MEDIA AND SOCIOPOLITICAL CONDITIONS EERILY SIMILAR TO AMERICA. By Julie Hyland / 12 May 2010 In the 24-hours leading up to installation of Conservative leader David Cameron as prime minister, the campaign by the right-wing Tory press to bundle Gordon Brown out of Number 10 went into overdrive. (Photo: Gordon brown speaking at an IMF conference.) [...]
The governments controlled by the capitalists, either directly (Tories) or indirectly (Labour) cannot deliver solutions to the crisis created by capitalism itself as long as they implement measures designed to leave the interests and priorities of the business class intact. Written by Rob Sewell and Fred Weston Tuesday, 11 May 2010 KEY TO CHART: Red [...]
A CRITIQUE & PROPOSAL By Eileen Noakes THE EXISTENCE OF THE MONARCHY, even with symbolic rather than real power, creates a pyramid , with a huge gap between those at the top and those at the bottom. It also enshrines the notion of superiority by reason of birth rather than character and effort. It cannot [...]
Dateline: October 19, 2009 MEDIA ALERT: THE BALANCE OF POWER – EXCHANGES WITH BBC JOURNALISTS – PART 2 A Gale Of Spring Air – Barbara Plett And The President Editor’s Note: The following is an exchange between British media watchdog editors from Medialens, and the BBC. You will see that the British media establishment shares [...]
http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2009/09/pilger-british-afghan-labour New Statesman September 17, 2009 Like the Democrats in the US, UK’s degenerate Labour party serves only to camouflage the crimes of the Anglo-American alliance John Pilger For the Afghan villagers blown to pieces in our name, one craven motion at Labour’s conference is too late On the [...]