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How the Mental Health Crisis is Being Weaponised Against Workers
A dangerous world In the west today it is common to hear acronyms such as ADHD, PTSD and OCD surrounding mental health and especially in discussions of depression and anxiety. While a wider discussion about mental health is useful to those suffering, the question of its cause and origination is often neglected. For instance, what…
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Another Building Collapses in Anfield
How a profit driven economy destroys communities On Wednesday 15 July another building collapsed in Anfield. At 1.50pm, in the middle of the day, on the busy junction of Townsend Lane and Empress Road, the side of a working African café crumbled in real time. Jovan’s African Café was open and trading at the time…
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John Cleese insists he isn’t racist but….
John Cleese insists he isn’t racist because he believes “some cultures are better than others”. This colonial mindset is a relic of the ‘glorious days’ days of Britain. An idea of Britain which has never existed. This rhetoric has been prevalent in the west since the Iraq war where Imperialism attempted to manufacture consent of…
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Algo in the Genocide
Poem by Omar Sakr Okay I won’t use the word JewishAnd I won’t use the word ZionistAnd I won’t use the word genocideAnd I won’t use the word apartheidAnd I won’t use the word settlerAnd I won’t use the word colonyAnd I won’t use the word killedAnd I won’t use the word watermelonAnd I won’t…
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Reflections on a Far-right march in Walton, Liverpool
A closer look at the event flyer revealed something strange but significant: there was no indication whatsoever of who had organised this demonstration. A poem against islamophobic scapegoating displayed on a London bus stop. The sad truth is that, whatever the subjective intentions of those workers who turn out in support of such sentiments, they…
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Lionel Messi
Ties to Netanyahu, The Israeli Military and Its Elite Spying Unit 8200 Repost from MintPress News. The world’s eyes were on Lionel Messi on Wednesday night, as Argentina defeated England in the World Cup semi-final. Now Messi is leading Argentina into the final against Spain. The diminutive superstar has gained a massive following across the…
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Misinformation is a Weapon of Mass Destruction
On 19th June in Leith, Edinburgh, a bare-chested loony tried to “protect our country” by stabbing five innocent people. Local man Kenny said that Leith’s only problem was drugs, a problem starting in the 80s. These people weren’t suspected drug dealers, they were attacked for one reason. I’m not going to give it credibility by…
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Street Parties
Across the streets, garlands of bunting flutter like prayer flags, brimming bowls of biscuits, crisps, bright custards and jellies, cakes and cucumber butties, sausage rolls and cheesetriangle sarnies, doilies and paper plates, plastic cups and tackycardboard hats but everyone’s smiling and laughing, and yer ma carries trays of French fancies and fondants, and there’s glasses…
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World Cup 2026: Trump’s Red Card
Football is never without its controversies. International competitions like the World Cup are often decided by how much money a country can bring into FIFA’s coffers. How else could you explain a country like the USA, whose football history and support is less than many other footballing nations, having hosted two World Cups in the…
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Desolate Bethesda
The following letter is an example of the solidarity shown by the workers of Barnsley with the Bethesda Quarrymen. The struggles in one area are never isolated. These men knew that the employer is not just the enemy of his employees, but a class enemy of all workers.
“ A class cannot exist in society without in some degree manifesting a consciousness of itself as a group with common problems, interests and prospects”
– Harry Braverman