A system of competing nation-states in a global economy is an unworkable combination. A global economy requires cooperation based on common interest, while competition among nations assumes conflicting interests. Surely we can find a way for people to shape their societies and cooperate to solve global problems.
Anti-war demonstrations are a form of militant lobbying. Even radical direct action and civil disobedience aim to convince power-holders to do something different. This faith in government is misplaced.
Revulsion over Israel’s war on Gaza cannot explain the rise of the largest anti-war movement ever. There are deeper systemic factors.
For centuries, people have known how to eradicate infectious disease: stop person-to-person transmission. Unable to solve this basic problem, the capitalist class are abandoning us to needless mass death and disease for the foreseeable future.
In the 1970s, Chilean workers fought for a democratic society and an inclusive National Health Service.
You can forget everything you ever learned about socialism because it was probably wrong.
Socialism is the Best Medicine