Tag archives for credit crunch
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…
Time to move your money
Clare Coatman Many or most of us make choices based on ethical concerns every day – whether it’s avoiding brands linked to sweat shops or opting for fairtrade coffee; but…
Wall Street was already occupied
Sophielle writes from the Wall Street occupation Insofar as its empty tarmac has most often been lined with standard portable steel fences and policemen, Wall Street has not exactly been…
Class still counts
The past year has witnessed an unprecedented level of class struggle, never before have the various mechanisms for mobilising class interests been so perfectly enacted. Sadly, I am not referring…
Murdoch, New Labour, Credit Crunch, Expenses: collapses of concentrated power
Four years, and four great institutions of British capitalist hegemony have been shaken by crisis. In 2008, the banks collapsed. In 2009, it was expenses and 'trust in MPs'. In…
Machines of Loving Grace (and their Masters).
A shorter version of this article was originally published by ORGzine. If there was a fault with the first episode of Adam Curtis' All Watched Over By Machines of Loving…