Walking on the Far Left

Having been well understood as the centre left socially liberal party and the core opposition society had to their more neo-liberal anti-internationalist socially right-wing counterparts within the Conservative Party for much of the 20th century, the UK Labour Party has continually experienced significant evolution and dramatic changes in political stance over recent decades. It is through a greater understanding and reflection on the historic founding of the party and the principles it was founded upon, as well as the  shifting of narrative in response to evident societal change that had taken place throughout this period that one can further recognise and understand the ways in which centrism has been redefined, and draw conclusions as to whether it is the centre that has been shifted to account for the rising support of more extremist far right ideals, or whether this change has merely come down to a period of rising fear and desperation under a situation of crisis having been o...

While considerable advancements have been made in relation to the recognition of the needs of the trans population with their rights being considered a considerably more significant part of policy making, and featuring more frequently within political agenda, the causes and extent their struggle continues to remain hugely misunderstood and often overlooked in society. This can largely be attributed to the alienation of this community within society, and the conflict and debate as to how they should be regarded. This could perhaps have been seen to stem largely from the flaws in many of the well accepted theoretical and dialectical approaches by which the social constructs of gender and sex are examined and understood, this in particular concerning the "beyond the binaries" perspective. These can be regarded as taking a considerably more dogmatic and idealist stance on the matters, presenting them as appearing somewhat abstract concepts and with limited biological, physiologic...

 "But you see, it's not me, its not my family" While this lyric can be interpreted in many ways with it being ambiguous as to whether the Cranberries on writing Zombie were demonstrating anger at all violence, or whether they wrote the song specifically to oppose the actions of the IRA in particular, there does appear to remain a common recurrent theme of apathy and inability to engage with or initiate conflict apparent in much of the political discourse of the present day, in the same way as many misguidedly assume that involvement in war efforts benefits the economy and further preserve their influence. This can be reflected on when observing historic interregional cultural and religious conflicts evident within Ireland, and their relations with the UK and the EU. One can notice the clear contrasts between the attitudes of Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland with regard to the willingness of the people to engage with these conflicts, as well as their comparatively iso...

        Signs I saw at the 2026 Nakba demo opposing Zionism, antisemitism and islamophobia In the current political climate wrought with polarisation and division. Far removed from the past primarily economically and historically driven perceptions of certain religious groups popular amongst many 19th century political theorists, current antisemitism and islamophobia is set about with the motives to further develop ultranationalist and neo-colonialist intentions to create a state built with a white supremacist western homogenate as its cultural and ideological basis. This thus acts as merely a means of further making fascism appear somewhat more palatable when overshadowed by the potential for future developmental and socioeconomic proposals, and the core aims of supposed freedom of expression and representation of religious values. It is, however, also important that one reflects upon historic dialect on labour movements and collective attempts to emancipate the peo...

  Yesterday would have been Marilyn Monroe's 100th birthday. It is in tribute to the great feminist icon (who shares my love for bright red lipstick!) that I will write this post observing the many ways she shaped the last century's fashion, popular culture, and film, and, most of all, the way that women's presence in society could be regarded, surpassing all kinds of stereotypical ideation demonstrated through the presence of the male gaze, and other huge chauvinist attitudes that were apparent in the film industry in the US during this period. We can thus very clearly consider her as way more than just the perennial stereotype of the heavily sexualised glossy pop icon that she has for too long been portrayed as, and even go so far as to view her as, in her own rights, a true revolutionary and a good comrade. When reflecting on the ways in which the stereotype of subservience, submission and reliance on men has been considered as an integral aspect of her character, howeve...

                                       Cold War Propaganda ( gabriel-chetcuti.wordpress.com) With one of the core defining aspects of the aftermath of the Cold War being the significant failures of the US during the Second World War and the Cold War having developed as sense of comparative instability and sociopolitical insecurity, it is clear that they desired change through economic prosperity. This was the core driving force behind their advocacy for globalism through neocolonial and expansionist agenda, so as to achieve this, all the while maintaining mutual symbiotic relations with their core allies, establishing links to resource rich and economically valuable regions that would be crucial in their development, and ultimately avoiding any potential threats with their communist opposition. However, it is only through analysing the tensions remaining between the Eastern and Western Wo...