Andrew
@sprorganism.bsky.social
Vegan. Autistic. OCD. Anarchist. Communist. Transfemme. Demisexual. Meh
There's no appeasing the Right. They will always demand more.
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
There's no appeasing the Right. They will always demand more.
I think the BBC once upon a time did have some genuinely laudable aims, but, yes, I agree, core to it's mission has always been the maintenance of a certain status quo with a ruling class at the top.
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I think the BBC once upon a time did have some genuinely laudable aims, but, yes, I agree, core to it's mission has always been the maintenance of a certain status quo with a ruling class at the top.
The BBC is little more than a propaganda engine for the ruling class at this point.
It grates somewhat therefore that they still expect the public to fund this sham.
It grates somewhat therefore that they still expect the public to fund this sham.
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
The BBC is little more than a propaganda engine for the ruling class at this point.
It grates somewhat therefore that they still expect the public to fund this sham.
It grates somewhat therefore that they still expect the public to fund this sham.
The "merciful" really need to start asserting them themselves, in whatever way necessary, per the attached quote by Kurt Vonnegut on Susan Sontag.
November 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The "merciful" really need to start asserting them themselves, in whatever way necessary, per the attached quote by Kurt Vonnegut on Susan Sontag.
Throughout history it's invariably been the most cruel, violent and generally unpleasant people who have risen to the top, be it under capitalism, feudalism or whatever.
Anarchism holds appeal because it should stop these sorts of people being able to consolidate power in the first place.
Anarchism holds appeal because it should stop these sorts of people being able to consolidate power in the first place.
November 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Throughout history it's invariably been the most cruel, violent and generally unpleasant people who have risen to the top, be it under capitalism, feudalism or whatever.
Anarchism holds appeal because it should stop these sorts of people being able to consolidate power in the first place.
Anarchism holds appeal because it should stop these sorts of people being able to consolidate power in the first place.
We'll require some kind of antifascist resistance network once Reform take power and implement a fascist regime, with the UK as a vassal state of the fascist MAGA empire.
I'd personally like to see a mass antifascist, aka "Antifa", march around the UK and see how the government reacts to that.
I'd personally like to see a mass antifascist, aka "Antifa", march around the UK and see how the government reacts to that.
November 7, 2025 at 9:53 AM
We'll require some kind of antifascist resistance network once Reform take power and implement a fascist regime, with the UK as a vassal state of the fascist MAGA empire.
I'd personally like to see a mass antifascist, aka "Antifa", march around the UK and see how the government reacts to that.
I'd personally like to see a mass antifascist, aka "Antifa", march around the UK and see how the government reacts to that.
Nigh on all our politicians work for the ruling class of oligarchs and corporations.
They're knowingly choosing to work against the interests of the rest of us, impoverishing and enslaving us ever more.
We deserve better than this.
I hope Mamdani heralds a wind of radical socialist change.
They're knowingly choosing to work against the interests of the rest of us, impoverishing and enslaving us ever more.
We deserve better than this.
I hope Mamdani heralds a wind of radical socialist change.
November 6, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Nigh on all our politicians work for the ruling class of oligarchs and corporations.
They're knowingly choosing to work against the interests of the rest of us, impoverishing and enslaving us ever more.
We deserve better than this.
I hope Mamdani heralds a wind of radical socialist change.
They're knowingly choosing to work against the interests of the rest of us, impoverishing and enslaving us ever more.
We deserve better than this.
I hope Mamdani heralds a wind of radical socialist change.
There are strong parallels between the Nazis' "Blood and Soil" rhetoric and their idealised ideas of bucolic living, and what Reform are saying.
Likewise, it's worth reflecting that in 1928 the Nazis had only 12 seats in the Reichstag, but by July 1932 they had 230 seats and were the largest party.
Likewise, it's worth reflecting that in 1928 the Nazis had only 12 seats in the Reichstag, but by July 1932 they had 230 seats and were the largest party.
November 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
There are strong parallels between the Nazis' "Blood and Soil" rhetoric and their idealised ideas of bucolic living, and what Reform are saying.
Likewise, it's worth reflecting that in 1928 the Nazis had only 12 seats in the Reichstag, but by July 1932 they had 230 seats and were the largest party.
Likewise, it's worth reflecting that in 1928 the Nazis had only 12 seats in the Reichstag, but by July 1932 they had 230 seats and were the largest party.
Centrists always defend economic power, which tends to suggest that they're actually, fundamentally of the Right.
November 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Centrists always defend economic power, which tends to suggest that they're actually, fundamentally of the Right.
I like this idea, which I can see it doing a lot of good in various ways.
I especially like that it embraces veganism, speaking as someone who's been vegan for almost thirty years.
I especially like that it embraces veganism, speaking as someone who's been vegan for almost thirty years.
November 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I like this idea, which I can see it doing a lot of good in various ways.
I especially like that it embraces veganism, speaking as someone who's been vegan for almost thirty years.
I especially like that it embraces veganism, speaking as someone who's been vegan for almost thirty years.
Are there any credible candidates for Labour leadership who are not completely beholden to capital or the Zionists though?
October 26, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Are there any credible candidates for Labour leadership who are not completely beholden to capital or the Zionists though?
A Left that is actually united, I agree, is our only way out of our current trajectory of unchecked fascism and becoming little more than a US vassal state.
I hope whatever Your Party turns into is able to work productively and earnestly with the Greens.
I hope whatever Your Party turns into is able to work productively and earnestly with the Greens.
October 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A Left that is actually united, I agree, is our only way out of our current trajectory of unchecked fascism and becoming little more than a US vassal state.
I hope whatever Your Party turns into is able to work productively and earnestly with the Greens.
I hope whatever Your Party turns into is able to work productively and earnestly with the Greens.
It's General Strike time.
Capital now controls the Tories, Labour and Lib Dems, and there's no longer any effective, practical means left open to us to achieve the radical, systemic change needed in our rapidly degrading world.
Capital now controls the Tories, Labour and Lib Dems, and there's no longer any effective, practical means left open to us to achieve the radical, systemic change needed in our rapidly degrading world.
October 14, 2025 at 11:11 AM
It's General Strike time.
Capital now controls the Tories, Labour and Lib Dems, and there's no longer any effective, practical means left open to us to achieve the radical, systemic change needed in our rapidly degrading world.
Capital now controls the Tories, Labour and Lib Dems, and there's no longer any effective, practical means left open to us to achieve the radical, systemic change needed in our rapidly degrading world.
Humans aren't good at noticing gradual change, like frogs in a pot of boiling water.
Were we to time travel a British person from ten years ago to today, they would not recognise the country, for a variety of reasons, but particularly because the Overton window has shifted so far Rightwards.
Were we to time travel a British person from ten years ago to today, they would not recognise the country, for a variety of reasons, but particularly because the Overton window has shifted so far Rightwards.
October 7, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Humans aren't good at noticing gradual change, like frogs in a pot of boiling water.
Were we to time travel a British person from ten years ago to today, they would not recognise the country, for a variety of reasons, but particularly because the Overton window has shifted so far Rightwards.
Were we to time travel a British person from ten years ago to today, they would not recognise the country, for a variety of reasons, but particularly because the Overton window has shifted so far Rightwards.
It is not hyperbole to say that the UK no longer permits free speech.
Our ruling class decided many moons ago that the UK will head in the same fascist direction as America, serving as a US vassal state, and we need to prepare now, whilst we can, for this eventuality.
Our ruling class decided many moons ago that the UK will head in the same fascist direction as America, serving as a US vassal state, and we need to prepare now, whilst we can, for this eventuality.
October 6, 2025 at 8:43 AM
It is not hyperbole to say that the UK no longer permits free speech.
Our ruling class decided many moons ago that the UK will head in the same fascist direction as America, serving as a US vassal state, and we need to prepare now, whilst we can, for this eventuality.
Our ruling class decided many moons ago that the UK will head in the same fascist direction as America, serving as a US vassal state, and we need to prepare now, whilst we can, for this eventuality.
Let's hope Israel don't make an example out of any of the detainees, including Tadhg.
We are, on the other hand, dealing with genocidal fascists, so our worry regarding their wellbeing is not entirely misplaced.
We are, on the other hand, dealing with genocidal fascists, so our worry regarding their wellbeing is not entirely misplaced.
October 6, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Let's hope Israel don't make an example out of any of the detainees, including Tadhg.
We are, on the other hand, dealing with genocidal fascists, so our worry regarding their wellbeing is not entirely misplaced.
We are, on the other hand, dealing with genocidal fascists, so our worry regarding their wellbeing is not entirely misplaced.
I think we need to start acknowledging more so that we're actually well into a mass extinction event at this stage, rather than talking in terms of possibly avoiding it.
And we are utterly unprepared for what this will entail.
And we are utterly unprepared for what this will entail.
September 28, 2025 at 6:44 AM
I think we need to start acknowledging more so that we're actually well into a mass extinction event at this stage, rather than talking in terms of possibly avoiding it.
And we are utterly unprepared for what this will entail.
And we are utterly unprepared for what this will entail.
Human overpopulation is the greatest factor driving us toward extinction, something which never receives any critical attention in the media.
I try to lead an ethical existence, e.g. vegan for almost 30 years, but even my environmental footprint is still far too large.
I try to lead an ethical existence, e.g. vegan for almost 30 years, but even my environmental footprint is still far too large.
September 28, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Human overpopulation is the greatest factor driving us toward extinction, something which never receives any critical attention in the media.
I try to lead an ethical existence, e.g. vegan for almost 30 years, but even my environmental footprint is still far too large.
I try to lead an ethical existence, e.g. vegan for almost 30 years, but even my environmental footprint is still far too large.
I sometime explain our predicament to people along the lines of our being in a car traveling at speed and there's a hundred percent chance we're going to crash into a solid brick wall, and the outcomes are a question of very bad, i.e. should we rapidly cut emissions, and extremely bad at this point.
September 27, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I sometime explain our predicament to people along the lines of our being in a car traveling at speed and there's a hundred percent chance we're going to crash into a solid brick wall, and the outcomes are a question of very bad, i.e. should we rapidly cut emissions, and extremely bad at this point.
I wish the public would waken up to the fact that elites are waging a brutal class war against them and they've all but "won" at this point.
September 27, 2025 at 7:39 AM
I wish the public would waken up to the fact that elites are waging a brutal class war against them and they've all but "won" at this point.
"War is as devastating to ecosystems as it is to people, and environmental breakdown is a major cause of war."
Unfortunately, this dynamic will play out more and more, especially as the water and other resources are depleted to breaking point.
It's a great time to be in the arms business though.
Unfortunately, this dynamic will play out more and more, especially as the water and other resources are depleted to breaking point.
It's a great time to be in the arms business though.
September 27, 2025 at 7:35 AM
"War is as devastating to ecosystems as it is to people, and environmental breakdown is a major cause of war."
Unfortunately, this dynamic will play out more and more, especially as the water and other resources are depleted to breaking point.
It's a great time to be in the arms business though.
Unfortunately, this dynamic will play out more and more, especially as the water and other resources are depleted to breaking point.
It's a great time to be in the arms business though.
Great column, George, and I'm pleased to see you address this topic from an environmental perspective.
September 27, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Great column, George, and I'm pleased to see you address this topic from an environmental perspective.
Your accident sounds like it could have been very serious, and I hope you're not too shaken up by it.
September 27, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Your accident sounds like it could have been very serious, and I hope you're not too shaken up by it.
Public services such as road maintenance are *essential* services. These are bare minimum things we need for society to function. They should never be required to operate for a profit either.
And we need to remind ourselves more regularly that public services are provided out of *our* money.
And we need to remind ourselves more regularly that public services are provided out of *our* money.
September 27, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Public services such as road maintenance are *essential* services. These are bare minimum things we need for society to function. They should never be required to operate for a profit either.
And we need to remind ourselves more regularly that public services are provided out of *our* money.
And we need to remind ourselves more regularly that public services are provided out of *our* money.
The media is functioning exactly as intended and Labour have historically not said or done anything about this bias because periodically they happen to benefit from a degree of media support as part of the rigged British two party system specifically designed to give the illusion of choice.
September 25, 2025 at 5:39 AM
The media is functioning exactly as intended and Labour have historically not said or done anything about this bias because periodically they happen to benefit from a degree of media support as part of the rigged British two party system specifically designed to give the illusion of choice.