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...

I've seen many aggrieved Jewish comrades across Twitter today in light of Labour's capitulation to so-called whistle-blowers. The refusal to address the contents of the leaked report and its subsequent media blackout is a damning indictment on the state of this party. Let's be very clear here - there was/is most definitely a small contingent of anti-semites lurking within the party, this was never in doubt. I'd seen a few examples of it myself; holocaust denial, straight up conflation of Israel with world-controlling Jews, for example. But these instances were few and far between. The fact that Starmer chose to apologise to and compensate so-called whistleblowers rather than the Jewish comrades whose route to justice was obscenely obstructed by the factionalism and careerism of the aforementioned is troubling to say the least. Justice would've have been for those implicated to be suspended or expelled from the party and compensation proffered to the Jewish comrades ...

Comrades, After today's announcement which I'm sure you've all seen by now, the capitulation to the so-called "whistle-blowers" by way of financial compensation and apology, I'm officially calling for an end to the campaign I started a nearly two months ago - Keep Labour Left, Or Leave! Starmer's "apology" is being seen as an admission of guilt by the nefarious side of the party and rumours are abound of not only Corbyn having the whip removed, but also of Corbyn being sued. This is a shorter run campaign than I expected but by this point, I imagine many of you are struggling with your conscience over whether to stay in the party, if you're still a member. I certainly am. I hoped to run the campaign in full, to its end, and with more members, but I personally cannot stand this any longer. It seems utterly futile now to continue. So with a heavy heart and as I stated within the original campaign material, I ask you all who signed up to resign ...

Today, I launch a temporary pressure group which aims to weaponise the intent of to leave which members currently hold in order to pressure the Labour party into adhering to left policy. Currently, discussion for this is taking place in the Facebook group The Left Wing Society. For this pressure group to achieve any of its aims and to have a significant impact, we need as many current members on board as possible. We also need help from ex-members, supporters voters in spreading the word as far as possible You can sign up here:  https://forms.gle/g1Ws7JviRGGnbGHs5 Who Are We? We are a group of Labour Party members who are concerned with the direction the party is taking under the leadership of Keir Starmer and the contents of the #LabourLeaks Our concerns are over policy, democracy and justice not only internationally and within the UK, but also within the Labour party itself. How Will We Get Our Demands Across? We seek to weaponise the discontent within the membership and the thre...

Given that we're about to embark on yet another round of quantitative easing combined with austerity, which has not for the past four times it's been tried, I thought it might be pertinent to talk about something which is rarely mentioned. First, though, I want to clear something up and I'm afraid that this is a rather boring economics post. The Pandemic is touted by many as being an instigator of a capitalist crisis. I don't believe this is the case and I can't honestly see how a socialist economy would have economically fared much better bar being better prepared and more liberal with spending on healthcare and safety. The UK governments have for once been pretty good economically but heinously shit with regards to everything else. However, this is beside the point. The point I'm making is that it wasn't an internal contradiction of capitalism that triggered the crisis. An internal contradiction is the only way by which a crisis of capitalism is triggered....