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    Contribution to the Sub-Committee on the Referendum on the EU Treaty
    April 2012
    Andy Storey

    It is clear that voices all across Europe and beyond, and from all across the political spectrum, are opposed to this treaty.  Many are urging the Irish people to reject it and, if given the chance, would be campaigning for its rejection by referendum in their own countries.

    Perspectives on the EU Economic Crisis
    October 2011
    TNI

    The banks are making huge profits again while more people are made redundent from jobs whose services we actually need. Three experts share their views on the European economic crisis, and the failure of governments to take action.

    AV is not perfect, but we need it for plurality
    April 2011
    Hilary Wainwright

    The first-past-the-post voting system in the UK has led to the slow death of a critical political culture. Saying yes in the referendum on a proposed Alternative Voting (AV) system would at least give oxygen to debate.

    Ed Miliband needs trade unions
    October 2010
    Hilary Wainwright

    To create real political change, the new Labour leader must look beyond his party to the unions that helped him win power.

    The resistible rise of corporate power
    October 2010
    Hilary Wainwright

    The massive concentration and growth of corporate power poses a major threat to what remains of public services, highlighting the ever-deepening crisis of democracy, and the urgent need for people to reclaim the state.

    Carbon market “growth” is mainly fraudulent, World Bank report shows
    August 2010
    Oscar Reyes

    The global carbon market grew in 2009. Far from signalling a success, this reflects a massive increase in fraud, the dumping of surplus emissions permits by industry, and a rise in financial speculation.

    Social efficiency: reforming public services in 21st Century
    July 2010
    Hilary Wainwright

    The ideological reasoning behind UK government policies is that the market is the only way to make public services 'efficient'. Isn't it time we talked about social efficiency, maximising public benefit rather than maximising profit?

    Sentencing for Drug Offences in England and Wales
    June 2010
    Genevieve Harris

    Sentencing for drug offences in England and Wales has recently undergone a wide-sweeping review and public consultation. The purpose of this report is to examine and evaluate this mechanism for law reform, without the need for legislative reform, and to consider the specific discussion around...

    Series on Legislative Reform of Drug Policies Nr. 5
    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.

    Secrecy, Torture & Human Rights: US War Crimes, European Complicity, and International Law
    May 2010
    Tom Reifer

    Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's role in defending torture and rendition under the Obama administration raises serious concerns about the ongoing failure of the US government to end its own practice of extreme human rights abuses throughout the world.

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