Miliband, Cameron and Clegg must share the blame for the EDL
The EDL are on the march. A movement which had almost been vanquished has vomited its bile over the streets once more. While we must stand up to them, it…
Illegal Evictions – Divide and rule
Since the start of the recession there has been a rise in illegal evictions, and with the changes to Housing Benefit coming in next year there could be an even…
A Cap on GP Appointments and Other Tory Health Proposals
By now most of you will have heard that the Tories have asked local party groups whether they think there should be a cap on the number of GP appointments…
Thatcher funeral: time to stop the travesty of funeral poverty
The cost of Thatcher's funeral is an outrage, but it comes at a time when state funerals are needed much more often. Of course there's a certain irony about someone…
Changes in NUS rules have damaged the student movement
A tail of how the dry business of democratic structures can be used to limit debate, and what this means for the progressive left in the student movement - by…
Sussex Uni ‘Pop-Up Union’ to fight outsourcing
Workers at the University of Sussex have formed a new union in a bid to halt the outsourcing of 235 campus jobs. The initiative comes from rank-and-file members of the…
The Sussex Occupation and the Privatisation of University Education
Luke Martell The Sussex Uni occupation against outsourcing is in its seventh week. It hosts a national demo against education privatisation today. You can quibble whether what’s happening at Sussex…
Climate change purged from the curriculum as capitalist realism arrives in the UK
There is no more profound duty than that of each generation to educate its children. It is through the dissemination of knowledge that human societies progress. Human's are incredible. We…
Michael Gove: Letting the Whole School Down
Tory Education Minister Michael Gove What's the difference between Michael Gove and a plastic surgeon? A plastic surgeon tucks features, but For a while, Michael Gove was one of the…
It's about much more than gun control
When children are murdered, there is nothing you can do to alleviate the tragedy. There is nothing you can write which isn't a platitude, nothing you can say to ease…