18 September 2004 Is like envisaging a world without sex, an unthinkable idea you’d assume, after all politics like sex makes the world go round and indeed it (they) still do even if buried under a blizzard of reality TV programmes, an endless procession of ‘celebrities’, patriotic parades and other assorted diversions, the latest of Continue reading

16 September 2004 An essay I’ve just made available by Gabriel Kolko, The Lesser Evil posits the view that electing Kerry poses a greater threat to peace and stability in the world than reelecting the “fucking crazies” to quote Colin Powell. Kolko’s thesis rests on the premise that it’s military alliances that pose the greatest threat Continue reading

14 September 2004 After writing my previous essay, I realised that I was touching on a number of quite fundamental issues that required further investigation, not the least of which is the issue of the nature, formation and the possible direction that opposition to the imperium could take. I admit that this is mostly speculation Continue reading

12 September 2004 Being raised in a world of socialist ideas and culture is both a blessing and a curse, the curse being one’s conscience. Some socialists I have known have no problem reconciling their philosophy with their jobs (aside from the occasional ‘twinge’), reasoning that one has to make a living somehow and I Continue reading

9 September 2004 My folks cut their left-wing political teeth so-to-speak in the 1930s – the anti-fascist movement, the Spanish Civil War, the unemployed struggles and of course, defence of the Soviet Union was the stuff of their lives. I say of course because in the 1930s, much like today in some respects, the world Continue reading