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David: Tuesday 29 November 2011 was a black day for the Tory-Liberal coalition’s political fortunes. And of course, a...
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As the Durban Climate Change Conference continues with little prospect of meaningful action on climate change, we ask a diverse range of international activists and writers for their views on where the climate justice movement should go from here.
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We interviewed one of the country's leading commentators on trade unionism in order to provide a historical and political introduction to the labour movement in the UK.
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In 1972 trade union members dealt a critical blow to the Conservative government. On the eve of the biggest strike in the UK for a generation, NLP presents an edited extract from Andy Beckett’s book, When the Lights Went Out, in which he describes that crucial victory.
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The failed climate policy that has emerged from the UN over the last 20 years has been an expression of corporate power and flawed assumptions about economic growth. The alternative we need to build is Earth Democracy.
“Sexualisation” has become a much-debated issue in recent years, and a noticeable feature is the assumption that feminists who oppose sexual...
Contrary to what you’ve heard, current pensions are sustainable, strikes have been voted on by the majority of union members, not simply...
While voices were being raised from the right, and part of the left, declaring the “Arab Spring” over and advising the rebellious masses to...
The reason Wolf gets her facts wrong is that she’s got her theory wrong. And though many were quick to jump off her conspiracy bandwagon...
Public Sector Job Cuts Final Figure is set to be 850,000 – CIPD CIPD asks how many public sector jobs will go when you add up the latest forecast from the Office for Budget Responsibility, the 2010...
I sometimes talk to Muslim audiences. There is often an FBI agent in the audience and sometimes an ACLU representative. Maz Jobrani suggested at one such event that...
In the Times, Phillip Collins says of George Osborne that “it was hubris worthy of Mr Brown to trust that export growth would be as fast as it needed to be make the Treasury’s growth forecasts...
The Eurozone is sinking fast. I thought it would hold to the New Year, but now I think I was wrong. The markets seem quiet today, as though they are pausing for breath....
St Ives, a Cornish seaside town 300 miles from comedian and poet Anna Chen’s London home has been attracting artists for two centuries. A varied assortment of eccentrics, entrepreneurs and free spirits have...
Just how safe is the UK’s AAA rating? I ask because if I worked for a Ratings Agency I would currently be going through the OBR’s new forecasts and asking myself again and again, how...
Dorji Khatri of the Nepalese Union of trekking, travels, rafting and airlines, Unitrav speaks at the ITUC meeting today about his ascent of Mount Everest on 26 May 2011, when he planted the...
The Senate passed a war expenses appropriation bill on Thursday that appears to hold out the possibility that the military could be ordered to arrest and hold an...
You all know what this is. Christmas time, when you're allegedly in a more yielding, generous mood - so I'm shaking you down. Listen, I haven't been able...
Business conditions worsen at fastest rate since June 2009 The latest Markit Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index shows new orders falling for the fifth month in a row. Output, employment and...
On the day of the Autumn Statement I drew attention to the OBR’s forecasts for real household disposable income and asked how these forecasts could be squared with their hope for...