Wednesday, November 07, 2012

A symbol of hope's limitations

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Poorer workers, Latinos, Afro-Americans, young urban professionals and women put their trust in Barack Obama. And this morning they are ce...
Tuesday, November 06, 2012

Cameron as salesman for the merchants of death

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One thing is certain in British politics. Whichever party is in government the sale of arms to countries with oppressive regimes will cont...
Monday, November 05, 2012

A democracy with an extremely small ‘d’

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Where in the world can you find a $6 billion election campaign that offers the voter little substantive difference between the major contest...
Friday, November 02, 2012

A democratic Europe is worth fighting for

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The fracturing of the European Union’s existing structures under the weight of the economic and financial crisis should be an opportunity ...
Thursday, November 01, 2012

Woodlands sacrificed on the altar of free markets

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Ash dieback fungus is only the latest a series of disasters threatening British woodland. Profit-driven globalisation is spreading disease...
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

US faces a perfect storm on all fronts

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After the devastation delivered by a perfect storm, the prospect of the United States falling off a “fiscal cliff” within two months is n...
Tuesday, October 30, 2012

PFI albatross opens NHS up to private sector

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The resource-draining Private Finance Initiative (PFI) foisted on public sector projects by New Labour is helping to create the conditions...
Monday, October 29, 2012

Wanted: Real Utopias and real democracy

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“Democracy has recently become extremely important and the key issue in politics.” You can count the political figures who say and mean th...
Friday, October 26, 2012

The Levellers' light shines on

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Some 365 years ago this weekend, soldiers known as “agitators” and their civilian supporters, sprang a political surprise of historic propo...
Thursday, October 25, 2012

Fossil fuel warriors in charge of ConDems energy policy

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As the first cold blast of winter heads down from the Arctic, more than five million UK households cannot afford to heat their homes to t...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Young people victims of an uncaring state

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The British establishment, the state and its institutions, the media – none of them really give a damn about young people. And if they say...
Tuesday, October 23, 2012

End of mining boom hits Australia hard

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Way back in May – a whole five months ago – the Honourable Wayne Swan MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Austr...
Monday, October 22, 2012

Octavia Hill's housing dream turns into a nightmare

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Yesterday the great and the good unveiled a memorial in Westminster Abbey to commemorate social reformer Octavia Hill, who died 100 years ...
Friday, October 19, 2012

How we can move beyond resistance

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Everyone joining tomorrow’s anti-austerity march in London called by the Trades Union Congress should take heed of what is happening in Gr...
Thursday, October 18, 2012

The China Syndrome in your food

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The dust is only just settling on the worst food poisoning scandal in German history. Earlier this month, 11,000 children attending some 5...
Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Leaving cloud cuckoo land

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The International Monetary Fund is amongst the most influential institutions on the planet. It has a membership of 188 countries and emplo...