Unless the Scottish government can pull independence out of the bag before the end of the Brexit negotiations, given the present crippling dysfunction of the parliamentary Labour Party at Westminster, we had best buckle in for at least a generation of Conservative rule.
Watching the Death of an Empire
Brexiteers have imagined that this success has something to do with the magic and romance of London, that the tourist haunts of Buckingham Palace and Tower Bridge have acted as a money tree attracting astronomical sums of money to Britain.
Pennies from Apple: Tax Evasion and Irish Sweetheart Deals
Europe has smacked technology giant Apple with a whopping €13 billion tax bill, but rather than leaping at the money to address domestic issues like the highest level of homelessness since the Famine Ireland is trying to get Apple back to tax free trading.
The Future of the Corporation
It is no longer in the realms of conspiracy theory that the Corporation has become the new order of the world, but conspiracy fact. Years of secretive negotiations, across the developed world, between corporately sponsored governments and the corporations themselves have borne fruit in the creation of globalised treaties granting effective domination of the world’s economy to unelected and legally unaccountable super-boards-of-management.
We Have Plenty of Illusions in the World of Choice
A small number of corporations have monopolised every corner of the consumer market. They use our spending to fuel violence against workers and pay off governments. Is this a 'real' choice?
Nothing Understands Socialism like Capitalism
Follow @UrFhasaidh Our struggle for rights and freedom, for equality, justice and fairness, means that we have to take the fight against Capitalism – now the single most destructive force on Earth – to every corner of oppression and exploitation. It means that every complex and simple battle must be joined by every worker. All … Continue reading Nothing Understands Socialism like Capitalism
We’re in a Hole and the Lights are all Out
Follow @UrFhasaidh In case you haven’t noticed yet you should know that we are all in deep shit. Nature itself is turning on us, and the damage caused to the world by people in the past fifty years alone has triggered a series of climatic changes that already look to be moving towards a global … Continue reading We’re in a Hole and the Lights are all Out
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