After Capitalism by David Schweickart – a brief review
This was a book, much like America Beyond Capitalism, that I really wanted to like. I even did like parts […]
A cultural escape route?
I keep finding myself saying to people that I’d like to see a political culture in the UK. This is […]
Our empty urban commons
My journey began when I pulled out of my driveway onto empty streets. Not completely empty you understand; just deadly […]
The Grateful Native: British Empire propaganda in the internet age
I have not acquired any fortune but I have my paternal estate and the pension of a Subedar. This is […]
Living in crisis: should we have the right to a home?
On a fine spring weekend I went for a long drive along the roads and lanes of southern England. The […]
Mutual Home Ownership and its suitability for small co-operatives
This post is about a new type of housing co-op, a Mutual Home Ownership Society (MHOS) only one example of […]
Against consensus, for dissensus
[tl;dr for this post: consensus is often a fake consensus, not just because we’re doing it wrong but because we […]
Reforming the corporation?
My last post mentioned the US-based Democracy Collaborative, which advocates an economic program that it is possible to imagine being […]
A co-operative economy?
The rhetoric of TINA (There Is No Alternative) in the matter of economic organising still permeates British politics. We are […]