Jamie: Is it antisemitic to accuse someone of being an "Israel firster"? For the past few weeks some of the...
Jamie: Al Jazeera has done us all a big favour and streamed the entire version of American Radical, the superb...
Jamie: What was distinctive about the social movements that made 2011 the 'year of the protestor'?...
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A vision for the future of the anti-capitalist left, inspired by Paul Mason's new book Why it's Kicking Off Everywhere.
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After David Cameron publicly urged the British film industry to make more movies with mainstream appeal, Jack Newsinger takes a closer look at the government's film policy and its reliance on the visible hand of the market.
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In this second part of a two-part interview, Paul Mason discusses the main themes of his new book Why it's Kicking Off Everywhere; including the concept of equality, horizontalism and technological determinism.
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In this first part of a two-part interview, Paul Mason discusses the main themes of his new book Why it's Kicking Off Everywhere; including graduates with no future and the crisis of capitalism.
I took my title, ‘Reflections on the Current Disorder’, from William F. Buckley, who used it as an all-purpose label for his public talks...
Featuring articles by Franco Berardi, Federico Campagna, Amador Fernandez Savater, Paolo Mossetti, Aaron Peters, Robert Prouse.
The historian and activist dedicated his life to “the countless small actions of unknown people”.
Youth unemployment surges in Portugal, Greece and Spain
If you are looking for love, try to attract every heart. On the path of the Presence, try to entice every seeker. A hundred holy shrines made of water and clay are not worth a single heart. Why make pilgrimage to...
NIESR UK and world economy forecast NIESR expects global growth of 3.5% in 2012 & 4% in 2013 (provided there is a ‘successful resolution’ of the Euro Area crisis.) Despite this, NIESR expect a mild...
The US January jobless figures came out today, and showed that December’s leap forward has been improved upon. In December, the economy grew by 200,000...
David Miliband’s article in this week’s New Statesman trieto s define itself against the arguments of those typified by Roy Hattersley, for whom...
Before the recession, this country could take some pride in its jobs record – our unemployment rate was lower than the average for developed countries. Over the past four years,...
The ex-Energy Secretary isn't exactly the lefty he's made out to be. So Chris Huhne has gone off to defend his innocence in court. Arise Ed Davey!If the former Energy and...
For saying a black man did it and ran away. In other news Frank Lampard tipped to be new Energy Secretary.
After yesterday’s blog post I was contacted by the FCO and I now know the reason the FCO was trying to conceal the diary entries for the Gould-Werritty meetings. The answer is absolutely stunning, but...
When I was 18, I packed a small bag and walked the couple of miles through Eccles to the Peel Green junction of what was then the M63 (later to become the M60 ringroad), and stuck my thumb out. Two...
It has leaked that US chairman of the joint chiefs of staff Gen. Martin Dempsey warned the Israelis that if they launched a strike on Iran that spiralled into a war, they would be on their...
Recently I wrote about payday lenders (in fact I write about them every day, but you don’t know this yet), and in the comments section I was told off. One fellow, short and neat the name,...
Thoughts on a benefits cap At the IFS website Robert Joyce considers the benefit cap in the Welfare Reform Bill. This is now expected to affect about 67,000 households from 2013-14, reducing their...
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