Thursday, March 31, 2011

Can capitalism keep the lights on?

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The claim that the crisis at the Fukushima power plant is a Japanese problem because they foolishly built nuclear reactors on an earthquake ...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Cracks deepen as 'recovery' proves a myth

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New figures from the Office for National Statistics confirm what most people know only too well: living standards are falling sharply as a r...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Colonialism is alive and well

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Today’s international conference in London “on the future of Libya” has an unmistakeable colonial ring about it. Put plainly, Britain, Franc...
Monday, March 28, 2011

The challenge ahead after March 26

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The biggest demonstration by the trade union movement and its supporters for a generation reveals both the depth of feeling against the Coal...
Friday, March 25, 2011

The time to move beyond resistance is now!

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The right-wing leadership of the TUC sees tomorrow’s anti-cuts march as a one-off protest that merely “sends a message” to a government whic...
Thursday, March 24, 2011

Nuclear regulation in Japan 'amiable fiction'

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You would think that of all countries, Japan would be cautious about nuclear power. But no, this is capitalism, stupid! Nothing must be perm...
Wednesday, March 23, 2011

March for a real alternative

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Figures published on the eve of the Budget shed more light on an unrelenting global crisis that pays little or no attention to chancellor Os...
Tuesday, March 22, 2011

A Parliament of warmongers

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Just in case you think the overwhelming Parliamentary majority of 544 for military action against Libya – only 13 MPs voted no - reflects po...
Monday, March 21, 2011

Regime change is the real war aim

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So Liam Fox, the Coalition’s defence secretary, has let the cat out of the bag. The aim of the air strikes on Libya is to kill Colonel Gadda...
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Friday, March 18, 2011

No to military intervention in Libya

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Let’s be clear from the outset. Whatever the leaders of Britain, France and the US say, taking military action against Libya is not primaril...
Thursday, March 17, 2011

Seed treaty legalises theft

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An international treaty designed to conserve the world’s seed diversity is instead legitimising the rights of global agri-business to steal ...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Profits loom larger than cost of human misery

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Analysts are at work trying to minimise the damage to the profitability of the capitalist system from the disaster in Japan. Never mind the ...
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

European politics at the cross-roads

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A new survey shows that there is a “crisis in European democracy” as faith and trust in politicians plummets to new lows. No surprises th...
Monday, March 14, 2011

Faustian pact with nuclear power

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Many have praised the Japanese people’s resilience and preparedness in response to the earthquake and tsunami which has killed thousands of ...
Friday, March 11, 2011

Pensions attack brings tipping point nearer

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On both sides of the Atlantic, a massive onslaught is under way with the single purpose of dramatically reducing the share of national wealt...
Thursday, March 10, 2011

Earth's early warning system is dying

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Scientists working for the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) have identified more than a dozen factors behind the colony c...
Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Supermarkets cash in as food prices soar

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Food price inflation is running at a faster rate in Britain than in the rest of Europe – and supermarkets, which control around three qua...
Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Death by a thousand cuts

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When the Coalition announced its spending review, arts writers warned of a new dark age of philistinism that would follow in the wake of gov...