In the first article in this series we discussed freedom under capitalism. The conclusion was simple: capitalist freedom for the vast majority of the population means the right to choose your master, your job, if you can find one. Once you have a master, you do what they say for most of the day, for […]
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the latest labour force data today (May 21, 2026) – Labour Force, Australia – for April 2026 – which showed that the labour market deteriorated significantly in April. All the main indicators were moving in negative directions – employment growth fell, participation fell, unemployment increased, the employment-population ratio…
One my betes noires has been in the news lately. Jonathan Haidt has been annoying me since at least 2012, when I was critical of his bothsidesism on the culture wars. At the time, he was a concern troll, posing as a liberal worried about other liberals who were, he claimed, misunderstanding Republicans. Whereas liberals […]
A bombshell report shows how Israel and the U.S. never really cared about freeing the Iranian people.
The post Ahmadinejad Is Still Bad for Iranians — and Still Great for Israel appeared first on The Intercept.
Carruthers’s murder conviction hinged on the claims of a paid informant, who has repeatedly recanted his testimony.
The post False Testimony Sent Tony Carruthers to Death Row. Tennessee Wants to Kill Him Anyway. appeared first on The Intercept.
Outside spending in the priciest House primary in U.S. history helped oust Rep. Thomas Massie, one of Trump’s most prominent GOP critics.
UK people … here’s a nice thing from my publisher: the Great Big Brian Bilston Bundle Giveaway*. It’s a chance to win copies of my books plus 2 free tickets to a show near you. Alternatively, you could just buy those things. Or even more alternatively, not buy those things at all. It’s completely up…
I love liver. All kinds. All ways. I’ve loved liver ever since the first time I had it thrown at me during a Benihana hibachi dinner. If liver and onions is on a menu, you bet your sweet bippy that I’m ordering it. Have I ever told you that I was a weird child? Anyway,Continue reading 208. Sauteed Chicken Livers (in Spanish Rice)
Britain’s supposed ‘borrowing crisis’ says less about financial necessity than about a political class still trapped inside the rituals and superstitions of a pre-floating exchange rate world.
The archive of Robert Kenyon’s suspended X account reveals intense activity after three children were murdered in Southport in 2024
Exclusive: Broadcast regulator censures now-sacked Mike Graham's show for unfairness to Met Office in landmark case
This choir’s performances don’t elicit applause, but peaceful silence: they sing lullabies to comfort and hold the dying
- Directed by Florence Browne
After two arrests and a national uproar, why is it so tricky to find the donkey once likened to Venezuela’s president?
- by Aeon Video
When is a typically celebrated practice – working out – more like an addiction? Researchers have found some patterns
- by Ashrene Rathilal
The newly-elected Wakefield councillor repeatedly shared extreme and racist content, and backed multiple far-right figures
The number of people in the UK without work that want it
The Last Bee After the last ee had uzzed its last uzz, the irds and the utterflies did what they could. ut soon the fields lay are, few flowers were left, nature was roken, and the planet ereft.
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Are you free if you need a job? For most people lack of a job means homelessness (indeed many homeless have jobs, that’s how far things have sunk) and you’ll go hungry, and almost certainly wind up dead sooner than otherwise. This was well understood by the people who created capitalism. The central requirement of […]
Like many others, I left the United States because I wanted to get away from Trumpʼs America. But now that my only entertainment opportunities involve two men riding neon glow-in-the-dark motorcycles inside an enormous orb, I must ask myself if I made the right decision. It wasn’t easy to move. But I consider myself an open person and felt compelled to leave a place that was becoming increasingly intolerant and closed off. Little did I know that this openness would bring me to this regional theater, with this man, whose thighs are covered with henna tattoos, and who’s rocking a loincloth that’s not really a diaper but also not quite a thong. My friends back home say that they’re jealous of me. I understand why—they’re still there, which means they see terrible news every day. But it also means they’re not seeing this woman in a gold bikini pick up bamboo sticks with her toes and construct a tower for the peacocks. | ||