During the pandemic, I have been unable to visit my parents, because they are elderly, and my father in particular has poor health.   Steve Latham   It’s been especially tragic, because recently, he has gone into a respite care home, in order to give my mother, his principle carer, […]

I first encountered the term ‘hegemony’ when, as a precocious teenager, I read widely about international politics. Here, it described a country’s sphere of influence.   Steve Latham   Later, at university, I discovered it was used by Marxists, referring to capitalism’s ideological dominance. I learned to distinguish these uses, […]

“Nothing is what it seems”. So goes the Zen Buddhist saying. Karl Marx echoed it with his famous statement: “Just as our opinion of an individual is not based on what he thinks of himself, so can we not judge such a period of transformation by its own consciousness; on […]