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Ron's rages are sincere and — according to his wife — healthily cathartic. But can these splenetic outbursts loosen the grip of capitalism at its most monstrous?
Book review: Powerful case for new coalition against austerity
MARJORIE MAYO on a timely look at resistance and alternatives to privatisation
ANGUS REID considers the power of the podcast as a vehicle for consensus building in opposition to mainstream media narratives
GLENN FOSBRAEY recommends a biography worth reading for both existing George Michael fans and those yet to be converted
FRANCIS DEVINE introduces a new collection of essays that draws on Pease McKenna’s example to indicate future paths for the movement
KEVIN DONNELLY and MARIA DUARTE review Shoot the People, The Last One For The Road, Rosebush Pruning, and Moana
JAMES WALSH recommends an exceptional documentary about the experience of Western doctors in Gaza
The Tragedy Of The Private, The Potential Of The Public
by Hilary Wainwright
(Public Services International/Transnational Institute)
At a time when public services are under continuing attack and with the threat of further cuts in the pipeline, alternative strategies are needed urgently, as this booklet by Hilary Wainwright so strongly argues.
In recent times, the failures of privatisation have been emerging only too clearly and, as a result, even in that traditional stronghold of pro-private market ideology which is the US, services are being brought back in-house.
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