Thoughts on the movement, or why we still don't even Corbyn - Joseph Kay and Ed Goddard
Submitted by libcom on Jul 22 2016 21:18
It’s a lonely world these days for an anti-parliamentary socialist with all politics seeming to have taken a back seat to the current Labour Party shenanigans. While the deluge of establishment groupthink currently arrayed on Corbyn is as disgusting as it is cynical, we're still not pinning any hopes on him in the (now quite likely) event he comes out on top in the next leadership election.
Inside and against the university
Submitted by Joseph Kay on Dec 7 2013 11:42
With recent strikes, occupations, and violent repression, the university is becoming a battleground. What does this mean for university staff and students?
Decent wages and decent capitalism?
Submitted by Joseph Kay on Nov 8 2013 15:18
Ha-Joon Chang argues that higher wages are good for workers and businesses alike. He's wrong.
Capital can't be reasoned with - the importance of affective politics
Submitted by Joseph Kay on Sep 19 2013 10:10
When we limit ourselves to reasoned critique we cut ourselves off from the everyday experiences of life under capitalism from which any revolutionary rupture must grow.
In lieu of a blog - tweets on parliamentarism and left- Keynesian mythology
Submitted by Joseph Kay on Sep 4 2013 13:24
Some tweets on left parliamentary aspirations and Keynesian welfare state mythology.
Dawkins and liberal racism
Submitted by Joseph Kay on Aug 11 2013 08:55
Some quick comments on the latest 'shit Dawkins says on Twitter' row.
Stop laughing at the English Defence League
Submitted by Joseph Kay on May 29 2013 11:54
Three reasons why laughing at the EDL is counter-productive, and what we should do instead.
Low cost pragmatic storage solutions for the surplus population
Submitted by Joseph Kay on May 17 2013 12:18
A follow-up to my blog on the 'housing shortage', originally posted as an overly-long facebook status and reposted here now that the scheme to house people in shipping containers has been approved.
Communism and free education
Submitted by Joseph Kay on Feb 12 2013 20:36
A short blog inspired by a long banner.
Wrong to work! Two perspectives on the abolition of work
Submitted by Joseph Kay on Jan 3 2013 20:45
ALL MUST WORK! declares the cabinet of millionaires. 'Workers not shirkers!', they implore. 'Strivers not skivers!' The divide-and-rule rhetoric trying to pit those in work against those without is as relentless as it is transparent. But what's so good about work anyway?
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