The Tory plans for our schools are tantamount to going "back to Victorian times". That’s the stark conclusion of Melissa Benn, a writer and campaigner for comprehensive education.
Previously in this series we looked at how capitalism divides people into two main classes. The rulers own the means of production while the rest of us—workers—have to work for them.
Back-to-back TV and newspaper coverage of the anniversary of 9/11 this month will remind many of the vilification that Muslims faced in the wake of the attack.
The British government is at the heart of attempts to create a new system that would enable bosses to employ migrant workers on the wages and conditions of their country of origin.
‘Fear that Greece will be unable to repay the banks is precipitating a crisis in the eurozone and beyond’ Panos Garganas, Greece
Labour leader Ed Miliband blamed the party’s failure to win the last election on having lost touch with the "squeezed middle". This is a new version of Tony Blair’s argument from 2005 that "we’re all middle class now".
Racism against Travellers in England goes back to Tudor times. The Roma first arrived in England from France in the Middle Ages.
Oppression exists because it benefits those at the top of class society. When capitalists built the Atlantic slave trade, for example, they developed racist ideas to justify their appalling treatment of slaves.
The instructions were simple. "Get up you fucking bastard", "Get up you fucking ape" screamed the soldiers, followed by kicks and punches. Sometimes the blows came from multiple fists and boots.
Another inquiry is to begin next month after up to 20 Iraqis were tortured and murdered in British custody in 2004.
Torture is the logical outcome of imperialism. It flows from the need to repress resistance with force and fear.
Do you own your own house and want to "better" yourself? Do you read to your kids or take them to Baby Yoga? Do you expect them to go to university?
