False Economy reveals 50,000 NHS job losses and a diverse movement
Anti-cuts campaign website False Economy has launched officially today with woth research revealing 50,000+ job losses in the National Health Service. The words "I'll cut the deficit, not the NHS"…
Countering Council Cuts: Local Alternatives to Austerity
This post was first published 3 weeks ago, but we've decided to re-post as a response to this controversial piece on Liberal Conspiracy. Photo courtesy of Guardian Edinburgh via flickr…
Are our NGOs being bought off?
I've been meaning to write this post for a while. But I never quite found the impetus to pull together the examples to paint the picture that I thought I…
‘Fight’ against the cuts will demand respect for difference
By Lisa Ansell - you can read her in The Guardian and she'll be one of the speakers at the Bright Green fringe at Green Party of England and Wales…
Why I’m not a member of the Labour Party
Lefty blogger Ellie Mae has just joined the Labour Party. She explains why over at Liberal Conspiracy. So, I thought I'd follow the trend, and write about my membership status…
Pepper spray update: the law is just for plebs
Slightly as I expected, in asking where the Met's Defence Council authorisation to carry pepper spray or CS was, I was missing something. I assumed it would be an obscure…
Are the police carrying pepper spray illegally?
Today, at a peaceful UK Uncut demonstration at a central London branch of Boots, a number of demonstrators were attacked by police officers deploying a lachrymatory agent which was either…
Countering Council Cuts: Local Alternatives to Austerity
Photo courtesy of Guardian Edinburgh via flickr While we've rightly been focussed so far national campaigns, defending welfare and education, we mustn't overlook the fact that many of the cuts…
The People’s Bank; a way out of the current crisis for Britain – and Ireland
By Rupert Read The Dail voted through Ireland’s Euro-bailout package. The Irish Greens wanted an election in January: they haven’t got it. But Cowen, the Irish PM, did say in…
Why the left needs the Green Party
When I talk to left wing friends who aren't members of the greens about why they should join, there are usually three reasons given for why they would not do…