Understanding that we can be socialized into adopting an ideological position that is detrimental to our own interests is an important step towards the development of revolutionary consciousness
A Reply to Ian Birchall (and his Trotskyist Comrades)
āUtopian socialismā can be more scientific than so called āscientific socialismā and that the utopian socialist methodology should be used to inform revolutionary thinking and action in the 21st Century
The design of these institutions can either create a class system within the economy or it can create classlessness
What follows is a first sketch of a campaign proposal that is designed to bring to an end a form of discrimination referred to here as institutionalised classism
Public Health v. Private Profit
Is it possible to create system that does not exploit people or the planet?
Intellectual self-defense could be used to inform a new type of psychological intervention for mental health promotion
We know that social exclusion is bad for peopleās mental health. It follows therefore, that an economic system that is inclusive will help remove this social determinant of mental illness
Mental Health promotion as social justice activism
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