Hunger Profiteers, Granny Killers and Skin-Deep Morality
Colin Todhunter Today, a fifth (278 million) of the African population are undernourished, and 55 million of that continent’s children under the age of five are stunted due to severe malnutrition....
Film review: Sorry We Missed You
Philip Roddis “I never thought it would be this hard”, says Rickie Turner to Abby his wife, holding her tight in a brief moment of intimacy before sleep overtakes...
Jess Phillips Emerges as Establishment Pick to Replace Corbyn
It seems The Times is willing to give column inches to any Labour MP willing to insult and undermine their leader, and is determined to try and tell the...
Economics: Class War by Another Name
Frank Lee The terrible case which … socialists are able to make out against the present economic order of society demands a full consideration of all means by which...
Brexit Never Just Meant Brexit
by Dan Mallon “Brexit means Brexit” is one of the many cryptic slogans that constantly emanated from Theresa May’s shambolic – soon to be defunct – Tory Government. What...
The Myth of the Spoiler: Why the Machine Elites Fear Democracy
by Richard Moser from CounterPunch Spoiler arguments are part of an interlocking set of social control discourses that too often govern our thoughts and actions regarding elections and representational...
Stiglitz: Europe Can Do Better
by Vaska Here’s Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz on how Europe can return to a more sustainable economic path. Stiglitz delivered this keynote speech at the European Dialogue 2016 conference ...
Mercantilism: Six centuries of vilifying the poor
by David Spencer, originally posted here As far as routes to national economic prosperity are concerned the idea that the majority in society must suffer real hardship to achieve...
Documentary: #ThisIsACoup – How The EU Destroyed the First Radical Left Gov in Modern History
Director Theopi Skarlatos and producer Paul Mason present #ThisIsACoup, a four part documentary series telling the story of how the European Union destroyed the first radical left government in...
VIDEO: Tony Benn speech on the aims of Thatcherite policies
The late Tony Benn speaks out about the real aims of the banking industry, debt slavery, and the policies of pro-business politicians from Thatcher to the present day. Short...
INFOGRAPHIC: Hypocrisy and corruption in UK Government
Image courtesy of the The People’s Assembly. George Osborne is to announce an emergency budget on Wednesday 8 July. The People’s Assembly is calling a national day of protests...
Cartoon: At the EU hospital
Cartoon by Christo Komarnitski.
Reality Based Communities defy the Empire’s “created reality”
The MSM are trying to control what we see and hear. Trying to dictate to the masses the very nature of their reality. It is not working, and it...
Greece Eyeing Greasy Squeeze?
Fat & Sugar Tax – an old Troika dream to come true? By keeptalkinggreece.com How much fat has one Souvlaki in pita bread? What’s the percentage of saturated fats...
The Nation: Turning the European Debt Myth Upside Down
“Industrious” Germany and “lazy” Greece: when ants gamble, grasshoppers pay While lots of empathy has been expended on the plight of people in Greece and Spain, most of us...
