By Bryn Glover The Labour government has chosen to shackle its activities to what the Treasury’s ‘fiscal rules’ say can be afforded. It was Mrs Thatcher who first – incorrectly – used the metaphor of a housewife in charge of the family purse strings to explain the need for painful spending cuts to get theContinue reading “Why tax the rich?”
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A new party of the Left
By Mike Davies In 2015, when Jeremy Corbyn became leader of the Labour Party, the Alliance for Green Socialism waited to see what kind of basic policies he would adopt and what the response of the Establishment would be. (I produced a spreadsheet of possibilities including a scenario where the Deep State plotted his death!)Continue reading “A new party of the Left”
Green Socialist 108
Toby Abse sees a warning for the future in the outcome of the recent EU elections The June 2024 European elections may well prove to be a turning point in the history of the European Union. On the one hand, the majority in the European Parliament that elected Ursula von der Leyen as the President ofContinue reading “Green Socialist 108”
The Socialist Suffragette
Rachel Holmes celebrates the life of Sylvia Pankhurst IN 1896, when she was thirteen, Sylvia Pankhurst was taken by her father to the Mosley Hotel in her home town of Manchester to meet Eleanor Marx, the foremother of socialist-feminism and Karl’s youngest daughter, at an event held in honour of William Liebknecht, leader of theContinue reading “The Socialist Suffragette”
The Climate Election
MIKE DAVIES sets out the principles and issues — ignored by the major parties —on which he is standing for the AGS in Leeds North East This is an odd election. Although ‘odd’ scarcely covers it. The key issue facing the country, indeed all countries, is the environmental crisis. This is set to disrupt andContinue reading “The Climate Election”
Editorial
The current issue of Green Socialist is the 100th since the journal began publication a quarter of a century ago. It is a significant milestone perhaps but also gives us pause for thought because what it signifies in many ways is how little progress has actually been made in the intervening period towards achieving the goals ofContinue reading “Editorial”
The cost of living crisis
Mike Davies and Malcolm Christie argue that the Tories have no plan to help Britain’s poorest families weather a perfect economic storm Britain is suffering critically high inflation – the worst for forty years. Double digit price rises will be with us for years. Millions are already finding they cannot afford essentials like food and heating. Benefits, pensionsContinue reading “The cost of living crisis “
Book Review
Frank Ramsey: A Sheer Excess of Powers by Cheryl Misak, Oxford University Press 2020 £25 ISBN: 978-0198755357 By Hugh Barnes Does socialism add up? This is a mathematical question as well as a political and moral one. A hundred years ago, mathematical economics was dominated by socialist advocates of Soviet-style central planning. Later, in the 1930s, JohnContinue reading “Book Review”
Why we are Green Socialists
by Bryn Glover Introduction We are GREEN because we recognise certain clear and unequivocal truths about human activity. Currently, the human race treats planet Earth as if were an endless storehouse or bottomless sewer. This may have been going on for thousands of years, but the time has come for it to stop. We haveContinue reading “Why we are Green Socialists”
Starmer Shows His True Colours
Why Labour has turned out to be a dead-end for the left By Mike Davies When Jeremy Corbyn was elected, and then re-elected, as Leader of the Labour Party, a wave of enthusiasm swept the left. Was this the beginning of a real opposition party in Britain? Some backed Corbyn’s politics by joining Labour, includingContinue reading “Starmer Shows His True Colours”
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