James Murdoch accepts 74% pay rise to $17m
James Murdoch has accepted a pay rise of 74%. That's right, after the phone hacking scandal, closure of News of the World, and his messy evidence at Parliament, the hereditory…
The kids are all riot
Jonnie Marbles wrote this from prison, where he was serving time for throwing a cream pie at Rupert Murdoch. See his previous prison blogs here. "Morning Splinter" I say as my…
Jonnie Marbles prison blog: 47 hours in a locked room
Jonnie Marbles wrote this from prison, where he was serving time for throwing a cream pie at Rupert Murdoch. See his previous prison blogs here. I'm tired and I need…
Jonnie Marbles – the Prison Blogs
At the start of August, activist Jonnie Marbles was sentenced to six weeks for throwing a shaving foam pie at Rupert Murdoch. He has agreed to let Bright Green re-post…
A Thousand Questions but Just One Issue
There is a single issue at the heart of the News Corp. scandal from which all others emanate, and that is the influence that the corporate world and the very,…
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…