Given the power of the live experience, MIK SABIERS recommends Jon Spencer’s new album
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Private-sector parasites
Even Justice Secretary Chris Grayling is embarrassed enough to pull the plug on a privatisation
Reviews of T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo, Tamikrest, and Dub Colossus
The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
This right-wing conspiracy theory is used to justify the coercive measures against gender, race and labour rights that best serve capitalism, attests GAVIN O’TOOLE
KENNY MONROSE recommends a new exhibition that highlights the significance of Black British music
ANGUS REID is bowled over by an exuberant film about the making of Keith Jarrett’s legendary concert
When even Justice Secretary Chris Grayling feels embarrassed enough to pull the plug on a privatisation too far, it's an indication of the toxicity of the Serco brand.
Grayling's decision over Hatfield, Moorland and Lindholme prisons in Yorkshire ought to herald fresh consideration of the role of private corporations' infiltration of the public sector in search of easy profits.
In common with its "competitor" G4S, Serco has lived well off the taxpayer, with 25 per cent of its contracts arriving courtesy of the government.
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