“Ich bin ein Bil’iner!”
March 11, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
This does not happen every day: a Minister of Culture publicly rejoices because a film from her country has NOT been awarded an Oscar. And not just one film, but two.
Reading Lenin: Materialism and Empiro-criticism
March 9, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Following his excellent analysis of Left Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder, Thomas Riggins prepares to guide us through another of Lenin's major works
Spain is the Most Corrupt Nation in the EU
March 6, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
LPJ Iberian correspondent, David Eade, shows how the Spanish people have lost faith in their politicians and national institutions
John Lewis Cleaners to Strike for the Living Wage
March 4, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Cleaners at the John Lewis Partnership are to ballot for strike action at the flagship Oxford Street store. This is the first step in the revived campaign to win the Living Wage for all cleaners employed by John Lewis
Federal IDs for All US Workers: A Trial Balloon?
March 3, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
According to an article in last Thursday's Wall Street Journal, the Senate is considering a bipartisan plan to require all working people in the US to carry a biometric ID card. Thomas Riggins reports
After Eastleigh
March 1, 2013 8:59 pm Leave your thoughts
Labour's disastrous showing at Eastleigh is a self-inflicted wound but it still needs a friendly critic and a critical friend, writes David Lindsay.
Corporate Blowback
February 28, 2013 10:40 am Leave your thoughts
Companies like EDF, seeking to terrify protesters with lawsuits, are likely to become victims of their own aggression, writes George Monbiot.
If markets weren’t masters and economics worked for people
February 27, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
The choice on the one hand is for people to be a resource for a rich economy. The choice on the other is for a rich economy to be a resource for society. Alfie Stirling explains
Secrets of the Rich
February 25, 2013 12:45 pm Leave your thoughts Billionaires are hiding behind a network of "independent" groups, who manipulate politics on their behalf, writes George Monbiot.
Lessons and Conclusions from Lenin’s Left-Wing Communism: an Infantile Disorder
February 24, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Thomas Riggins concludes his analysis of Lenin's 'Left-Wing' Communism: an Infantile Disorder and looks at what conclusions can be drawn from the book's previous nine chapters