UK Uncut – the support is growing, and diversifying
All across the country today, UK Uncutters took to the high street. This time, our target was banks. This time, we were shouting about the health service. This time, our…
Internal decisions
Marco is SNP MSP for Edinburgh Central Amongst the pronouncements of the department for stating the bleedin’ obvious must rank Alan Milburn’s observation two years ago in the Fair Access…
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…
Apple next in line for US Uncut protests
Grassroots anti-austerity campaigners US Uncut have announced that their next tax-dodging target will be Apple computers. The hipsters' favourite is a leading voice in the "Win America Campaign" (WAC) for…
A call to action – why we need Northern Ireland Uncut
This Saturday May 28th, activists will protest across the UK against the dismantling of the National Health Service, and, more broadly, against cuts to public spending, the unfairness of which…
Time for a living wage
Matthew works for responsible investment campaigning group Fairpensions The Sunday Times Rich List is strangely addictive. The longer you look at it the more active your imagination becomes. What would…
The bitter irony of using the financial crisis to scrap the NHS
This post first appeared on the UK Uncut blog Around 50% of American bankruptcies are triggered by medical bills. When we talk of 'sub-prime mortgages', we are talking about real…
Demanding democracy
It's always interesting to see what protesters demand. The wave of demonstrations that washed around the world post credit crunch has been extraordinary. But while almost all have at least…
Cable admits economy is screwed. Where’s his vision?
Vince Cable has finally admitted the extent to which the UK economy is screwed. In an interview with the Guardian, he outlines the fact that we depended far too much…
New unemployment figures: good news?
Just a quick post on the latest ONS labour market figures here. The figures on unemployment are being reported as broadly, but not excessively, good news for the government. The…