New Consented Article
Hi folks,
Here's my new article for my friends over at Consented:
http://www.consented.co.uk/read/as-pa...
It's about neoliberalism preventing democracy from happening and what we need to start thinking about in order to change things.
As always; feel free to discuss anything raised in the article or anything loosely related to it. I'm always up for nattering about these matters with friends and readers on here. Don't be shy: we need to organise and it starts through dialogue.
Meanwhile the paperback of Spark is very close to being released. Very soon I'll be collecting addresses off those people who I've promised a copy to. I'll also be firing out as many copies as I can afford through Goodreads give aways and the usual online harassment.
Chat soon.
R.D
Here's my new article for my friends over at Consented:
http://www.consented.co.uk/read/as-pa...
It's about neoliberalism preventing democracy from happening and what we need to start thinking about in order to change things.
As always; feel free to discuss anything raised in the article or anything loosely related to it. I'm always up for nattering about these matters with friends and readers on here. Don't be shy: we need to organise and it starts through dialogue.
Meanwhile the paperback of Spark is very close to being released. Very soon I'll be collecting addresses off those people who I've promised a copy to. I'll also be firing out as many copies as I can afford through Goodreads give aways and the usual online harassment.
Chat soon.
R.D
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Likewise, Harry. S'always good to hear your thoughts, too.Party politics is a dead duck. I sympathise with Green supporters, Corbyn supporters and those who cling to the Labour Party because they know a Tory Government is to be avoided at all costs. But it's been a game of electoral tennis for too long now and look at the inequality around us. They've had hundreds of years to fix things and very little has improved.
This is why it's time to think about creating alternatives. There's enough of us; it's just a matter of cooperating and coordinating our efforts. It's not impossible, but there's a hell of a long way to go. However, I'm optimistic that the emerging generations will come to realise that the species can't survive on the present path.
Rupert wrote: "...Corbyn supporters and those who cling to the Labour Party because they know a Tory Government is to be avoided at all costs."Yep. I think a lot of those Labour supporters will leave Labour and follow Corbyn-types in the future. It's easy to be sceptical and fearful of the brave new world emerging, but the bigger the powerful elite business politics gets, the bigger the people's revolt will grow too. And it doesn't matter if we don't see the changes in our own lifetimes - I have no doubt that the grass roots masses will knock it all down and start again one day. As Orwell said in 1984, the hope lies with the proles - and that's what I'm seeing changing right now. Us liberal lefty types have always been 'on side', but the working class is gonna join us.
Yup. You can only cage human beings for so long. Those bars are going to give very soon!
This article was liked by Paul Mason, Aditya Chakrabortty and Abi Wilkinson. The Artist Taxi Driver actually Retweeted it. That's my new claim to fame.
Rupert wrote: "This article was liked by Paul Mason, Aditya Chakrabortty and Abi Wilkinson. The Artist Taxi Driver actually Retweeted it. That's my new claim to fame."
Nice!
Rupert wrote: "This article was liked by Paul Mason, Aditya Chakrabortty and Abi Wilkinson. The Artist Taxi Driver actually Retweeted it. That's my new claim to fame."
That's great Rupert. I'm quite chuffed for you :)
The whole Corbyn lynching has been unbelievable - but actually not at all, as it was to be expected. I have the utmost respect for the man. All we see is the media supporting Labour politicians and never the proletariate Labour supporters who voted for him - and I've little doubt they will vote for him again. Forget what the people think - who Corbyn represents - let's instead show clips of Theresa May ridiculing him in parliament with Oxford smart-arse jokes (and cut as soon as Corbyn stands up to reply).
The splits in Labour and other parties were of course brewing, but the people's support of Corbyn (but not Labour) I can only see as a good thing, as it all adds weight to the grass roots change that is happening.
As you say: "we need to creatively organise ourselves outside of political parties and in ways that reflect the sort of world we want to live in." And yes, this is already happening.
So let the bastards play their games. We shall overcome one day.