Disability Labour AGM and Monday political musings..and radical uncertainty....

Disability Labour AGM and Monday political musings.... what does it take to wake up to the reality of late capitalism? As the price mechanism empties the supermarkets of anti bacterial wipes and soap, the "free" market that makes us "freer" takes more from us and limits us more. Marx was right he always has been. Since 2010 the first three chapters of "Kapiral" finds perfect illustration in the economic structure and policies of coalition and Tory governments where Exchange value rather than use value is the order of the day. The myth of the individual is clearly seen as we run from 
collectivism into getting Brexit done. As the culture wars rage on we stagger in early March towards a virus fueled moral panic. The price of oil falls and the global economy runs out of fuel . Yet while we fear corona we say nothing of the arms trade and the poverty fueled by the World Bank and the WTO that kill far more. And on the macro level we tip towards recession as Dominic Cummings brave new world becomes cowardly, bitter and parochially narrow. The walls are closing in....

On the micro level of political praxis Disability Labour holds its first AGM online using the Zoom App facility. The meeting was a great success and apart from a few glitches worked very well. Fran Springfield chaired the meeting effectively and well. The success of the meeting offer a a way for Brecon and Radnor CLP to reach many members in the constituency that is more of a continent. ZOOM offers a perfect solution for those who are disabled or isolated because of geography or circumstances. I was delighted to be re-elected onto the National Executive of DL particularly as it was without coupon or recommendation. Wales now has three members on the Executive and we will be bringing a unique Welsh element to DL.. I will be raising many of the issues at the Welsh Labour Conference in late March. It's a lovely sunny spring day as the week begins... let's see what the week brings.

Probability becomes meaningless... the love of quantification pointless . Economic prediction breaks down as all we can now do us defend our selves by narrative and we return to the time of the parable... and of radical uncertaknty...
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