Doomed to be ignored: The state, media and the hegemonic silencing of dissent.
By Alex Wood Following the fees demo there has been an outpouring of moral outrage from across the elite; from the media, police, politicians and union bureaucrats. Student activists seem…
Political Innovation is Needed to Catch Up with Student Anger
I attended the Political Innovation Conference in Edinburgh on Saturday. It was interesting, and a very well planned day in an excellent venue. Following what I suspect may be a…
A Diversity of Tactics
Photo courtesy of Stitch via flickr One thing became clear on Wednesday - the movement against cuts won't be led. People are angry, and they won't allow that anger to…
A movement builds: on Vince and Vodafone
A couple of things from the anti-cuts movement worth reporting on quickly. First, a group of activists shut down Vodafone's flagship shop over their £6bn tax dodge. Watch this film…
The Tensions Between the Green Party and the Trade Union Movement…
The Tensions Between the Green Party and the Trade Union By Jane Watkinson Whilst the right like to claim that Ed Miliband is a union symbol of the ‘ Old…
The Green solution to Unemployment, Deficit and Recession
The country is at an economic turning point. Wednesday was the most significant domestic political event of most of our lives. It was the full announcement of a Comprehensive Spending…
Time to Take a Stand: Oppose Uncapped Student Fees
How many Liberal Democrats does it take to screw in a light-bulb? They don't - they're too busy screwing their voters. In universities across the country, the Liberal Democrat's opposition…
That 10:10 Film – Brave, Bold, Bad.
So, 1010 have, it seems, attempted to gain publicity by releasing a film which was clearly going to be controverial, waiting for people to upload it onto youtube, then removing…
No ideas? Try the Greens
This piece by Tom Chance is a review of this pamphlet If you're looking for an advert against pinning the hopes of entire social movements on one political party, this…
How the left has lost?: New Labour
This piece by Kevin Meaney is for our series on 'how the left has lost'. There are many reasons for the losses suffered by the left in the UK which…