United Kingdom Watch
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Latest UK
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Monbiot: The Destructive Party
Those who claim to be “conservatives” would shred the very fabric of the nation
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Falk: Israel’s New Cultural War of Aggression
Israel’s most ardent and powerful backers are transforming the debate on Israel/Palestine policy into a cultural war of aggression
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Monbiot: The Case Against Competence
Labour’s ten pledges could, if they form the core of its manifesto, appeal to almost everyone
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Cockburn: Mental health patients treated as criminals
The old asylum system was dismantled but nothing was put in its place to care for people unable to look after themselves who are a potential danger to themselves and others
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Why would Scotland wish to be tethered to the political wasteland south of the border?
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The action stopped a mass deportation charter flight from flying to Nigeria and Ghana. Members of Plane Stupid explain why they took part
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Cockburn: Brexit unleashed a nationalism that has damaged the Union for good
As a system of beliefs the new nationalism is much more appropriate to an English nation state than to a more diverse United Kingdom
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Cockburn: English nationalism Damages union with Scotland
As a system of beliefs the new nationalism is much more appropriate to an English nation state than to a more diverse United Kingdom
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Sanders: Trump and the challenge for the left
Interview on the state of the progressive movement in an age of Trump and Brexit
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Monbiot: Big data’s power is terrifying. That could be good news for democracy
Online information is already being used to manipulate us. We must act now to own the new political technologies before they own us
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Fisk: How could we ever feel ‘proud’ of the Balfour Declaration?
Today, there are around five million registered Palestinian refugees. Britain was the midwife of that expulsion
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Wroe: Social Workers Without Borders
Interview about a group combining activism and social work with refugees
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Norris: Should domestic abuse have its own law?
In the UK, there is no specific offence for 'domestic violence'. Is the law failing women seeking justice?
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Roberts: Reclaiming Holloway Homes
This initiative offers an opportunity to think through how best to tackle a range of social problems in a local context
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Elliot-Cooper: The Dog-Whistle Racism of the Neoliberal State
As a political moment defined by Brexit and Trump compounds the neoliberal racial violence already underpinning these two nations, coordinated resistance has never been more urgent
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Greenwald: Trump, War on Terror, and citizen activism
Interview on the War on Terror, Trump, and the 'special relationship'
ZMag UK
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Andreou: The Scottish Independence Vote: A Significant Legacy
With an unprecedented voter turnout of 85 percent and a political mobilization that shook the foundations of the United Kingdom, much was accomplished...
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News: War, Prisons, and Torture in the U.S. & UK
Richard Haley is based in Edinburgh, Scotland and has been...
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Glazebrook: Collusion: The Untold Story of British Violence and Murder
On July 8, 1981, on the Falls Road in Belfast,...
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Gupta: Better Living through Poverty
From "Survivor’s" remote jungles to "Big Brother’s" households under lockdown,...
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Simanowitz: Young, Gifted, and Blacklisted
Vigil in London on September 7 for the Saharawi "Oxford...
UK Audio/Video
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Loach: In conversation with Jeremy Corbyn
These stories show why Labour must transform and rebuild Britain so that no one and no community is left behind
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Excerpt on foreign policy from Jeremy Corbyn's address to the 2016 Labour Party Conference on September 28, 2016 in Liverpool, England
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Panitch: Corbyn and Sanders Reigniting Democratic Socialism
Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn are laying the groundwork for economic democracy and a breakthrough into socialism
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Wainwright: Has Corbyn changed politics?
Hilary Wainwright, Liz Davies, Stephen Bush and James Schneider discuss Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party
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Varoufakis: Why Britain must stay in Europe
Interview on Europe’s inherent democratic deficit and the urgent need to tackle it
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Interview on the Islamic State, military action, human rights and refugees
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Brand: Greek Revolution Against Corruption – Will We Follow?
Reaction to Syriza's victory in the Greek election and a look at what their anti-austerity measures might mean for Europe
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Pepper: The Radical Independence Conference in Glasgow
Over 3,000 people gathered to discuss what next for the campaign that makes the socialist case for Scottish independence
Resist the Cuts
Some Articles:
- Robin Hahnel: Digging in a Hole
- Duncan Weldon: Greek Myths
- Joseph Healy: Inside the coalition of resistance
- NLP: Where next for the student movement
- Red Pepper: Countering the cuts myths
Some Organisations:
- The Cuts won't work
- The Coalition of Resistance
- Other Organisations: local, national and international
View Anti-Cuts groups Map here
UK Blogs
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Tripathi: Assange, Pinochet and Diplomatic Double Dealing
CounterPunch, August 24-26, 2012 A decade ago, the British...
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: Don’t say prayers in public, Jesus said so.
Last week the National Secular Society and an ex-councillor won...
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Kearns: What does it mean to say rap music causes riots?
(originally posted at: http://towardtheunknownregion.blogspot.com/2011/08/rap-music-and-riots.html) I couldn't resist looking briefly at...
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Kearns: Work is not a social policy: challenging the coalition gov’s ‘welfare reforms’
“Never again will work be the wrong financial choice. Never...
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Sinclair: Myth vs Reality: British Troops “did not die in vain” in Sangin, Afghanistan
As British forces handed over control of Sangin, Afghanistan to...
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“The struggle of man against power is the struggle of...
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Kearns: The “middle class mob”: press coverage of Saturday’s UK Uncut action
Discourses around protests develop pretty quickly such that it's tricky...
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H: The PPS-UK anti-cuts leaflet and the problem of passive dissent
In 2003 over a million marched against war. But a...