UK
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The Tories, as usual, punishing the poor simply because they are poor!
A new campaign has just been launched to stop the Conservatives from changing the way benefits are paid if they win the next election. 38 Degrees member Llewelyn is demanding they scrap plans for benefits to be put onto prepaid cards, which could only be used to buy certain products in certain shops. Continue reading
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The hidden crisis of BAME low-paid workers trapped in poverty with no way out By Colin Joseph
Research published last year by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) found that low-paid workers across the board hit a brick wall when it comes to work-place training, educational opportunities, promotion and pay rises. But even more concerning are BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) low-paid workers who are much more likely to find themselves trapped… Continue reading
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UK Supermarkets Told to Wake Up to GMO
GeneWatch UK called on supermarkets Wednesday to wake up to the environmental harm caused by genetically modified (GM) animal feed, imported from North and South America. Blanket spraying of Monsanto’s RoundUp Ready GM crops with the weedkiller RoundUp has destroyed the habitat of the Monarch butterfly in the United States to such an extent that… Continue reading
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Make the NHS the issue of next year’s election
Now it’s time to focus on the other parties and make sure they also commit to increasing NHS funding. They’ll make their election promises in the next few days. So let’s show them that UK voters want the NHS to come first. Continue reading
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What we want from our NHS
With a sea of ‘I love the NHS’ t-shirts, we sent out a strong message that we love our health service too much to let it be sold off to the highest bidder. Last night, NHS bosses could clearly see which issues hit home, and more importantly which didn’t. When 38 Degrees members come together,… Continue reading
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UK: Buskers and Homeless Under Threat from New ASB Powers
Buskers and homeless under threat from ASB powers; Clubnight on ASB Act; parents fined for family holidays; busker prosecuted for 10-minute set; Wrexham fans fight back against ‘bubble matches’; and more… Continue reading
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A Public Bank Option for Scotland By Ellen Brown
If Alex Salmond and the SNP [Scottish National Party] are serious about keeping the Pound Stirling as the Currency of Scotland, there will be no independence. Likewise if Scotland embraces the Euro, Scotland will rapidly become a vassel state of the Euro-Federalists, who will asset strip the nation in the same way that, Greece, Ireland,… Continue reading
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Quiz the NHS Today!
It’s NHS England’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) and they’ll be making decisions about the future of our NHS. 38 Degrees members will be there to make sure NHS bosses are clear we want the NHS to be protected. But if you can’t attend, your voice can still be heard! Continue reading
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Win or lose, the Scottish people have built an incredible mass movement for Yes By Ken Ferguson
Whatever the outcome of the Scottish independence referendum on 18 September one thing is certain: the campaign waged by Yes has electrified large swathes of public opinion and reinvigorated democratic debate. The formal Yes campaign, launched two years ago, has been the public face of the pro-independence case. But this has been eclipsed by a… Continue reading
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Treasure Map: The NSA and GCHQ Campaign Against German Satellite Companies
“Fuck!” That is the word that comes to the mind of Christian Steffen, the CEO of German satellite communications company Stellar PCS. He is looking at classified documents laying out the scope of something called Treasure Map, a top secret NSA program. Steffen’s firm provides internet access to remote portions of the globe via satellite,… Continue reading
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Media Lens: ‘Dark Omens’ And ‘Horror Shows’: Scottish Independence, Power And Propaganda
No informed commentator doubts that elite interests will do all they can to maintain hegemony in an independent Scotland, should that historic shift occur following the referendum of September 18. But if it does happen, there will likely be significant consequences for the Trident nuclear missile system, the future of the NHS and the welfare… Continue reading
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Last Chance to tell the NHS what you think
In one week’s time, NHS England – who run our NHS – are holding their biggest decision-making meeting of the year. The meeting’s open to anyone, so this is our chance to be heard by the people making huge changes to our NHS. Continue reading
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Government: is BT assisting targeted killing by drones, violating international law?
Human rights lawyers Reprieve, acting on behalf of two Yemeni men whose relatives were accidentally killed by drones, have brought a complaint against BT, filed with the British government on 19 August. he charge is that the $23m (£13m) fibre-optic circuit built by BT in 2012 was installed to facilitate air strikes in Yemen and… Continue reading
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NHS protest camp and a new Jarrow march – whatever it takes to save our hospitals By Jos Bell
Public health is crumbling. This week hospitals have reported a 71% rise in patients admitted suffering from malnutrition since 2010, including a 31% rise in the yesteryear Vitamin C deficiency disease, scurvy. Echoes of Daniel Defoe and Proust in the 21st century. Late summer brings a surge of protest against plans to close down swathes… Continue reading
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UK: Take action for public rail!
The Tories are scared. Publicly owned East Coast has made over £1bn profit for the taxpayer – showing that public trains can be efficient and effective. They’re now trying to sell it off before more people notice. Continue reading
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Julian Assange: The Six and a Half Million Pound Man
On 19 June 2014 Julian Assange will have spent two years living within Ecuador’s London embassy. The summer of 2012 witnessed extraordinary scenes with the Metropolitan Police (Met) surrounding the embassy, issuing a “surrender notice” and carrying orders to arrest Assange “under all circumstances”. The UK government considered violating the Vienna Convention in order to… Continue reading
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My eye – the blurring of Foundation Trusts and private medicine By Diane Langford
Only when I was summoned to an appointment at a private hospital I’d never heard of, for a procedure I didn’t need, did I begin to question how NHS Foundation Trusts are obliged to raise money from private patients – and the pressures on them to set up private units through a complicated web of… Continue reading
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How Britain profits from the attack on Gaza By Ian Dunt
The video emerged on Monday. It appears to show a man searching for his family amid the rubble of Gaza, apparently during a ceasefire. He is shot by a sniper. For a while he lies there, moving awkwardly. Then he is shot again. The component parts of the sniper rifle may have been made in… Continue reading
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UK journalists could be labeled ‘terrorists’ for attempting to uphold public interest
British journalists who publish politically motivated content could be labeled terrorists if UK authorities deem the material to be a threat to public safety, according to Britain’s counter-terrorism watchdog. Continue reading
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Senior BBC official insists that all of Jerusalem is an “Israeli” city By Amena Saleem
The BBC’s failure to make a distinction between East and West Jerusalem, or to note that Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem — East or West — has not been recognized, plays straight into the hands of Israel’s propagandists whose aim has long been to establish Jerusalem as the “undivided capital of Israel” in the minds of… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 