A Communist in Hong Kong

The week after I published my article, ‘Trans Rights and the Order of Speech’ in Off-Guardian, The New Statesman published two articles by, respectively, the biologist, Richard Dawkins, ‘Why biological sex matters’ and the feminist, Jacqueline Rose, ‘The gender binary is false’. I don’t know Rose personally, but her 1986 book, Sexuality in the Field … Continue reading What is a Woman? Response to Jacqueline Rose

Part One of this article can be read here. 3. The Misogyny of ‘Trans’ Let’s begin with a question few have the courage to pose and fewer still dare to answer honestly. Why is it always male transvestites who demand access to women’s toilets, men who want to compete in women’s sports, and male rapists … Continue reading Trans Rights and the Order of Speech: Part Two

‘There is a new word in Newspeak’, said Syme, ‘I don’t know whether you know it: duckspeak, to quack like a duck. It is one of those interesting words that have two contradictory meanings. Applied to an opponent, it is abuse; applied to someone you agree with, it is praise.’ — George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-four, … Continue reading Trans Rights and the Order of Speech: Part One

Der Zauberlehrling (1797) is the title of a famous ballad by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a re-telling of an ancient Egyptian myth that was later put to music by the French composer, Paul Dukas, in his orchestral scherzo L’Apprenti sorcier (1897). The latter was chosen for the title of a text published in 1938 by … Continue reading Defending Freedom for the Future

The coronation of the sovereign is a dangerous time for the UK state because it forces our constitutional monarchy to reconcile the contradictory governing systems of a parliamentary democracy elected by the people of Britain and a Head of State inherited by birth. To oversee this unification, Charles Mountbatten-Windsor — who became the UK sovereign … Continue reading Coronation Day: The Functions of the Monarchy

In my book, The Road to Fascism, I argued that, although fascism has returned to the political economy, laws and ideology of the West — most explicitly in our governance by unelected international technocracies, the suspension of our previously inalienable human rights under a more-or-less permanent state of emergency, and our indoctrination into behaviours of … Continue reading Washington’s Puppet: The Rise and Fall of Volodmyr Zelenskyy

‘It is in the ranks of the Party, and above all the Inner Party, that the true war enthusiasm is found. World-conquest is believed in most firmly by those who know it to be impossible.’ — George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four On 17 March, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant for the arrest of … Continue reading New World Order: The International Criminal Court and War on Russia

When I was asked to talk to a Bitcoin group about Central Bank Digital Currency I was surprised, as I know almost nothing about Bitcoin and only a little about CBDC. I am neither an economist nor a banker, and I have just enough money to pay my bills, without investing it in cryptocurrency. However, … Continue reading Contexts for Central Bank Digital Currency