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    An excess of democracy
    February 2012
    Hilary Wainwright

    The philosophy and experience of radical movements in the 1960s and 70s are in several ways complementary to the ideas of the direct action movements of today. Hilary Wainwright examines the possibility of forging a new kind of political economy by learning from the best of both of them.

    The Crime Decline & California’s Priorities in the 21st Century
    June 2011
    Tom Reifer

    That increasing numbers of California's youth end up in prison may yield some short term perceptions of declining crime rates, but what about the long-term education deficit?

    Are African lions really roaring? The Latest Fibs From World Financiers
    May 2011
    Patrick Bond

    The recent wave of Afro-optimism boasting of economical and technological growth on the continent fails to stand up under closer scrutiny, veiling the harsh reality faced by Africans today.

    When civil-societyism fronts for barbarism
    March 2011
    Patrick Bond

    The Gaddafis close relationship with the London School of Economics exposes yet another case of institutions selling favours to the rich and powerful.

    Radical Retirees
    February 2011
    Boris Kagarlitsky

    Russia's youth are much less radical or politically active than Russia's retirees - putting up little resistance as officials gradually encroach upon their rights and entitlements.

    Controlling People Through Language
    September 2010
    Boris Kagarlitsky

    Market reforms have given rise to new revisions of the language, and all personal activities are now expressed in terms of buying and selling.

    The new right history
    June 2010
    Saul Landau

    The US Texas State Board of Education approved a new social studies
    curriculum to reflect American History as it should have happened.

    Kentucky Fried Education: The Market Assault on Reason
    June 2010
    Tariq Ali

    In April 2010, UK Middlesex University decided to close down Philosophy. Ever since, students and staff, and thousands of their supporters, have been battling to save it.

    Lenin’s Loss Is Stalin’s Gain
    April 2010
    Boris Kagarlitsky

    The dumbing-down of the masses is the primary achievement of the last two decades of so-called "reform” in Russia. Society has changed radically, and the mechanism by which cultural identity is formed has been seriously undermined, if not completely destroyed.

    The three legacies of Darwin
    January 2010
    Achin Vanaik

    The legacy of Darwin is not only the knowledge that there is a biological continuum between the animal and the human worlds, but also that there is a link between culture and nature. If only mainstream economics could learn from the life sciences which Darwin did so much to nourish, it might...

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