Tag: empire

  • Neoliberalism: A Reflection

    Neoliberalism: A Reflection

    Martyn Richard Jones, A Coruña, 9th April 2025

    In a compelling lecture by Enrique Javier Díez, a respected professor at the University of León, he opened with the well-worn Chinese proverb: “Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will eat for a lifetime.” A familiar refrain, often invoked in discussions of education and empowerment, it was a fitting start — but Díez, with the precision of a seasoned academic and the urgency of a citizen deeply attuned to the injustices of our time, was not content to leave it there.

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  • Martyn Jones – Author

    Martyn Jones – Author

    Hold up, folks! You’re going to love these! They are amazing, beautiful, classy, dazzling and eminently readable. And that’s an absolute understatement of Mel Brook’s proportions.

    As a writer, I have several works to my name. This post highlights some of these works. It also offers a quick link to the Amazon platform, where you can get your editions.

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  • The American Basket Case

    The American Basket Case

    Martyn Jones, A Coruña, Span, 26th January 2025.         

    Let’s be clear, precise and honest about the world and where we all stand in it, starting with the reminder that the USA has become the world’s number one political basket case. But let’s be straight about this phenomenon. It didn’t just happen when Trump was made President. “Made?” you may ask? Yes, ‘made’, just like the management of the mob, Trump was ‘made’ President.

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