(not satire) With opinion polls showing immigration – rightly or wrongly – the number one concern of voters, and with UKIP snapping at the heels of David Cameron, you can only imagine how damaging it would be if the fact … Continue reading
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Anticapitalists.org interview Owen Jones, author of Chavs
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Anticapitalists.org interview Owen Jones, author of Chavs Published on Feb 16, 2013 Anticapitalists.org spoke to Owen Jones about austerity, class, ideology, and the socialist alternative in the 21st century. Anticapitalist Initiative is a network of activists working towards a realignment … Continue reading
Why we can’t spend more than we bring in but Government can
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Dr. Stephanie Kelton of UMKC explains that much of our current jobs crisis stems from a fundamental misunderstanding about the relationship between the US and its currency. She runs the blog New Economic Perspectives This lecture was given at Luther … Continue reading
Ed Miliband wants a new economic paradigm – this graph does just that.
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Liberal Conspiracy report ahead of Ed Miliband’s ‘major’ speech on the economy: ‘The Labour leadership is clear about a few things: The last Labour government mistakenly bought into Thatcher’s neo-liberal framework for the economy, and they need to find a … Continue reading
What Labour and Tories Achieved in Government.
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WHAT LABOUR ACHIEVED WHEN IN GOVERNMENT By Sue Jones 1. Longest period of sustained low inflation since the 60s. 2. Low mortgage rates. 3. Introduced the National Minimum Wage and raised it to £5.52. 4. Over 14,000 more police in … Continue reading
The Political Policies of Poverty
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The Political Policies of Poverty By Jayne Linney Also published here A post on Think Left (I) highlights the problems faced by ‘hidden children , those young people who go under the radar because no one knows why they’re missing from school! For me this raise questions … Continue reading
THE LABOUR PARTY: The Party of Full Employment …
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THE LABOUR PARTY The Party of Full Employment…. By Darrell Goodliffe, Previously published here In 1945, Labour’s election manifesto had this to say: They say, “Full employment. Yes! If we can get it without interfering too much with private industry.” … Continue reading
