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Another Higher Education Is Already Here – BEYOND TUITION FEES #8
Photo Credit: Rowan Gavin It is a time of extraordinary potential for change in UK Higher Education. Labour’s promise to end tuition fees has defied the critics and united…
Our views on war and terrorism need a drastic rethink
Photo credit: micagoto, Creative Commons. Wherever you look today there’s always a new article regarding terrorism. It’s taken hold of the public consciousness and has become a major concern for people…
UK Uncut hit central London with DIY election ‘subvertising’ campaign
UK Uncut activists have launched a new project, 'Cut Austerity', as campaigning begins for the General Election. Bus stops in central London have been 'subvertised' with Cut Austerity posters, with…
“Social and environmental justice are inseparable” – Norwich South’s candidate Lesley Grahame
London Green Left's Mike Shaughnessy talks to the Green Party's Cllr Lesley Grahame, Parliamentary candidate for the Greens' target constituency of Norwich South. This interview is reposted from LGL's blog…
UK’s next Minister for Housing if #GreenSurge continues? Tom Chance on the campaign for affordable homes
Tom Chance is the Green Party Parliamentary Candidate for Lewisham West and Penge and the party’s Spokesperson on Housing. Violeta Vajda spoke to him about his local campaigning in…
Next, Ed must stand up to the Mail when it bullies the vulnerable
photo - Uncyclopedia This is fun. For those of us who have always hated the Daily Mail, the last week has been, as one tweeter put it, “Christmasy”. It…
Time for a chat about left electoral pacts?
"There is nothing more divisive on the left than a call for unity”. These wise words came, I am told, from the ever witty Scottish Socialist Party leader Colin Fox…
Falkirk West: listen to what the journalists aren’t saying
Lisa Simpson, in an ancient episode of the famous TV series, tells us how to enjoy jazz music: “listen to the notes they're not playing”. It's good advice in politics…
Scottish independence would be good for the English left
No Labour government has relied on Scottish MPs to get into power. They have, however, relied on Scottish MPs to get right wing policies through. The former point may be…
The Olympics Romneyshambles
Mitt Romney broke the first rule of politics: he told truth. If it wasn't close to the bone, his comment that London isn't ready for the Olympics wouldn't have touched…