Neil Faulkner argues that every socialist, green activist, trade unionist, and anti-capitalist needs to see building mass action against the cuts as the central political priority.
Alan Budd, the economist appointed to head up George Osborne’s new Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), is stepping down after just two months in post. This wasn’t supposed to happen, whatever the Tories are now saying.
Poverty and inequality are at record levels according to a new report. The redistribution of wealth from poor to rich overseen by Thatcher and continued under Labour will be accelerated by the massive ConDem cuts - unless we stop them.
One word can summarise George Osborne’s first budget. Brutal. £11bn off welfare spending, from child benefits to Disability Living Allowance. VAT up to 20 per cent. And an average 25 per cent cut for most departmental budgets.
Lindsey German on how the Saville inquiry not only vindicates the innocence of those murdered by the army but raises the question of holding those responsible to account.
The unelected body established by the Tories - the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) - is intended to provide "independent", reputable support for massive cuts in public services.
George Osborne has discovered Canada. It is, he tells us, a marvellous faraway land where a fearless government once managed to eliminate its entire budget deficit in three years.
In rejecting UN and EU proposals for an independent inquiry into the Gaza Flotilla Incident, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that “it would create a problematic precedent” - that Israel is accountable to the international community and is subject to international law.
Israel's attack on Mavi Marmara could become one of those emblematic incidents that mark a milestone in world politics. Susil Gupta looks at the implications for Turkey and the wider region.
This remarkable graphic illustrates a number of points that have become obvious in recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Neil Faulkner argues that every socialist, green activist, trade unionist, and anti-capitalist needs to see building mass action against the cuts as the central political priority.
Alan Budd, the economist appointed to head up George Osborne’s new Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), is stepping down after just two months in post. This wasn’t supposed to happen, whatever the Tories are now saying.
Poverty and inequality are at record levels according to a new report. The redistribution of wealth from poor to rich overseen by Thatcher and continued under Labour will be accelerated by the massive ConDem cuts - unless we stop them.
Neil Faulkner argues that the attack on education represented by ‘free schools’ is one front of the class war launched by the Con-Dem government.
One word can summarise George Osborne’s first budget. Brutal. £11bn off welfare spending, from child benefits to Disability Living Allowance. VAT up to 20 per cent. And an average 25 per cent cut for most departmental budgets.
Lindsey German on how the Saville inquiry not only vindicates the innocence of those murdered by the army but raises the question of holding those responsible to account.
George Osborne has discovered Canada. It is, he tells us, a marvellous faraway land where a fearless government once managed to eliminate its entire budget deficit in three years.
If they had done it with tanks, we would call it a ‘military coup’. But they didn’t need to. The global political elite, echo-chambers of the bankers for a generation, did if for them. No tanks, no drama, no fanfare. Just the small print of an official communiqu√©.
In rejecting UN and EU proposals for an independent inquiry into the Gaza Flotilla Incident, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that “it would create a problematic precedent” - that Israel is accountable to the international community and is subject to international law.
Israel's attack on Mavi Marmara could become one of those emblematic incidents that mark a milestone in world politics. Susil Gupta looks at the implications for Turkey and the wider region.