“This isn’t their Republican party anymore. This is Donald Trump’s Republican party!” The surprisingly rare veracity inherent in this statement pronounced by Donald Trump Junior at the political rally prior to the storming of the Capitol, signifies quite spectacularly how far from the intended apolitical outcome the consequences of the neoliberal project have led. In theContinue reading “From Thatcherism to Trump: The failure of neoliberal philosophy to extinguish the political.”
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Beware: Austerity Zombies Lurk in the Shadow of the Coronavirus Crisis
Arrrgghhh ……….. like a horror film when the character you thought would make it suddenly snuffs it early on, and then in quick succession another victim is claimed before you’ve had a chance to recover from the first; a double shock. With much the same inevitability as a classic horror film’s plot, so calls forContinue reading “Beware: Austerity Zombies Lurk in the Shadow of the Coronavirus Crisis”
Will the Coronavirus Crisis Help Us See More Clearly?
Most people have encountered Rubin’s vase at some point in their life. Initially you see one clear image, but then another image is perceived at the expense of the first. Once both images are apparent, their imprint on the memory is such that the image will never be observed as it first was, the brainContinue reading “Will the Coronavirus Crisis Help Us See More Clearly?”
It’s Time Centrists Found Their Compass
Was it Albert Einstein who said the definition of insanity was repeating the same thing over but expecting a different outcome? If so, I assume progressive centrists aren’t big fans of relativity. I’m being facetious of course, but I was drawn to Einstein’s definition whilst pondering the rather galling spectacle of recent political discourse in whichContinue reading “It’s Time Centrists Found Their Compass”
From the Outside Looking In 