Budget: Where’s Our Bail-out?
April 24, 2009 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
As New Labour announces its new budget, Socialist Appeal's Mick Brooks provides his assessment of the British economic malaise.
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Pure Evil, or the Logic of Privatisation?
March 27, 2009 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
A curious US case has highlighted the perverse logic of privatisation, as Mick Brooks explains.
We Must Fight to Keep the Post Public
March 6, 2009 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
With both mainstream political parties apparently united in their determination to privatise the UK postal system, Mick Brooks makes the case for resisting so-called "part-privatisation".
Banks in Crisis? Take them Over
January 23, 2009 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
With politicians and financial experts grasping at straws in their efforts to resolve the worst economic crisis in decades, Mick Brooks outlines the case for the nationalisation of the banking system.
From Aid Agency to Cash Machine?
November 21, 2008 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Mick Brooks on how overseas aid programmes are merely exacerbating social inequality in developing countries.
Gordon Brown and “Light Touch” Regulation
October 17, 2008 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Mick Brooks on how Gordon's policies left the UK unprepared for the present financial crisis.
£50bn Bail-out Will Not Stop the Rot
October 10, 2008 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Socialist Appeal's Mick Brooks on the UK government's financial bail-out package.
Bail-out Blackmail
September 26, 2008 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Mick Brooks on the truth behind the US government's bail-out of the financial sector.
Hedge Funds, Speculation and Capitalism
July 11, 2008 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
With market speculation very much in the news at the moment, Mick Brooks examines the phenomenon of the hedge fund, and its role in the current economic malaise.
Why We Oppose 42 Days
June 27, 2008 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Mick Brooks outlines the case against 42-day detention.