privatisation
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THE BBC’S COVERAGE OF THE HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE ACT By James
This 8,000 word report uses rigorous research methods and detailed analysis to confirm what many have claimed: that the BBC has failed in its responsibilities to inform the British public about one of the most important pieces of legislation of the 21st century. Continue reading
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Media Lens: ‘People Will Die’ – The End Of The NHS. Part 1: The Corporate Assault
Every day, researcher Éoin Clarke runs a check on the number of parts of the NHS that have been ‘carved up and offered to privateers that day. The sad news is that the NHS sell off is indeed accelerating.’ Clarke has identified 81 NHS contracts worth a total of more than £2 billion that are… Continue reading
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Media Lens: ‘People Will Die’ – The End Of The NHS. Part 1: The Corporate Assault
Few political acts have exposed the sham of British ‘democracy’ like the decision to dismantle the National Health Service. In essence, the issues are simple: Continue reading
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Last chance to save the NHS?
The battle to save the NHS is now entering its final hours. David Cameron and Andrew Lansley seem determined to drag Britain’s most famous institution to its grave, but if we now stand together we can get the House of Lords to stop this bill in its tracks. Continue reading
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Video: The Greek Experiment By Michael Hudson
Michael Hudson: Greek crisis used to find out how far finance can drive down wages and privatize Continue reading
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Lobby of Lambeth Council – 29 February 6pm at Lambeth Town Hall
Lambeth’s Labour led council has been spending thousands of pounds of taxpayers money selling us their vision of the Co-Operative council. But, what exactly does this mean? Continue reading
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UK: Bullets won’t solve anything
For all the sense that David Cameron spoke following the Cobra emergency committee meeting, he might as well have stayed in his luxury Tuscan villa. Continue reading
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Alain Gresh: Egypt’s Revolution is Only Beginning By ALAIN GRESH
Khaled Khamissi, author of Taxi, which describes imaginary conversations in this popular forum for the exchange of world views, said: “We are seeing the clash of two opposing forces: on one side the army, which ‘speaks in the name of the revolution, the better to kill it off’; on the other, the revolution.” Continue reading
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Fatima Meer, 1928-2010: `Regardless of how many years we have spent in this life, we must get up and shout' By Patrick Bond and Orlean Naidoo
Within a year, Meer would be sucking in the smell of post-apartheid tear gas that became so familiar in Chatsworth, her eyes streaming tears of anger, her throat coughing up disgust at the local ANC rulers whom she had helped put into power with unmatched courage during the bad years when she was beaten and… Continue reading
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Pinochet, the Friedman Boys & Thatcher By Andy Beckett
When General Pinochet came to power in Chile after a military coup in 1973, he unleashed a wave of radical free-market policies that thrilled rightwing observers in Britain. Continue reading
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End of the year or end of the world (as we know it)? By William Bowles
So perhaps in the final analysis, this is all for the good. Maybe now we’ll wake up to the reality of our lives, that lives that are spent working to do little more than consume is a fantasy. The real question is however, what are we going to do about it? Continue reading
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And here’s another thought… By William Bowles
Although the Labour government denies that the takeover of the privatised rail maintenance contracts by the government-owned Network Rail is re-nationalisation, it admits that the reason is the vast savings that will be realised as a result, something like 25% of the current cost. It’s also got to do with the complete balls-up the various… Continue reading
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In bed with Bush – The Bechtel story By William Bowles
The ‘enemy’ is everywhere and nowhere. It could be you, it could be me. The upshot is, that it opens up the field for a major offensive by the state against virtually the entire US population, who are, at the end of day, the real ‘enemy of the state’ and of big business. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 