Old Trot
oldtrot.bsky.social
Old Trot
@oldtrot.bsky.social
“Of all the things that can happen to a man, the most surprising is to discover he is old.” - Leon Trotsky
Not going to happen. Ditching Labour is very possible, but the Greens are not the alternative they’ll be looking to.
My bet would be that they’ll form a new kind of party based on extra-parliamentary politics. Something like a combination of syndicalism (One Big Party), with socialist organisation.
January 17, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Taiwan is already Chinese. What they won’t tolerate is any move that would turn it into a US aircraft carrier.
January 17, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Forming new parties is no easy matter. Those started by MPs from the top down are inevitably failures, not least because of the lack of a solid organisation of full time employees and an unbelievable amount of money.
To be a socialist party, it must have solid union support, and that takes time.
January 17, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Perhaps someone should tell Noem that ICE have no jurisdiction over US citizens.
January 13, 2026 at 1:59 PM
It’s not Putin, or Trump in a sense. It’s the oligarchs who back them.
January 13, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Not just Trump. The oligarchs behind Trump are every bit as dangerous, if not more so.
January 13, 2026 at 11:26 AM
China does not see the way western powers do.
January 11, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Yes, although it should be acknowledged that the largest group at risk of being on the receiving end of male violence is other males.
January 8, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Sexism is very much a result of class society. Again, read Engels and Marx on this.
January 8, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Violence and abuse can blight any form of relationship, including those between lgbtq+, cis women towards their male partners, and their children, at all levels of society.
January 8, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Agents of the State blowing peaceful citizens opposed to government repression is as political as it gets.
January 8, 2026 at 5:51 AM
Not just Socialist Worker. Have a look at Engels’s work on the historical defeat of women.
The ruling class is the origin and source of patriarchy.
January 8, 2026 at 5:38 AM