The Gagging Bill effectively became the Gagging Law last night when the vote in the House of Lords was a tie - in...
Neoliberalism
The dominant ideology of modern times is hard to pin down but its influence is global and catastrophic. A mixture of bogus economic theory, direct assaults on behalf of class power and a Trojan horse to subvert democracy – everyone needs to understand the nature and influence of neoliberalism.
.. Both a Tory minister and a Labour shadow have this week made the latest in a long line of...
.. As Margaret Hodge MP, chair of the Commons Public Accounts Committee, recently pointed out, the UK is at bottom...
.. Iceland has sent four former directors of its bank Kaupthing to prison for fraud. But the chances of similar...
.. There is something distasteful about well-paid media executives overseeing stories exposing “shirkers” and benefit fraud – fraud which, as...
.. Like many others I flinched with embarrassment when the Chancellor visited China. George Osborne sublimated his dislike of Marxist-Leninism...
.. Professor Richard Werner, Director of the Centre for Banking, Finance and Sustainable Development at Southampton University, gave a presentation at the Transforming...
.. The richest 85 people in the world have as much wealth as the poorest 3.5 billion – or half...
.. Eighty-five people control the same amount of wealth as half the world's population, according to a recently released report...
.. The global crash of 2008 kicked off a furious debate in the UK about whether or not the City...
.. “It takes me about two hours to assemble a team of financial geeks and lawyers to devise a product...
.. Two images stay in my head which refuse to go away. Both occurred on the debate on the explosion in the use of food...
.. .. Shale gas executives and government officials have been caught colluding to undermine protests and public resistance to fracking. E-mails released under freedom of...
.. A poll of GP's for the Guardian newspaper has found that NHS doctors don't trust the health secretary Jeremy Hunt and are convinced...
.. Thousands of Brits are turning to payday loans to hide rent or mortgage problems, new research shows. The research,...
.. The Haze notes with little surprise the ceaseless chafing and wriggling by the banks as they aim to overturn anything and everything...
.. Next month on February 19, protesters will gather nationally outside Atos centres to peacefully protest the inhumane treatment of...
.. It seems that Jeremy Misprint Hunt is trying to pretend that his planned law making it easier to close...
.. People in the UK are facing among the highest and most volatile food prices in Western Europe, according to...
.. The coalition's benefit cuts, bedroom tax and aggressive welfare sanctions are forcing many Britons into "forced penury" as they mark an increasing return...
.. A University of Birmingham report has highlighted that in 2012, the real value of workers’ wages fell back to...
.. Another day and another hatchet job in the media aimed at poor people - this time in the form...
.. Some of the electorate still operate under the naïve fantasy that modern neoliberal governments are there to support the...
.. AlterNet today reports on the rapid demise of the middle class in the U.S. The gaps between the rich...
.. Some of you may already know about a spirit lifting initiative for an unconditional basic income for all EU citizens....
.. Pretty much everyone's vote for the least ethical bank in the world, Barclays Bank, will give its top directors additional shares...
.. Until the late 19th century much of our city space was owned by private landlords. Squares were gated, streets...
.. The Haze was very taken with this article by Ben Phillips on Global Dashboard. Here are some paragraphs that we...