East London News A Force for the community…
WHAT WILL our “new normal” look like? To inform our debate, our “thoughts” this month will feature quotes from iconoclasts who want to see freedom, equality and justice for the many.
As we near the end of our month looking for those who can help fuel our thoughts about how to draw a “new normal” (and map how we might get there), we come to one of the greatest iconoclasts of all time. The pandemic has shown us that the people are not “free”: our actions are constrained by the needs of the twin pillars of the economy – the market and the profit motive. The aftermath of the pandemic may show us how much the many sacrifice in order to keep those pillars standing.
“Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: freedom for slave owners.”
Vladimir Lenin
●Read more about it:
Thought for today
The Thames Today
