverty) Chair of the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme Vice-chairman of Great Ormond Street hospital Deputy chair of the Royal Academy Trust. In 2018, left-wing Labour National Policy Forum member George McManus was forced to re

Ever since Labour’s loss in the 2019 general election, many on the left have been contemplating whether Labour can still remain as a viable vehicle to deliver socialism in the UK. The subsequent revelations of chicanery, subterfuge and subversion within the party’s machinery ratified our underlying concerns over its suitability for such an endeavour; that the party can not be anything other than yet another that manages capitalism. A mass exodus from the party has since taken place with thousands of ex-members and voters now feeling politically homeless. At the next general election, Labour may well get our vote but at this point, voting for them is purely a matter of limiting the damage that can be done. This leaves us with a couple of questions: Is democratic socialism viable, is a revolution achievable and if not, what other options are there? The Problems With Democratic Socialism Democratic socialism, that is socialism enacted through currently existing structures and institutions