Capitalism Creates Poverty

Tories have a deep love of poverty. Not their own of course but other peoples'. How do I know? Because their policies always make the r...

Remember when the Berlin wall came down? It was the end of communist repression in eastern Europe and the subject of much rejoicing. I was a...

We know that if the Tories get into power there will be swinging cuts in public services. The Taxpayers Alliance, a bunch of Tories who clai...

There's been a lot of controversy about Josef Stalin recently. In Eastern Europe, as they commemorate the beginning of the Second World...

Well, at last a regulator has had the guts to say we should rein in 'free' market financial capitalism. Not only that but he said t...

Is America still a superpower? In military terms it still is but can the USA continue to be a dominant force politically and economically? M...

The 'free' market is getting freer. With de-regulation for businesses still going full steam ahead the freedoms of citizens are narr...

In the past 40 years or so productive capitalism has been overtaken by financial capitalism. By productive capitalism I mean the 'real e...

Some people can't tell left from right. This can be a real danger when driving. I wonder if James Purnell drives a lot, if so he should ...

On the 13th July I was at the Ways With Words festival at Dartington Hall. I went to see Rob Hopkins, Shaun Chamberlin and Tamzin Pinkerton...

Interesting story in the Independent on Wednesday about Lord Mandelson. Apparently this very important person has no less than ten people w...

As unemployment rises inexorably towards three million in the UK the government has no answer. That is hardly surprising because this govern...

There has been a lot of talk about where the left goes next. In spite of the credit crunch left wing and progressive groups appear to have n...

I haven't said much in this blog about the MP's expenses scandal. Why not? Firstly I've been busy with the Euro elections and th...

After the sacking of 647 workers at the Lindsey oil refinery the industrial action continues. Many workers showed their defiance by burning ...