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Critical reflections on geopolitical events, political parties, power, governance, public policy, and the interplay of political ideas in shaping society.


Piggy Bank, Not Robin Hood: The Popular Myth of the Welfare State

Piggy Bank, Not Robin Hood: The Popular Myth of the Welfare State

Unpacking the data: Most welfare state spending redistributes resources across the life course, not from rich to poor.

Economics

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The Carbon Pricing Scandal: Immoral as Charged

The Carbon Pricing Scandal: Immoral as Charged

When every major ethical tradition delivers the same verdict, it's time for business and policy leaders to face the truth—and demand real climate justice.

Recommended

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Who’s Afraid of a Capitalist?!

Who’s Afraid of a Capitalist?!

How capitalism’s defenders and critics alike miss the real story—because they’ve never read the manual.

Philosophy

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WHO’S AFRAID OF A MARXIST?!

WHO’S AFRAID OF A MARXIST?!

How Marx’s name became a political Rorschach test

Philosophy

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A PRIMER IN POLITICAL IDEOLOGY: Which Road Are You Really On?

A PRIMER IN POLITICAL IDEOLOGY: Which Road Are You Really On?

Every road to the future is paved by our political lens—maturity means questioning not just the route, but the worldview shaping our way.

Philosophy

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When the World Stops Watching: The Real Price of Looking Away

When the World Stops Watching: The Real Price of Looking Away

Global indifference to "forgotten wars" is not just a moral failure—it’s a systemic risk that can ignite global catastrophe. Discover why attention, justice, and charity matter now.

Politics

Heroic Failure: How English Nostalgia Became a Politics of Pain

Heroic Failure: How English Nostalgia Became a Politics of Pain

A searing review of Fintan O’Toole’s latest book, exposing how Brexit weaponises nostalgia and self-inflicted pain to mask the wounds of a fading empire.

Politics

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July 5th: The Independence Day You’ve Never Celebrated

July 5th: The Independence Day You’ve Never Celebrated

Commemorating Algeria’s independence invites us to rethink the meaning of liberation, sacrifice, and justice—beyond the myths of Western revolution.

Politics

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IS CAPITALISM LEGITIMATE?

IS CAPITALISM LEGITIMATE?

If the core relationships of capitalism are built on power, not equality, can any talk of "just capitalism" escape being another excuse for domination?

Economics

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Just War or Just Power? Iraq, 9/11, and the Great American Myth

Just War or Just Power? Iraq, 9/11, and the Great American Myth

The US invasion of Iraq failed every test of justice, rewriting history with convenient fictions—and seeding chaos that still shapes our world.

Politics

Navigating the Conundrum of Self and Freedom: A Canonical Synthesis

Navigating the Conundrum of Self and Freedom: A Canonical Synthesis

A critical synthesis of the main philosophical traditions linking concepts of freedom with ontologies of self.

Philosophy

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Self-Governance, Now! Nkrumah and African Socialism

Self-Governance, Now! Nkrumah and African Socialism

Between History and Hope: Ghana’s Experiment in Scientific Socialism

Politics

The IMF: An Outdated Relic Blocking Global Justice

The IMF: An Outdated Relic Blocking Global Justice

A critique of the IMF’s entrenched inequities and neoliberal bias, calling for radical democratization, decolonization, and a reorientation toward global justice

Economics

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Barbarians at the Gates: Book Bans and the New American Dark Age

Barbarians at the Gates: Book Bans and the New American Dark Age

What Florida’s Censorship Laws Reveal About the War on Culture and the Spirit of Humanity

Politics

Don’t Forget Diego Garcia!

Don’t Forget Diego Garcia!

Diego Garcia’s stolen history exposes Western double standards on freedom, justice, and war.

Politics

The Problem with Democracy

The Problem with Democracy

Why It Is Time to Revisit the Premises of Political (& Organisational) Governance

Philosophy

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