In recent months, there seems to have been an increasing number of conversations about the presence of misandry in leftist spaces. Those who dislike its existence say that it’s alienating to men, and that we shouldn’t tar all men with…
Category: Culture
There are two big mysteries in the anime industry. One: Why do many animators in Japan earn just $2 an hour, when animators are constantly in high demand? And two: How do over 500 separate anime studios manage to survive…
Every year, the Economic Intelligence Unit releases the Democracy Index. This index claims to rank countries by how democratic they are. But how credible is it? The first thing we notice when we look into it, is that the Democracy…
“Emphasis on public participation by Cubans is focused not only on periodic voting but also on continuous participation in governing.” MarkH. Kruger (2007) Community Based Crime Control in Cuba Countries like the US and UK treat crime as if it’s…
If you ask most people about the Cuban education system, they’ll probably mention the famous Cuban doctors, who provide medical care around the world. But there’s a lot more to the country’s education system than its medical schools. The Cuban…
Before the socialist revolution in 1959, Cuba was a US puppet state under a dictator named Batista. When the Socialists overthrew him, there were only eight special education schools on the island, educating 134 pupils. These schools were all charity…
Recently, newspapers and conservative social media feeds blasted out happy birthday messages for Charles Windsor’s 74th. But the case for keeping the monarchy is built on inequality and exploitation. Spending £345 million per year to keep one family in luxury,…
There are a group of talking points going around today that paint communism as an anti LGBTQ+ ideology. When queer people identify ourselves as communists, we’re sometimes ridiculed as naive. We must not have heard about Stalin re-criminalizing homosexuality, or…
How many times have you heard someone say: “I’m going to get a job that pays me what I’m worth”? That feeling of being poorly rewarded for your efforts is one that most of us can relate to. All the…