‘Sinners’ Review – Just for a few hours, we were free
This review contains spoilers for ‘Sinners’ (2025) Why do oppressed peoples create the greatest art? Because they’re forced into conditions which aim to dehumanise them – and persevering through these conditions necessitates the righteous re-assertion of their humanity in its most raw and potent forms. This raw humanity transcends cultural barriers, and indeed opens portals […]
The United States of America – On the Road to Fascism?
The ISO has not yet adopted a position on whether the USA can be labelled fascist. This personal contribution, written on 11 April 2025, sets out an argument that the USA has not crossed that threshold, but that the conditions for its emergence are in place. In recent years, I’ve been skeptical of claims that […]
A Socialist Response to USA Fascism
The ISO has not yet adopted a position on whether the USA can be labelled fascist. This personal contribution sets out an argument that the USA has crossed that threshold. This article was first given as a short introductory talk at ISO Whanganui-a-Tara branch meeting, a recording of which is on our YouTube channel. What’s […]
No More Gold Stars: The Death of Corporate DEI
That’s it. No more accolades for progressive aesthetics, no more corporations at Pride, no more “support ethical businesses.” We need to be absolutely clear who we can rely on and who we can’t. Trump’s war on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) has sent ripples through US government, businesses and the global capitalist class. He has […]
Big Tech, Media Consolidation, and the New Oligarchy
Let’s face it: on November 5th, 2024, the world entered a new era. With the election of Donald Trump, the tired, zombified face of neoliberalism crumbled as disenfranchised Democratic voters stayed home. In its place has risen something darker: a far right authoritarian populism, funded and endorsed by a handful of the wealthiest individuals to […]
The US Election and Capitalism’s Deep Crisis
A busy year for general elections abroad has culminated in the return of Donald J. Trump as president-elect of the United States of America. Just four years after being ousted by Joe Biden and the Democratic Party in a resounding loss, Trump, despite facing a litany of criminal charges, rebounded to defeat vice president Kamala […]
Hate That I Love You – The Migrant Worker
While I should be enjoying summer break, I’ve regrettably been made aware that current online discourse is once again focused on migrant workers and their position in Western society. The debate is taking place on the aggressively Nazi website X.com (formerly Twitter, formerly entertaining) and is centred around the leaders of president-elect Donald Trump’s new […]
Deny, Defend, Depose – Assassination as a Symptom of Class War
On 4 December 2024 Brian Thompson, the CEO of United States private health insurer UnitedHealthcare, was gunned down by a masked man. The attack took place in broad daylight, by an anonymous figure who handled his firearm in a calm and professional manner, and executed the CEO in a clearly premeditated assassination. The figure has […]
The Working Class Reality of Abortion in the USA
The United States supreme court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade on 24 June 2022. This comes almost 50 years after the initial 1973 ruling that legalised abortion in the US on the grounds of the right to privacy to make medical decisions. This decision has stripped away any legal protection of those seeking or […]
The Stock Market Is a Game That’s Rigged
In the last week of January something peculiar happened. The press was alight with reports of ‘meme stocks’ and the stock market being ‘broken’ by an internet forum. Gamestop is a gaming retail store that has been struggling since digital game sales now dominate the gaming market. During 2020, as Covid-19 ravaged the economy, things […]
