Editorial
It doesn't have to be like this
Official inflation figures understate the real extent of rising costs, but even the government's own CPI scheme lays bare the ongoing misery for working people and those dependent on benefits.
Features
A strategy for our victory
The Con-Dems have had it their way too long. We have to turn this country around
Letters
There are countless real differences between capitalist and socialist ideologies and societies
Wednesday 05 June 2013
Steven Johnston (M Star May 29) sought in his letter to distinguish capitalism from socialism. Let me assist him succinctly.
Latest BBC series keeps up Iraq war whitewash
Wednesday 05 June 2013
The first episode of the BBC's series celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq does not promise a reasoned analysis (The Iraq War, BBC1 May 29). On the basis of this first programme, it looks like a whitewash job.
Balls is Osborne-lite. We need to build resistance
Wednesday 05 June 2013
Ed Balls had a great opportunity on Monday to reject the bankrupt Tory policies of austerity and replace them with planned progressive measures of growth based on the People's Charter.
USSR built new social norms
Wednesday 05 June 2013
It is worth remembering when considering whether the USSR was socialist, that its people were forging a new society in a challenging environment.
Terror and imperialism go hand in hand
Tuesday 04 June 2013
I was pleased to see three excellent letters (M Star May 30), all deploring the British government's determination to send arms to extreme Islamist rebels in Syria.
Balls needs to reject austerity
Tuesday 04 June 2013
Ed Ball's speech on Monday was a big turn-off.
Tax until the pips squeak
Tuesday 04 June 2013
The political principle that the wealthy should pay more to sort out the bankers crisis than others is a good one.
Woolwich murder wasn't all about our foreign policy
Tuesday 04 June 2013
Like many people across Britain, I have been watching the events and discussions on the murder of Lee Rigby with incredible interest.
Watch out for councils' hidden privatisation
Monday 03 June 2013
We need to open up a debate on a largely unspoken danger lurking behind proposed changes to local council services.