Since 1979 the privatisation and marketization policies of successive governments have delivered the economy into the hands of a narrow...
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Protest and dissent are the foundation stones of modern societies and have helped secure a measure of democracy and human...
GreenNet with 6 other ISPs from around the world are calling for an end to GCHQ’s attacking and exploitation of...
No sector has lobbied the EC on the proposed EU-US trade deal (TTIP) more than Agribusiness, according to Corporate Europe...
.Why has the basic logic of austerity been accepted by everyone? Because solidarity has come to be viewed as a...
Jordan Belfort isn't alone: An entire generation of workers lack the imagination to think about collective action. .. Sam Polk...
The use of food banks in the UK is rising. New statistics from Trussell Trust reveal that between April and...
The importance of clearly communicating science to the public should not be underestimated. Accurately understanding our natural environment and sharing...
In times of austerity, one of few things that seems to be booming is the trade in wheelbarrows. At least,...
Two months before the first anniversary of the catastrophic collapse of Rana Plaza in Bangladesh, Clean Clothes Campaign along with...
The DWP's latest disaster – a report leaked to the Guardian about £1bn of welfare cuts – is typical of...
An IMF paper, published last week, has found not only that inequality is bad for economic growth but that redistribution of...
Six years after the 2008 banking crash, there have been some small tweaks, but little structural reform of the financial...
The scale of the use of zero-hours contracts has been revealed after a revision of official figures showed that nearly...
A quiet revolution has taken place in gambling, with electronic terminals finely-tuned into the perfect devices for parting you from...
Cameron and Osborne can’t avoid the truth that their policies have hit women hardest | New Statesman
.. They say a picture tells a thousand words. And the image last month of David Cameron at Prime Minister's...
Ever since the post-war Keynesian consensus was reversed in the 1970s, unions and other social justice advocates have been lectured...
Last year Barclays bank made a large profit and celebrated by sacking thousands of staff (see Barclays and the sack...
A new report from the Centre for Labour and Social Studies highlights the failure of the Banking Reform Act to...
In these insecure times people are easily persuaded to buy insurance for flights, cars, credit cards, loans, plumbing and almost...
.. Tens of organisations have already quit workfare. The government will not reveal which organisations are still using it for...
The family of a man who starved to death four months after his benefits were cut off has called on...
I’m supposed to be writing an important human rights report, but the political messages around today have tempted me to...
The Independent Workers Union (IWGB) confirmed today that porters and cleaners working for MITIE at the Royal Opera House have...
Turkey’s parliament passed legislation late Wednesday night that critics say will drastically reduce internet freedom in the country — and...
The word 'entitlement' is ambiguous. For working people it means "earned benefits." For the rich, the concept of entitlement is...
Today, the Natural Environment Research Council (Nerc) signed a ‘memorandum of understanding’ with Shell. Thanks to Greenpeace for the tip....
The estimated £50m daily cost of London’s Tube strikes is based on a 2007 survey of just 315 businesses. Since...
The announcement this week by the gas company Cuadrilla that it wants to drill and frack up to eight new...
A new book chronicles the failure of the mainstream media--and most especially the business press, including publications like Forbes, Fortune, and The...