It's time to reclaim our economy for global justice
By Kara Moses What is the economy? An abstract pseudoscience constructed by experts that has little to do with the average citizen? Simply the way money flows through a society?…
Film: The horse meat scandal explained in 2 minutes
By Peter Lefort and Richard Roaf
Here’s why David Cameron should do community service
By Stuart Roger Phew! Thank God that’s over. 100 hours of community service for disrupting a speech David Cameron was giving in Scotland, as an act of protest against his…
London event: Austerity is working – for the 1%
Join us for an inspiring day of discussion, film & workshops in London. The welfare state is under attack, workers’ rights are being eroded and poverty and inequality are on…
The way the economic wind blows and what it means for the left
With employment increasing, is the economic crisis nearing an end? or are we heading for triple dip recession as manufacturing and exports shrink? Will the economy be on the mend…
Event: Rich Man's World? Global crisis and Scotland's role in fixing it
The world is in crisis. The neoliberal project has, in the last few years, advanced at a faster pace than ever before. In its wake, our working conditions, our education…
Video: Awesome interview with Iceland's president – how they saved their economy
Davos, as someone else has said, is where the rich gather to work out how to get richer. So, it's a joy to see this Al Jazeera interview with Olafur…
The easiest way out of the collapse would be to increase benefits
The first thing I think of when the government cuts benefits is my friends – friends already forced to their knees by massive youth unemployment, now being kicked in the…
Autumn statement: welfare is the most important infrastructure we have
George Osborne has always reminded me of the boys I used to debate against at other minor public schools. So, in true teenage debate competition fashion, let's start with a…
BREAKING: Why we plebs occupied Andrew Mitchell's office on budget day
by Roz Burgin Today, December 5th, George Osborne is to deliver his Autumn Statement outlining further cuts and ‘sacrifices’ to be made in the name of austerity. My friends and…