Monday, May 31, 2010

The curious outing of David Laws

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The story of how David Laws, the Lib Dem chief secretary to the Treasury, came to step down from his post at the weekend after just a coup...
Friday, May 28, 2010

Tory plans will destroy state education

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By inviting all head teachers in the country to re-invent their schools as independent “academies”, Michael Gove, the new Tory education sec...
Thursday, May 27, 2010

Science and profit are the wrong mix

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Disasters like the Mexican Gulf oil well leak shine a spotlight on capitalism’s everyday disregard for safety and its short-term approach to...
Wednesday, May 26, 2010

On a knife edge

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Share markets around the world suffered another roller-coaster day yesterday as nervous traders decided it was a good time to sell. Everythi...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010

For Gazans, the Nakba is a daily tragedy

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This is the month when Palestinians remember their Nakba, or "catastrophe," during which millions of women, men and children were ...
Monday, May 24, 2010

Let the battle commence

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The £6.2 billion cuts package announced by chancellor George Osborne and his Lib Dem partner in crime David Laws will cost jobs and hit serv...
Friday, May 21, 2010

End of 'old politics' is our chance

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For all its outward appearance of partnership and harmony, the Lib-Con coalition government is an inherently unstable regime. Patched togeth...
Thursday, May 20, 2010

Behind the Red Shirt uprising

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The uprising of the poor and peasant farmers is continuing across Thailand, in spite of yesterday’s violent break-up of the Red Shirt camp i...
Wednesday, May 19, 2010

How to end 'dictatorship of the market'

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Protests and strikes are mounting throughout Europe as governments begin to carry out the austerity measures required to attract the investm...

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Protests and strikes are mounting throughout Europe as governments begin to carry out the austerity measures required to attract the investm...

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Protests and strikes are mounting throughout Europe as governments begin to carry out the austerity measures required to attract the investm...
Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Time to defy anti-union laws

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The High Court ruling against the planned British Airways cabin crew strike is not simply the outcome of a clearly partisan decision by Mr J...
Monday, May 17, 2010

Take a leaf out of Picasso's book

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The view that, deep down, all that human beings are really interested is in looking after themselves is, commonplace and at the same time a ...
Thursday, May 13, 2010

A very British coup

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The political marriage between David Cameron and Nick Clegg in a ceremony in the garden at the back of Downing Street yesterday is not simpl...
Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Coalition will provoke extra-parliamentary struggles

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The collapse of the Tories and Liberal Democrats into each other’s arms to form the first coalition government in modern times does not so m...
Tuesday, May 11, 2010

The uncertainty principle in politics

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The break-up of parliamentary politics is happening right before our eyes, most dramatically shown in the resignation under pressure of Gord...
Monday, May 10, 2010

It's all about power

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The political crisis that has erupted in Britain following the general election provides a window of opportunity to bring the most basic of ...
Friday, May 07, 2010

Election crisis: markets call the shots

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The hung parliament that has resulted from Britain’s inconclusive general election is certain to lead to a prolonged period of political ins...
Thursday, May 06, 2010

Voters in for 'the shock of their lives'

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Nothing that happened during this election has persuaded us that our call on people to hang on to their votes and instead focus on building ...
Wednesday, May 05, 2010

Greek workers light the fuse

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The general strike that got under way in Greece today, bringing the country to a standstill, is a foretaste of the struggles to come through...