Archive for February, 2012
Cameron’s dwindling support on health ‘reform’
Posted in Britain, Cuts, Democracy, Healthcare, NHS on February 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The corruption oiling the wheels of the NHS bill
Posted in Britain, Democracy, Economy, Healthcare, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, Media, NHS, Tories, Welfare state on February 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve written before about corruption scandals not being exceptional in our society: just episodic glimpses of the corruption that underpins it. Capitalists, their politicians and the media, like to present police collusion with the Murdoch news empire, cash for peerages or British assistance to Unionists death squads in the north of Ireland, for example, as unwelcome [...]
Galloway on why we must oppose Western intervention in Syria
Posted in George Galloway, Imperialism, International, Syria, United States, War on February 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
From a Respect Foundation public meeting yesterday at SOAS in London. Part One Part Two
Athens burns as European ruling class forces poverty vote
Posted in Class, Cuts, Europe, Greece, International, Riots on February 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The government’s health bill: for and against
Posted in Britain, Cuts, Healthcare, Labour movement, NHS, Tories, Welfare state on February 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
David Miliband’s intervention and the myths of the Surrender Tendency
Posted in Britain, Class, Cuts, Democracy, Ed Miliband, Labour movement, Labour Party on February 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Those of us who have suggested David Miliband’s latest political intervention may have – let’s say – ulterior motives have received a bit of flak. Must he stay silent just because any public pronouncement may be misconstrued by the media? Why can’t he contribute to the debate about the party’s future like anyone else? The [...]
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