Capitalism Creates Poverty

I've been extolling the virtues of co-operatives on this blog as an economic alternative to capitalist corporations. The beauty of co-op...

According to the Institute of Fiscal studies (IFS) the government's 'emergency' budget is regressive . That means it is unfair. ...

David Cameron likes to refer to himself as middle class . We are all expected to aspire to be middle class but who are the middle classes? A...

Caroline Lucas speaks out against the cuts.

The recent news about the catastrophic flooding in Pakistan comes as no surprise to those of us who accept man made climate change is fact....

The news that the government are removing compulsory retirement at 65 is another crucial step in making sure we all have to toil until ...

Not much, I would think. Ian Tomlinson is one of a growing number of people who have died after being assaulted by police officers during d...

Before you carry on, try reading this article . Its about how California, the world's eighth largest economy, was brought to its knees....

Now that the Tories, er .... I mean the Coalition is in power we can expect a continuing attack on state education under the guise of '...

OK, I'm sticking my neck out here. I predict that the deficit reduction measures applied in the UK and endorsed by the G20 on Monday wi...

Tomorrow we get George Osbourne's cuts budget. There has been plenty said about this in the past few weeks, and we have been prepared fo...

Lets just shatter a few illusions here. Firstly, BP is not British. It is a global corporation and like any global corporation it has no loy...

A bit harsh surely? Isn't this one of the nations most talented men? He must be mustn't he ? After all he studied at Cambridge Univ...

This is what we could have had if we'd elected a Green government - a positive programme which would have created hope for the future, a...

How long does it take to re-write history? I used to think it was years but in the digital age it seems like only a matter of months. Lets j...