07 September, 2011 // Category: Culture, Employment & Welfare, Philosophy and Theory
Ivor Southwood tells the story of how, at a time when he was living in a condition of underemployment - relying on short-term contracts given to him at the last minute by employment agencies - he one morning made the mistake of going to the supermarket.1 When he returned home he found that an...
20 July, 2011 // Category: Activism, Vision/Strategy
When I spoke to a fringe meeting after the recent TUC-organised protest against the government cuts, a small group in the audience started mildy dissenting. They were objecting to my claim that what we must do now that neoliberalism has fallen into crisis is impose a new orthodoxy. As far as I...