Corbyn on the Kop: Hope in our hearts
The affordability of football is wrapped up in whether you earn a living wage, or any wage at all. It's dependant on the cost of a ticket, something else you have no control over. Those who say politics has no place in football ignore these connections.
Forged in the fire of protest: A Prime Minister for the many
If you want a Prime Minister who stands on the side of the many, then you should be heartened by a man who has done just that his whole life.
Voting Labour, Joey Tribbiani and enlightened self-interest
the 'selfish' ambitions you harbour can only be achieved if society is organised in such a way as to make the dreams you have for yourself and your family, a reality for everyone else and theirs.
Supporters guarantee Reds legends never walk alone
The bond between Kopites and their heroes is eternal. This Friday supporters will honour the great Alan Kennedy in the city.
Why I won’t be giving up the fight for a socialist Labour Party
The challenge that faces Labour today is whether to run from the fight, or stand firm and see it through? I won't be running.
Social Insecurity: The real threat to you and your family
Tory social policy represents a clear and present danger to you and your family's health and wellbeing
Truth and justice in a year of living dangerously
After a terrible year for progressives, the victory of the Hillsborough Justice campaign offers hope and a way forward in 2017.
Humanity missing in action: The uncivilised west.
For the west to refer to its self as civilised is delusional. In the face of economic and social crises, its humanity is missing in action.
A win is a win and any win will do
I wrote this article on The Liverpool Way “If you go looking for problems lad, you’ll always find them.” A […]
Why I won’t be giving up the fight for a socialist Labour Party
The challenge that faces Labour today is whether to run from the fight, or stand firm and see it through? I won’t be running.
The ‘moderate tendency’ and the entitlement delusion
The subversion of democracy, even when it seeks to damage those we disagree with, harms all of us.
Jeremy Corbyn: A revolution in plain sight
In their thousands they came. Carrying home-made placards, they came. Women pushing prams, their kids in tow, the young, middle-aged […]
Dear Tom, about this Trotsky thing…..
Attempts to use the word 'Trotskyist' as an insult, are both politically illiterate and designed to place certain ideas beyond the political pale.
Why I’m voting for Corbyn, and why you should too
The idea that any Labour government is better than a Tory one sells our people short. Yes we need Labour in power, but to do what? If not to transform society into one, in which all people are of equal value, and where wealth and power are distributed equitably, then it is for nothing.
Undermining hope: The toxic legacy of a pointless leadership election
Since when has dreaming of a better world been a crime? Life is painfully short and to devote your energies to anything other than imagining a better world, and striving to make it a reality, is a life wasted.
Forged in the fire of protest: A Prime Minister for the many
If you want a Prime Minister who stands on the side of the many, then you should be heartened by a man who has done just that his whole life.
Lies, damn lies and false narratives
Labour's self-styled moderates are using the doctrine of false narrative to undermine party democracy. It is a tool Labour's enemies have perfected down the years and it should shame Corbyn's right-wing opponents.
Peace: The Only Way To Truly Honour The Fallen
Once gain the right-wing media is in ferment. No it’s not rising use of food-banks, homelessness or the ongoing humanitarian […]