Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Rough Sleeping In A Rough Society

Nothing illustrates the madness of capitalism better than the news that many millionaire's homes in London stand empty while the following scandal occurs. 'Last week the government published its rough sleeping statistics for 2013, showing that the number of people sleeping on the streets on any one night in England has risen a further 5% to 2,414.' (Guardian, 4 March) Inside a socialist society houses will be built for people to live in not to increase some rich person's portfolio. RD

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