Were We Hypnotised by Desmet? – Part III: Critiquing the Critics
Rusere Shoniwa critiques the critics of mass formation theory as a way of understanding the meaning of the Desmet brouhaha.
Rusere Shoniwa critiques the critics of mass formation theory as a way of understanding the meaning of the Desmet brouhaha.
Rushere Shoniwa examines Desmet’s disappointing dismissal of conspiracy theory as a pejorative and explains why unpicking Desmet’s incorrect diagnosis is important.
In part two, Phil Shannon calls for a new Left which capitalises on the lessons of Covid, particularly the centrality of freedom from state tyranny.
In part one Phil Shannon explores the first two stages of the formation of a left-wing Covid dissident.
In part two Lorraine explores how a principled Left needs to relate to – and work within – the working class in a modern economy in the twenty first century.
In the first part of this two-part article, Lorraine Pratley makes a case for the relevance of the left, in the light of what many would consider its total failure.
Chris R argues the ruling class is not what the Left thinks and is worse than it imagines. The Left’s turbo-charged version of a Davos talk makes them laugh.
At the dawn of a brutal new phase of the class war, the Left sided with the oppressor, writes Chris R in part one. Not since the vast majority of the European Left swung behind the war parties in 1914 has the movement made such a disastrous misstep.
Rusere Shoniwa on the meaning of the mainstream (non) revelations of CIA involvement in the JFK assassination and trying to skewer the thought-terminating cliche of ‘conspiracy theory’.
Rusere Shoniwa explains the control grid of 21st century fascism, none other than capitalism in decay: the nexus of supranational global policy makers, the ‘free’ market and the state.