Hold on… wouldn’t this actually save us money? (Homelessness, empty promises, and Lambeth’s £34m rabbit hole)

By Eduardo Salgado, candidate for Councillor, North Brixton Ward, Lambeth Date: April 2, 2026Category: Local Housing & Money Right. Let me get this straight. Lambeth Council keeps telling us they’re broke. £34.3 million overspent this year. They want to hike our council tax by nearly 3%, plus another 2% for social care. They’re talking aboutContinue reading “Hold on… wouldn’t this actually save us money? (Homelessness, empty promises, and Lambeth’s £34m rabbit hole)”

SHAKE IT UP! Open Forum on Housing to Feature Full Slate of Independent Candidates for Lambeth Council

London, 2nd April 2026 Grassroots coalition fields community challengers across Brixton, Clapham, Stockwell, and Windrush wards BRIXTON — The Shake It Up campaign, a community-led movement aiming to break Labour’s dominance on Lambeth Council, will host an Open Forum on Housing this Saturday, 11th April 2026, at the Brixton Project in Canterbury Crescent. The event,Continue reading “SHAKE IT UP! Open Forum on Housing to Feature Full Slate of Independent Candidates for Lambeth Council”

Iran Executes Three ‘CIA-Backed’ Agents Amid Claims of Foreign Meddling in Protests

23 march 2026 TEHRAN – The Islamic Republic of Iran carried out the execution of three men in Qom Central Prison on 19 March 2026, following what the judiciary described as conclusive evidence linking the individuals to foreign intelligence agencies, including the American CIA and Israeli Mossad. The executions, the first directly related to theContinue reading “Iran Executes Three ‘CIA-Backed’ Agents Amid Claims of Foreign Meddling in Protests”

THE CONTRADICTORY IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT ARBITRATION ON STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND PEOPLES’ SELF-DETERMINATION: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF ICSID AND BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATIES

Eduardo Salgado Reyes | London 17th  November 2025 ABSTRACT This study critically analyses the impact of the international investment arbitration system, particularly the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs), upon state sovereignty and peoples’ self-determination. Through a systematic review of recent jurisprudential and economic literature (2018-2024), it examinesContinue reading “THE CONTRADICTORY IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT ARBITRATION ON STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND PEOPLES’ SELF-DETERMINATION: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF ICSID AND BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATIES”

28th February 2026 The ICSID Trap: How Trump’s Ultimatum Threatens to Reverse Venezuela’s Sovereign Defence By a Foreign Correspondent in Latin America In the gilded surroundings of the White House just over a month ago, a scene unfolded that laid bare the raw dynamics of power and resources in the Americas. Donald Trump sat downContinue reading

Nadezhda Krupskaya: The Silent Revolutionary Who Forged the Soviet Education System

Introduction On 26 February 1869, one of the most fascinating and, paradoxically, most misunderstood figures of the Russian Revolution was born in St Petersburg. We are speaking of Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya. For many, her name remains inevitably eclipsed by that of her husband, the Bolshevik leader Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Lenin. But toContinue reading “Nadezhda Krupskaya: The Silent Revolutionary Who Forged the Soviet Education System”

Bolivarian Venezuela is attacked by the Empire

Nuevo libro Traducido por Eduardo Salgado Reyes, Dip. Transl. Inst. of Linguists. https://bookstore369.gumroad.com/l/VenezuelaAttacked?wanted=true The Future as Warning: A Shattering Chronicle of Imperial Aggression What if tomorrow’s headlines announced the unthinkable? This is not a work of fiction. Invasion of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is a searing, meticulously researched critical analysis of a brutal militaryContinue reading “Bolivarian Venezuela is attacked by the Empire”

The Arquitecture of Surveillance

Editorial How UK Law Builds the Watchful State From Legal Framework to Everyday Intrusion 10 January 2026 The landscape of privacy in the United Kingdom is not defined by a single, overbearing edifice, but by a complex and interconnected architecture of surveillance. This structure is built brick by brick through primary legislation, expanded by counter-terrorismContinue reading “The Arquitecture of Surveillance”

Marxist Critical Analysis of the Failure of the Chilean Left and the Rise of Kast

Editorial – 14th December 2025 I. Materialist Diagnosis: Class Betrayal as the Origin of the Disaster A. Social Democracy as Agent of the Bourgeoisie (1990-2025) The Concertación/Nueva Mayoría historically fulfilled the Kautskyite role of managing Chilean capitalism with a human face, while deactivating class consciousness: B. Parliamentary Left and Its Institutional Fetishism Frente Amplio andContinue reading “Marxist Critical Analysis of the Failure of the Chilean Left and the Rise of Kast”

Private Property & the State: What Marx, Engels & Lenin Really Said

7 december 2025 A common misconception about Marxist theory is that it advocates for the abolition of all private property. This straw-man argument often leads to fears about the state taking personal possessions. The reality, as laid out by Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx, and later Vladimir Lenin, is far more specific—and revolutionary. Their critique focusesContinue reading “Private Property & the State: What Marx, Engels & Lenin Really Said”