Reflections on March 26th from Znet and PPS-UK

Hi, thought people might find this interesting. It’s a series of interviews produced by Chris Spanoss (of ZNet) and Harpreet K Paul (PPS-UK) about the “March for the Alternative” in the UK on the 26th of March earlier this year. PPS-UK are a UK group organizing around Parecon (Participatory Economics) and Parpolity (Participatory Politics) which […]

On the Dole Again: A Love Letter to the Conservative Party in 5 Parts

So, it turns out that a multitude of job applications haven’t solved the problem and my overdraft is just about done. To celebrate my return to state dependency, here are my 5 favourite things (in no particular order) about claiming unemployment benefit or, perhaps, a Love letter to the Conservative Party in Five Parts. 1.     […]

In Favour of Strife: Two Reviews

Apologies to all for the delays. To begin with, two reviews. On the chopping board this week are Barbara Ehrenreich’s Smile or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World and A Very British Strike: 3rd May – 12th May 1926 by Ann Perkins. While I didn’t expect it, both books contain interesting lessons […]

Some Sideways Reflections on the Recent Rioting

It’s Saturday now and, for the better part of the week, I’ve been trying to find time apart from work to put together some thoughts  on the recent violence in a number of English cities. What has passed for debate in the mainstream media has been both intentionally and unintentionally misleading. So, for example, we […]