Wednesday, July 30, 2008

The real Chinese heroes

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It is two weeks to the start of the Beijing Olympics and while the athletes settle into their spanking new village, they might spare a thoug...
Monday, July 28, 2008

A Convention for democracy

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When communities come up against the New Labour steamroller they don’t back off – they get angry. That’s what brought people together on a h...
Friday, July 25, 2008

'New economics' is old hat

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There were earthquakes on both sides of the Atlantic yesterday. By mid-afternon, US financial stocks had suffered their worst one-day fall s...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Energy short-cuts spell danger

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Two reports published today highlight the growing and acute dangers of leaving New Labour in charge of Britain’s energy future. Firstly, a d...
Monday, July 21, 2008

From welfare to warfare

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A smiling Gordon Brown pictured sitting in a helicopter gunship at the weekend may have been dreaming about new ways to persuade disillusion...
Friday, July 18, 2008

Policies for the crisis - finance

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Centrica’s prediction of a 60% rise in household energy bills over the next two years comes as dire news for the millions already drowning i...
Thursday, July 17, 2008

Greenwash won't wash

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Politicians, local government and business leaders, gathered in London yesterday at a giant greenwash conference sponsored by The Guardian ...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Winning the council workers' claim

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The 48-hour strike by 600,000 council workers is testimony to the strength of feeling among the low-paid, rank and file of the Unison and Un...
Tuesday, July 15, 2008

The Manchester Convention and 'ulterior measures'

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Revolutionary, at times insurrectionary, movements against the state have a significant place in the history of the struggle for rights in B...
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Monday, July 14, 2008

The privatised hell of Britain PLC

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A secret document has revealed the shape of things to come as jobs and livelihoods are threatened by economic meltdown. Global corporations ...
Friday, July 11, 2008

Policies for the crisis – housing

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The worsening recession is taking an increasing toll on jobs, mortgages and home ownership, and threatens to bring down the entire banking s...
Thursday, July 10, 2008

Tube cleaners show the way

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While Londoners struggle to get about on the Tube system each day, workers who keep the carriages and stations clean are enduring Dickensian...
Wednesday, July 09, 2008

A racist state

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What’s the connection between 42 days detention for alleged “terror suspects”, the mass targeting of black people for stop and search, a sha...
Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Let them eat cake

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Few gatherings of world leaders can have shown greater political impotence alongside callous indifference than those currently gathered in H...
Monday, July 07, 2008

Support Southall Black Sisters

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Southall Black Sisters (SBS) is making a landmark High Court challenge to London Borough of Ealing later this month. The organisation, which...
Friday, July 04, 2008

'Citizens must lead' on climate chaos

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The upcoming G8+5 summit in Japan has climate change high on the agenda, apparently. The original eight countries have been widened to an un...
Thursday, July 03, 2008

Dangerous days in Italy

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It’s been an odd week for the “Il Cavaliere”, as Italy’s prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, is known. In a single day, a key group of top jud...
Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Dr Who and the economic crisis

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An economic crisis like the one we are now in has a ruthless, market-driven logic all of its own. As it takes its toll of jobs, homes and li...
Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Unions call for Zimbabwe blockade

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With Robert Mugabe self-elected as president of Zimbabwe once again, the workers and small farmers in the country face even greater terror a...
Monday, June 30, 2008

In praise of open studios

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In a week that saw yet more record sales at the big art auction houses, it’s worth remembering the many thousands of unsung artists who don’...