Trotsky in 1938 defined the ‘Third Camp’ as the result of ‘the fetishism of two camps’ which ‘would give way to a third, independent, sovereign camp of the proletariat, that camp upon which, in point of fact, the future of humanity depends.’ The attempt of the USSR and the USA to divide the world into [...]

Filed under: afghanistan, defence, deficit reduction, democracy, identity on June 21st, 2011 | No Comments »

I’m too young to remember much about the referendum on a Scottish Parliament – I do remember that it didn’t really dominate discussion in my household. We were living in California at the time, although my parents were voting by proxy, and while I’m sure it came up at the dinner table every so often, [...]

Filed under: culture, history, identity, scotland, ukpolitics on May 5th, 2007 | 10 Comments »

Given the vapid nature of much television, the recent Adam Curtis triptych on BBC2 Sunday evenings 9p.m, on socio-political thought has been exceptional. A review can be found here
To summarise briefly for those who haven’t seen it (there is still one more episode this Sunday night,) Adam Curtis looks at the macro-shifts across the [...]

Filed under: freespeech, identity, society, ukpolitics on March 22nd, 2007 | 1 Comment »

I thought I’d weigh in on the debate over Scottish independence. Despite the hackneyed plea that we must learn lessons from history, the simple truth is that it is never clear what history is supposed to tell us: some people choose to cite Britain’s imperial past as proof that the countries are stronger in the [...]

Filed under: identity, scotland, uspolitics on January 20th, 2007 | 1 Comment »