Approaching Definitions - What are the 'Left' and the 'Right'?

In this video, we consider the notions of the 'Left' and the 'Right' as poles of the political spectrum, briefly recapitulating the history of the terms in this sense, and considering their implications of political and economic matters...

Approaching Definitions - What is the State?

In this consideration, we look to the distinction between the 'government' and the 'State', cashing out some of the implications in that distinction, and how the notion of the State as constitutive of a society's or group's identity gives rise to serious questions...

Approaching Definitions - What is Class?

In this video, we take up the question of class, which flows readily enough out of our previous discussions of capitalism and socialism. Class, or the segmentation of a community, can unfold in various ways, or, according to different 'critera', whether they be economic, racial, ethnic or gendered in aspect. It becomes of import for us though as what accompanies that segmentation is a differential attribution of power that translates into an iniquity which is at odds with egality as a cardinal human value. This maldistribution is often masked by an appeal to 'necessities', but is ultimately the outcome of consensus, and thus amenable to to change. In fact, it is imperative that we work to move to such a change.