The Ghost, by Robert Harris (2008) Tom Jennings chuckles at a recent New Labour rat leaving the sinking ship.
Happy-Go-Lucky, directed by Mike Leigh (2008) Belying his miserabilist reputation, Mike Leigh’s new film Happy-Go-Lucky celebrates incorrigible optimism – but with the usual twists, finds Tom Jennings
Immigration: The Inconvenient Truth (Channel 4) and the White season, BBC 2 (2008) A rash of TV documentaries explain away tense British resident-immigrant relations with typical middle-class prejudice in reproducing forty years of media and state-managed mystifications of the ravages of capitalism, according to Tom Jennings.
Gone, Baby, Gone, directed by Ben Affleck (2007) Tom Jennings is relieved that Ben Affleck’s first film as director, the thought-provoking Gone, Baby, Gone, avoids the ham sentimentality of much of his acting
Locals attack police station after renewed repression of open refuse-dump related protests in south Corfu The 3 month long protest against an open refuse-dump in south Corfu escalates to violent attack against police station after yet another repression of local protests. 2 men, including the village priest are held for subversion and rebellion.
TV Times - 9 - 15 August 2008 This weeks pick is the exploration by Richard Dawkins of the consequences for human society both in theory and as actualised by often…
Wildcat strikes hit Plymouth and Falkirk Workers at a new nuclear power station in Plymouth and coach builders Alexander Dennis in Falkirk were both on wildcat strike this week.
Haitian inspiration: On the bicentenary of Haiti’s independence First published in Radical Philosophy this short essay by Peter Hallward explores the power and…
Developing working class environmentalism - Arthur J. Miller The basic cause of most environmental problems is the system of industrial greed: capitalism, both private and state. The owners of industry treat workers like they treat the rest of the environment. Our environmentalism should come from the understanding that all things are connected.
Bangladesh: migrants export class struggle In recent days over 800 Bangladeshi workers have been deported by the Kuwaiti government for organising strikes and violent protests.
Tube posters four-day strike Over 100 workers for CBS Outdoor who put up posters on the London Underground striking for four days over a sub inflationary pay offer.
Aircraft machinists strike in Kansas More than 100 striking machinists lined the streets early Monday outside the Hawker Beechcraft plant in Wichita, Kansas.