Labour Affairs has come across remarks coming from the left putting forward Adam Smith as admirable in some ways. I don't think we can bring ourselves to reproduce the original remarks. Adam Smith is an early champion of the worst aspects of capitalism: alienated work (the pin maker who makes one part of the pin … Continue reading Adam Smith Champion of Hard Core Capitalism
Capitalism
The Case of the German Left
Some 150,000 people attended the Unite the Kingdom march in London on 13th September 2025. The typical response of many on the left is to see the march as indicative of the rise of fascism and racism. Racists may indeed have participated in that march, but we believe the majority of participants were people who feel they have … Continue reading The Case of the German Left
Markets and Socialism
Dave Gardner Markets as social institutions constrained both by custom and law. Markets have always been a tricky subject for socialists. Capitalists favour a market in labour where, in theory for a wage in return for labour power, capitalists and workers meet as equals to negotiate mutually advantageous arrangements. Any attempts at conscious co-ordination, either … Continue reading Markets and Socialism
Civil Society and Socialism
Dave Gardner Human beings need to live in association with each other. They can live in societies without a state, but the world of today is dominated by states. But each of these states is composed of different kinds of social groups based on family, economic, religious and linguistic ties. The state relates not just … Continue reading Civil Society and Socialism
The State in Capitalist Society
What Socialists Should Know. Dave Gardner Socialists need to understand what the state is and how it can help or hinder progress towards socialism. Societies can exist without a state but the reality is that, when a society becomes complex or is threatened by neighbouring societies it will develop a state. A state is an … Continue reading The State in Capitalist Society
Globalism and immigration
By Eamon Dyas In the aftermath of the killing of three children in Southport on 29 July the liberal media has been working overtime to ensure that the narrative around the resulting rioting is understood in terms that do not go beyond the involvement of “extreme right-wing elements”. The left has been more than willing … Continue reading Globalism and immigration
The father and mother school of economics
By Eamon Dyas In 1992, a year before she died, the American academic and mother of Oliver Letwin, Shirley Robin Letwin, published a book entitled “The Anatomy of Thatcherism”. In this she explored the nature of what has come to be known as Thatcherism. It is an interesting book with several insights into the concept … Continue reading The father and mother school of economics
An End to Oligarchs?
John ClaydenThere is a recent very worthwhile edition of The Duran with Michael Hudson, Alexander Mercouris and Glen Diesen which discusses the likely prospects of economic change in the West in favour of the working class. It concludes that it will be only possible if there is a revolution here in favour of the East http://Youtu.be/OFrxgMFbN8c?si=siHnoaak8bi-12MyThis is their … Continue reading An End to Oligarchs?
The Mixed Economy and Dogmatic Individualism
Ordinary Britons have been victims of a fraud that began in the 1980s. Started before many of today’s voters were even born. Thanks to tight control of the popular media by the very rich, a reversion to 19th century capitalism was sold as the only option. Liberal critics speak vaguely of a Western failure after the … Continue reading The Mixed Economy and Dogmatic Individualism
The NHS—socialist order and capitalist freedom
Brendan Clifford (The image above shows Ernest Bevin to the right of Churchill, 8th May 1945) The NHS was established as a Communist service for a capitalist economy, made possible by the proceeds of Empire. It was a realisation of the safety net envisaged by the manufacturing capitalist, Joseph Chamberlain, in the 1880s. Chamberlain was convinced that … Continue reading The NHS—socialist order and capitalist freedom
