Why I voted against the Brighton budget
So, the Brighton and Hove Council Budget has been passed, but people are still asking me the question: why didn’t you vote ‘for’ the budget with all of the other…
Starmer Drama: DPP’s Today programme announcement shows that the CPS are not even following their bizarre new guidelines
By one of the Fortnum & Mason arrestees These days, I’m all too used to being woken up by the sound of my own voice shouting at the radio. This…
A Community Strategy to Beat Austerity
Guest post by Jon Bee The attacks on our standard of living as a result of the economic crisis and the neo-liberal cuts agenda are currently being fought against by…
The real silent majority
NUS conference is coming up. Motions are being; drafted, circulated, proposed and seconded all the across the country. However, soon many of these excellent motions will fall foul of the…
Budget last stand for Glasgow Labour's legendary tribalism
Stuart Clay is Green councillor for Partick West. Glasgow Labour is having a bit of a hard time of it right now. Their still relatively new Council Leader isn’t particularly…
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…
News: Disabled people block Oxford Circus to protest
Oxford Circus was completely blocked today as a group of people from Disabled People Against Cuts, Disabled People’s Direct Action Network and UK Uncut came together to protest against the…
The bill is gone but the fight is on
We need to step up our game on the White Paper; the government is no longer going to do the work of defeating it for us. They were about to…
Sometimes We Win
After the heartbreaking defeats of several popular anti-cuts campaigns in the last few months, we can sometimes forget that campaigning isn't always a futile activity. But yesterday, after a six-month-long…
The end of opposition
Yesterday the official opposition gave up. In a packed room at The Insititute for Education Ed Balls finally confirmed what many of us have been thinking for a while: The…