Opinion
Monday, 12 November 2012 11:24
The recent coverage of child abuse has given rise to sickening displays of hypocrisy from the sections of society who should be hanging their heads in shame, argues Richard Allday
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The BBC's sex abuse scandal around Jimmy Savile and the rich and powerful is all about power and control and has very little to do with the victims argues Lindsey German
If we want to fix the press, we need real change for real journalism, argues Justin Schlosberg of the Media Reform Coalition
Ben Mettes explains why he will be marching in the student demonstration on 21st November
Millionaire's refusal to sit with poor people, Tories waste £7.2 billion on agency doctors and energy prices soar- Isma'il Muhammad reviews the week
Cameron's plan for a ‘truly national’ commemoration of the centenary of World War I is an attempt to make political capital out of a mass slaughter argues John Westmoreland
New IMF figures expose the economic illiteracy of UK austerity, but the Tory-led government remains committed to deep cuts. Adam Tomes responds
Conference highlights, the continued demonisation of people on benefits and odd shaped vegetables- Isma'il Muhammad reviews the week.
Chris Bambery examines the challenges and opportunities facing the Left in Europe's crisis
Isma'il Muhammad reviews a week which saw Babar Ahmed lose his appeal against extradition, the hidden dismantlement of the NHS and more Islamophobia from U.S right wingers.
Ben Wray reports from the march and rally for independence in Edinburgh yesterday. He argues it exceeded expectations, and shows potential for the left in the pro-independence camp
Romney's imploding election campaign, Nato's failing Afghan campaign, bigotry satirised on twitter and Tony Blair - Isma'il Muhammad on the last seven days
Sanum Ghafoor takes a look at the last seven days in a week that saw the truth about Hillsborough finally revealed, the real cost of clothes and more royal exposures
The Data Communications Bill is another step by the Coalition government towards limiting our civil liberties and the creation of a surveillance state, writes Marienna Pope-Weidemann
Sanum Ghafoor takes a look at a week that saw Cameron increase the rich white male count in the cabinet and Prince Harry put some clothes on
The Royal Family has traditionally dressed up in uniforms to pretend that we’re all in this together. That’s why Prince Harry’s return is being so widely publicised, writes Lindsey German
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31 May - 1 June 2013
an international festival
In the parks, halls and public spaces around Kings Cross
With:
David Harvey, Tariq Ali, Tony Benn, Owen Jones, Nina Power, Sanum Ghafoor, Andrew Murray, Laurie Penny, Lindsey German, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Paul Le Blanc, Terry Eagleton, Paul Gilroy and more...
Saturday 22 June 2013
9:30am – 5pm
Central Hall Westminster
Events
Books
How a Century of War Changed the Lives of Women
By Lindsey German
A Marxist History of the World
From Neanderthals to Neoliberals
By Neil Faulkner
The People V Tony Blair
Politics, the Media and the Anti-War Movement
By Chris Nineham
Timelines
A Political History of the Modern World
By John Rees
A People's History of London
By Lindsey German and John Rees
Counterfire Books
The People Demand: A short history of the Arab revolutions
By John Rees and Joseph Daher
Strategy and tactics: how the left can organise to transform society
By John Rees
Capitalism and Class Consciousness: the ideas of Georg Lukacs
By Chris Nineham
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