Tag: United Kingdom

Maxed Out Oil vs the Eco Zealots: Sunak’s Anti-Green Campaign

Bike lanes, changes to city planning codes, emissions reduction initiatives, domestic energy policies and international climate commitments are fast becoming some of the fiercest frontlines in the upcoming election

Pressure: A Personal Reflection on British and Western Establishment Racism

To the uninitiated, this might seem like a severe personal history but among Black Britons, these types of events are often treated as tame, standard encounters that easily occur in a society in which Black Lives Matter’s deaths at the hands of the police are regarded as mere policy.

The Hydra of Albion: The Monster Beneath the British Crisis

The narcissism associated with Empire permeates British society from the playing fields of Eton to the terraces of football clubs up and down England,

The Seriousness of Britain: On the passing of the Queen

Monarchists, patriots, and Star Wars fans all relate to their respective objects of attachment in a similar way. In each case these objects become part of the individual’s identity; their self-worth is entwined with the prestige of the object.

Gruel Britannia

At the same time as creating billionaires, the neoliberal ‘system’ has also created over 2,500 foodbanks.

The UK–Rwanda Refugee Deal: Modelling Fortress Australia

Unfortunately for those who still believe in the merits of international human rights laws, the Australian model, revised for European application, is bound to become ever more popular for populists and reactionaries. 

The Left’s Right Turn: Behind the media myth of neoliberal Blairite social ‘achievements’

Are UK Labour and other such subverted parties globally that are ostensibly of the Left still worth voting for?

“Freedom Day”: Thatcherism’s Last Gasp?

UK news reports say that many, perhaps a majority, will continue to avoid crowded venues even after ‘Freedom Day’. But of course that is of little use; a minority of 5 to 10 per cent letting rip is sufficient to turn these places into spreader hubs.

Brexit and After

7 Jul 2016

While many commentators have expressed relief that the financial dust has settled after the decision of UK voters to withdraw from the EU, there is reason to think they relax too soon. Certainly in terms of immediate effects the political shockwaves in the UK are catastrophic and any ‘solution’ for either of the main parties is likely to have a medium (and probably longer) term unraveling effect. On the one hand there is a basic…

Servitude for Students by John Holmwood

The moral crisis at the heart of the neoliberal university

Financialising the University

28 Feb 2014

by Andrew McGettigan