Martin Wicks is a trade union and political activist, a member of the GMB and Secretary of Swindon Trades Union Council.  He edits the trade union magazine SOLIDARITY and...

Martin Wicks is a trade union and political activist, a member of the GMB and Secretary of Swindon Trades Union Council.  He edits the trade union magazine SOLIDARITY and...

The NLP cuts debate has consisted of an opening argument by Richard Seymour, and responses from Sunny Hundal, Tom Denning, Andrew Fisher, Kevin Blowe and David Wearing. Here,...

My own contribution to the NLP cuts debate (more of a discussion, as it turns out) comes in two halves. Other contributors have placed some focus on future activism, and the...

Sometimes it’s hard to respond at length to an analysis you agree with. In such cases it’s best not to do so, for you end up nitpicking around the margins. Instead,...

With no end in sight to U.S./U.K. operations in Afghanistan, an incisive review of how the much-hyped international events of the last nine years led us there is as welcome...

When is a blatant attack on the poor fair? The obvious answer is when the upper classes say that it is fair. Though the measures include: • a massive £11 billion in...

The alternative to cuts is not just more borrowing. It is redistribution and the creation of a more equal society. This is not just good in itself; it provides a stimulus to...

In the second part of a discussion between Edward Lewis and honorary professor Colin Leys about the market-driven nature of British politics, attention shifts to the impact...

Colin Leys is an honorary professor of politics at Goldsmiths College London, who has worked in the UK, Africa and Canada. He was until recently the co-editor of Socialist...

In the final part of our last pre-election roundtable discussion, our panel responds to the following question: “The mainstream consensus is that the national debt is the...

In the first part of our final pre-election discussion, Susan Pashkoff gives an extended response to the following question: “The mainstream consensus is that the national...

In the second part of our final pre-election discussion, US economist Robin Hahnel gives a global perspective on the economic crisis, outlining the two key measures needed...

Without prejudice to the outcome of this most unpredictable of elections, the task of surveying and assessing the legacy of Gordon Brown is certainly an important one. It is...

Michael Prior is an international consultant economist specialising in energy and environment. He was previously Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute at York...

Kate Pickett is Professor of Epidemiology at the University of York and co-author, along with Richard Wilkinson, of the hard-hitting study of the social effects of inequality...