2011 November : London Progressive Journal

The Corporate Welfare State

November 22, 2011 10:21 am Leave your thoughts

Despite the crisis, it's still socialism for the 1 per cent, capitalism for the rest.

Weimar Revisited

November 22, 2011 12:28 am Leave your thoughts

Uri Avnery explains how the three main pillars of Israeli democracy - the courts, the media and the human rights organisations - are under threat from the political right.

The secret to obtaining DLA

November 19, 2011 1:41 am Leave your thoughts

Welfare rights worker Felix McHugh reports that, contrary to regularly repeated rumours, obtaining Disability Living Allowance is much harder than many are led to believe

Get lost, Petrobras! (Or do I mean Brazil?)

November 19, 2011 1:26 am Leave your thoughts

David Hill reports that a Brazilian company plans to drill for oil within a section of the Peruvian Amazon rainforest causing massive ecological destruction and disruption to the lives of the Indigenous people living there.

The higher you build your barriers, the taller I become…

November 19, 2011 12:58 am Leave your thoughts

Jean Claude Van Itallie shows how a recent crackdown on Occupy protesters in the US will only bring more people out into the streets, as the 99% realise they have the power.

The War on Libya: Behind Appearances – Part 1

November 18, 2011 4:58 pm Leave your thoughts

An in-depth critique and analysis of the beginnings of the civil war in Libya and what was at stake for all parties involved in the final conflict, split into three parts.