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The Commodification of Education
Whilst a commodity is something that satisfies a human need, under capitalism, a commodity is something created for sale and not for one’s own use. Commodification means turning something (in the case of this article, education) into a market-driven product or service — something that is bought, sold, and consumed rather than a public good
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Trans Women ARE Men!
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has brought a muchneeded return of sanity with an unambiguous ruling that sex is binary,that trans women are men, something that has always been true infact, and following this ruling, we now have legal clarity bringing thelaw into line with biological reality.A brief summary of the case: For
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The Wreckers
I watched them tearing a building down, A gang of men in a busy town.With a ho-heave-ho and lusty yell, They swung a beam and a sidewall fell. I asked the foreman, “Are these men skilled, As the men you’d hire if you had to build?”He gave me a laugh and said, “No indeed! Just common
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Long live May Day!
May Day is the day of annual celebration of the international working-class movement. It originated in the United States, where it was particularly associated with the struggle for the working day to be reduced to eight hours. In the mid-19th century, the conditions in which the working class lived and worked in the United States,
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Rebuilding Class Consciousness in Britain
A May Day message from The Class Consciousness Project Happy May Day from all of us at The Class Consciousness Project. We are now into our second year. In that time, we’ve weathered many trials, tested different approaches, and continued refining our understanding of how best we can serve the working class. The project began
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St. George’s Day
As it was St George’s day recently (and apparently again soon due to it being too close to Easter) it’s worth writing something about it. We always hear the same things around this time. Liberals will point out that St. George wasn’t even English, he was Turkish. Nationalists will paint their faces and chant “England
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Malthusianism: The Tactic of Saving a Dying System.
Many people, especially in the post-COVID era, are reacting to what are called “degrowth” policies, particularly those associated with the so-called “green agenda”. Whether it is Port Talbot shutting down two of its blast furnaces, cutting 2,500 jobs at least, to “reduce emissions” or the restrictive law on farms, particularly in the Netherlands and Germany
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Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Do not go gentle into that good night,Old age should burn and rave at close of day;Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right,Because their words had forked no lightning theyDo not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying
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Manchester Houses Aren’t Homes
Andy Burnham’s Dodgy Deals With Property Developers Are About Far More Than Simple Corruption It is now over a decade since the Greater Manchester Mayors position was created as part of a stitch up deal between the Labour Party and the Tory-Liberal coalition. Portrayed by the propaganda of the time as being part of the
“ 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
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