Socialism 2023

I was able to attend Socialism 2023 via Zoom and this is a bonus for members who are chronically ill or hard up or both!

In a situation where both Starmer and Sunak support the genocide in Gaza, the need for a political alternative is more pressing.

Trade Unionists and Socialists supported the pro-Palestinian rallies and Starmer's Labour opposed them. 

Marbles

The refusal of Sunak to talk to Mitsotakisis seems childish. To refuse to discuss with someone you disagree with sounds like a misunderstanding of what discussion is for.

He just threw his toys out of the pram. Is he losing his marbles?

Maths problem

I tried this with my Maths class. Someone bought a £1 national lottery ticket every week.
Lucky soul, they won ten pounds in March, then lo and behold, ten pounds in June and an amazing ten pounds in August.
The question is how much did they win?

Remembrance Sunday

Remembrance Sunday commemorates the end of the First World War. It began as a time for people to remember the millions who were slaughtered in a pointless war. It was a time to remember all of the victims of war, military and civilian.

Rank-and-file soldiers do not start wars. That is the job of generals, politicians and kings.

It is a shame therefore that Remembrance Sunday has become an opportunity for generals, politicians and indeed kings to glorify war. They have no intention of putting an end to war. It is more than a century since the First World War. The powers that be have had their chance to bring about peace and they were powerless to do so.

It is in the interests of 99 percent, the poor and the dispossessed to put an end to war. The 1 percent, including of course arms manufacturers stand to make millions while millions die. It is not in their interests, far from it.

Workers of the world unite.