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Legacy of a feminist revolutionary
American radical feminist Shulamith Firestone was a leading theorist of 70s feminism who died a lonely death last summer. Responding to Susan Faludi’s psychological profile of Firestone in The New...
View ArticleThe Black activists who mourned Thatcher
During the re-writing of history after Margaret Thatcher's death, a story remained untold. This was the support the Iron Lady enjoyed from some Black activists, due not least to the crushing of the...
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"Italia, sveglia!" Basta con la Gerontocrazia!
"Italy, wake up!" Away with the Gerontocracy! (visual montage)Click to enlarge.With the death of Giulio Andreotti (1919-2013), an almost life long parliamentarian and political conspirator, and the...
View ArticleUKIP? The real vote is against Westminster
'Nothing is real, everything is fake'. Enter Nigel Farage, UKIP leader and temporary answer to a widespread disaffection with British politics and politicians.Farage's ascent says less about the Tories...
View ArticleMetronome
A short film exploring emerging social tensions within Athens' public spaces. (8 mins)Metronome. from Ross Domoney on Vimeo. Metronome is the first short video in the Mass Transient research strand of...
View ArticleBahrain's rights, Britain's failure
Britain's lack of support for freedom of expression in Bahrain is a flawed and self-defeating policy, says Nicholas McGeehan of Human Rights Watch.An incident on this year's World Press Freedom Day, 3...
View ArticleBRICS: let’s talk about labour
A conversation about what development means and how to improve transnational cooperation between countries in the South cannot build a serious platform without the participation of organised labour.By...
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The best way to defend the UK's role in the EU is to be honest about its...
Nigel Lawson's provocations on the EU question raise some important points. It is no longer tenable to trot out the same tired arguments for the Union. It has very serious failings. A positive account...
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The Golden Country: the organic myth of the British constitution
The nostalgic appeal to ‘the spirit of 45’ is embedded in a long myth of ‘public services’ propagated by the culture of Britain’s unwritten constitution. Asserting this historical frame is integral to...
View ArticleThe new normal: housing and protest in Britain
Action is stirring in response to the country-wide housing crisis. Severe shortage and cuts to housing benefits leave the UK struggling to put roofs over heads. Some local authorities and tenant groups...
View ArticleBulgaria’s elections: change we disbelieve in
A mixed result offers some satisfaction to all of Bulgaria's largest parties. But signs of escape from the country's political and economic troubles are elusive, says Dimitar Bechev.“If elections...
View ArticleChina: what we think we know is wrong
There's been too much lazy categorisation. It's time to get microscopic about power in China, says Kerry Brown. The father of modern Chinese sociology is Fei Xiaotong, who was trained at the London...
View ArticleTurkey’s Syria quagmire takes a new turn
Among the many questions raised by the recent attack, Turkey has been accused of intentionally neglecting border security to allow the Free Syrian Army and international jihadists to use Turkish soil...
View ArticleG4S asylum-housing fiasco descends into farce
Things aren't going well in the UK's new asylum housing 'market' that is dominated by the world's biggest security company. Now G4S threatens to evict an asylum-seeker because G4S has failed to pay her...
View ArticleDebate: Britain and the EU – Is the UK leading the way or running away?
Watch the debate with Graham Watson MEP (ALDE Group Leader) and Martin Callanan MEP(ECR Group Leader), moderated by Peter O’Donnell, covering many of the key issues for debate. What would Britain...
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Return to national currencies? Not so fast!
Oskar Lafontaine, the former Die Linke chairman and a figure of the German left, has recently called for a return to national currencies. But while frustration with the euro is widespread, his solution...
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The Eurozone crisis: no way back
Creating a common currency area means replacing indifference by cooperation and conflict. In this sense the Eurozone crisis might not be a deadly challenge to the whole European construct, but rather...
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A republican call for a basic income
Republicanism offers a persuasive guide to the political shaping of markets. A basic income could be the foundation of a democratic republican economy that frees all citizens from the commodification...
View ArticleThe upcoming EU-US and EU-Canada trade deals have serious implications for...
After the government pushed through its widely opposed privatisation regulations it is time now to focus on the big trade deals and look to the G8 meeting in June. There is a reason the public are...
View ArticleThameside: a private prison out of control
As Serco shareholders gather in London today to celebrate financial success, Britain's newest private prison, run by Serco, is already failing.“This is what happens when you hand the justice system...
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