Pensions--once the bedrock of the welfare state--are under attack as never before. Solomon Hughes explains why this is connected to the spread of global capital.
Labour's crude currency of success in education is the market.
Sabby Sagall looks at the hidden history of support for international causes among British workers.
With the Johannesburg summit on sustainable development happening at the beginning of September, there are a number of websites giving alternative views to an event which will see large amounts of hot air coming from politicians as they clamour to show their green credentials.
Who will miss the trade unions' lousiest right wing double act?
Chris Harman wonders whatever happened to the US economy's 'new paradigm'.
Welcome to Britain in the 21st century--a place where the old are told they will have to work until they die; where even some of those on a reasonable income cannot afford a place to live; where the sick are forced to wait months, if not years to get treatment; and where the poor are blamed for the state they're in.
Yes, it does mean a 'bloodbath'. Even Shimon Peres, Israel's hapless foreign minister, said it in response to Bush's infamous Palestine speech. But the wider and even more frightening possible implications were missed.
Website charts dot.com collapses - Girl scouts introduce stress management badge - Drugs companies push for relaxation of testing rules
New Labour likes to vaunt its modernising project--particularly when it comes to the rights of the individual. Yet its obsession with the right wing agenda--particularly crime, benefits, asylum seekers and now terrorism--pushes it in the direction of strengthening the state and eroding civil liberties.
