Artist Banksy’s new artwork on the Royal Courts of Justice, showing a bewigged, Frankenstein judge beating an anti-genocide protester with a gavel, was rapidly attacked … The ghost of justiceRead more
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The housing wealth trap
New data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has estimated that the value of our homes continued to boom during the second year of … The housing wealth trapRead more
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The Colonial Projection of India
“History is to nationalism what poppy is to a heroin addict”. The rather implausible parallel drawn by the British historian Eric Hobsbawm was recently recalled … The Colonial Projection of IndiaRead more
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Thatcher’s war on truth
Six years after Margaret Thatcher became prime minister, I got a job as a writer at a strangely dysfunctional government department called the Central Office … Thatcher’s war on truthRead more
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Working Class Hold ‘Enough Is Enough’ Rallies Across UK
Weeks of economic justice rallies organized by the Enough Is Enough campaign across the United Kingdom over the past six weeks have been building to … Working Class Hold ‘Enough Is Enough’ Rallies Across UKRead more
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New PM to give bankers more power to gamble on food
Last week, as the first stage of the Conservative leadership contest reached its climax, our caretaker government introduced a piece of legislation which can best … New PM to give bankers more power to gamble on foodRead more
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The secret British plan to keep Italy’s communists from power
On 7 June 1976, the BBC’s flagship current affairs programme Panorama reported on the forthcoming Italian general election. Two weeks before the poll, the Partito … The secret British plan to keep Italy’s communists from powerRead more
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British Quakers capitulate to Israel lobby lies
The religious organization Quakers in Britain is standing by its cancellation of a booking for an event on Palestine at one of its meeting houses … British Quakers capitulate to Israel lobby liesRead more
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The fraud of an apolitical monarchy
As part of the deluge of endless media coverage glorifying Queen Elizabeth II and promoting King Charles III, in Australia and internationally, there is a … The fraud of an apolitical monarchyRead more
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Three neo-Nazis jailed for plotting terror attacks on UK mosques and synagogues
Three neo-Nazi extremists who amassed an arsenal of more than 200 weapons and were planning terrorist attacks on mosques and synagogues in England have been … Three neo-Nazis jailed for plotting terror attacks on UK mosques and synagoguesRead more