Des Freedman
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Housmans Radical Books London Newsletter November 2011
1 November 2011 — Housmans Books NEWS 1. Announcing the Alliance of Radical Booksellers and the Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing 2. Christmas book shopping online 3. Housman Peace diary 2012 IN-STORE EVENTS 4. ‘The Road to Wigan Pier Revisited’ with Stephen Armstrong5. ‘The Assault on Universities’ with Des Freedman and Michael Bailey6. Continue reading
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The BBC is, and Always Has Been, Part of the Problem By Tom Mills
The neoliberal model propagated by Murdoch has been in ascendancy since the mid-1980s, whilst the public service model associated with the BBC has been progressively eclipsed. Indeed Murdoch has consciously sought to destroy, or at least marginalise, public service broadcasting, which is anathema to his politics and an obstacle to his ambitions. Continue reading
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Media: The Leveson Inquiry: Should We Care? By Des Freedman
The aftermath of the phone hacking scandal and the establishment of the Leveson Inquiry, ‘is a hugely significant moment both for the British media and for British democracy’ and that ‘the spell of media power is facing its most serious challenge to date’. Given that official inquiries rarely generate genuinely radical proposals and we have… Continue reading
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Interrogating Contemporary News: Asking the Right Questions By Natalie Fenton
The Leveson inquiry has been launched to investigate phone hacking and the culture, practices and ethics of the press; there is a Lords Select Committee on the future of investigative journalism; a joint Select Committee on privacy and injunctions; all of which will feed into a Communications Review leading up to the New Communications Act… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 