Capitalism Creates Poverty

I am old enough to remember the Soviet Union . I grew up with it and I'm glad I did. Why? because it meant that I lived in a time when t...

I'm not the only one who noticed but today marks the end of any useful life that the Labour Party had left in it. I've posted about ...

Despite Cameron and Osborne's best attempts to convince us that we are in recovery, and that we are all getting better off and heading b...

I was really interested to read about Thomas Piketty's new book 'Capital in the Twenty-First Century' which is being hailed as a...

Another day, another election drubbing for the left. The French Socialist party got a kicking in the recent local elections . Much of this h...

Today I am hearing the usual crap about pay rises for NHS staff , and this from a government which has increased the pay of t op NHS manager...

I was really shocked when I heard that Bob Crow had died this morning . He was only 52 years old and his sudden death will be a real blow to...

Everybody knows what democracy is don't they? Citizens of a state, who are eligible, get to vote every 4 to 5 years for representatives ...

Just in case you hadn't noticed we are still in the grip of austerity with Conservative Chancellor George Osborne and Ed Milliband bot...

I've been saying all along on this blog that Labour will win the next general election and I still subscribe to that view , although its...

Getting on for four years of 'Tory' coalition government and it already seems like a lifetime. Earlier this week Chancellor George O...

Its hard to believe how things have changed since I was a student. I had my fees paid and a received a maintenance grant, which I just about...

As winter approaches more and more people are beginning to worry about paying energy bills, the recent row about the 'big six' ene...

The media commonly portrays the 'enemies' of capitalism as violent and destructive. This applies to those who protest, even non-viol...

Are you unemployed? If you are you are in a pretty tough situation. There clearly aren't enough jobs to go round, and many of the jobs t...