Protests turn to Riots as Working Classes Vent Their Anger
August 10, 2011 5:50 pm Leave your thoughts
As the dust settles on the UK riots, Ben Maisky considers the possible causes of the recent civil unrest.
Tag Archive: Domestic (UK)
Innocent(ish) Until Proven Guilty
August 3, 2011 2:20 pm Leave your thoughts
The British media have disregarded a key tenet of our democracy, endangering the safety of a woman who may be completely innocent.
Yet more shady dealings inside Murdoch’s empire
July 31, 2011 2:31 am Leave your thoughts
Hot on the heels of revelations of widespread phone hacking, journalist Solomon Hughes discloses that the Murdoch empire also engaged in hacking into the computer systems of business rivals.
The fall of an empire
July 30, 2011 8:30 pm Leave your thoughts
Jeremy Corbyn reflects on the rise of Murdoch media empire and the years of shameless and blinkered journalism that have been a feature of the newspapers controlled by the media mogul.
Even the most powerful man in the world is not above a pie in the face
July 27, 2011 3:44 am Leave your thoughts
When media magnate Rupert Murdoch was summoned before the Commons select committee on 19th July, one man tried to ensure he would not walk away untarnished. Jonathan May Bowles, famed as the individual who threw a shaving foam pie at Murdoch, explains his actions.
The ruling class policy toward its soldiers – Use Once and Throw Away
July 18, 2011 4:00 am Leave your thoughts
Dr Tomasz Pierscionek describes the treatment of war veterans, from the Vietnam era to those returning from present day conflicts, and highlights the continual deceit war-mongering governments use to deceive the public. The real enemies are not foreign but domestic.
African history: the need for its teaching in UK schools
March 28, 2011 10:07 pm Leave your thoughts
Madeleine Louise Fry reflects on the Anglo-centric nature of history teaching in the UK's schools.
Medics Resist Tory NHS Plans
March 15, 2011 9:43 pm Leave your thoughts
Tomasz Pierscionek looks back on last month's demonstration against Tory plans to privatise the National Health Service.
Kettled in TopShop
February 8, 2011 8:59 am Leave your thoughts
Cristina Brooks recounts her treatment at the hands of the Metropolitan police while shopping during the student marches earlier this year.
Jody McIntyre: Victim of Police Brutality and Media Distortion
January 8, 2011 12:57 pm Leave your thoughts
The case of Jody McIntyre typifies the hypocrisy of the media discourse on political violence, writes Ben Maisky.