Socialist Appeal
The Marxist voice of Labour and youth
Revelations that Dominic Cummings sat on the government’s scientific advisory committee have raised question marks over just how ‘impartial’ expert advice is. Under capitalism, science will never be truly objective or independent.
Yesterday was the 160th anniversary of Darwin's 'Origin of Species'. Albeit unconsciously, Darwin's theory of evolution revealed how nature operates dialectically. This radically challenged the ideology of the ruling class.
Far from fuelling scientific progress, the profit motive and capitalist competition have become an enormous barrier to advancing humanity's understanding of nature. Only a socialist plan can free science from these chains.
"All individual beings must perish, but the wonderful diversity of the material universe in all its myriad manifestations is eternal and indestructible. Life arises, passes away, and arises again and again. Thus it has been. Thus it will ever be."
Martin Swayne reviews 'Lost Connections', an illuminating new book that examines the social factors and material causes behind the prevalence of mental health issues in modern day capitalist society.