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‘Might is Right’ and Capitalist Market Exchange

29th June 2021

‘Might is Right’ is the description of power as fact, and that power as fact triumphs over justice and what might actually be Right. It’s the brutal reality of power, and sometimes also the normative justifications that attempt to legitimise and perpetuate such a situation. An easy example is the school bully who beats up […]

'Politics'

The Current Covid Situation

10th March 2021

The Government recently published their Covid ‘roadmap’ setting out what their plan for lifting restrictions over the coming months. I thought I’d write this blog post as a way of thinking through how I think and feel about it, partly to get them out of my head. If you want to live in sunny optimism, […]

'Politics'

Might Johnson be replaced – and what might this mean for the left?

20th June 2020

In recent political events, we’ve seen demands for the removal of the Prime Minister’s top advisor and chief of staff, Dominic Cummings, as well as open speculation that Matt Hancock could be made to be the fall guy for the Government’s failings in dealing with coronavirus. But there’s another possibility: that Boris Johnson himself gets […]

'Politics'

Solidarity and changing the world

7th June 2020

Solidarity with all oppressed people and with everyone involved in the struggle to realise a better world. ** I have a lot of emotions in me, as I write this. I expect lots of us do at the moment – the virus situation; the latest wave of racial justice struggles, the black lives matter protests; […]

'Politics'

‘38 Minutes’ by The King Blues, and trying to live one’s fullest life

3rd May 2020

In summer 2019, leftie punk rock band The King Blues released 38 Minutes. It’s a concept album about a false missile warning in Hawaii, when an emergency text was sent to everyone in warning them to seek shelter, that ‘THIS IS NOT A DRILL’, exploring how people react when they think they’re about to die. […]

'Politics'

Covid-19: Two Strategies and What Next? (longer)

2nd May 2020

I recently realised that it’s still about two strategies. Though it’s something I knew at the start of the crisis, I had forgotten it recently, but in discussion of ‘exit strategies’ and hearing an expert talk about coming out of lockdown I was reminded that there are, still, two different strategies available. I wrote this […]

'Politics'

Covid-19: Two Strategies and What Next? (shorter)

2nd May 2020

Miscellaneous

“End Credits” by the King Blues – lyrics

3rd April 2020

These are lyrics to the song “End Credits” by The King Blues, which I couldn’t find elsewhere online. I wrote them out and put them on this blog because of this essay and blog post: ’38 Minutes’ by The King Blues, and trying to live one’s fullest life. whooah – ooah ooah – ooh ooh […]

'Politics'

Systemic Change, Not Canned Water, Will Save Us

8th September 2018

Environmentalism has become trendy. Or at least, a certain brand of it, with shiny new products leading on selling points of saving the planet. Some of these are good, like portable coffee cups. Some of these are terrible, misguided ideas which come nowhere near saving the planet. Most recently, I noticed canned water being sold […]

Futurology

Thoughts on the Uber crash

22nd March 2018

The Uber Crash A couple of days ago, an autonomous car run by Uber crashed into and killed someone. This is the first death caused by an autonomous car (I think…). Unsurprisingly, it has generated a lot of discussion. Video available here. I’m writing this because some of the coverage I’ve seen didn’t include what […]