The Manifesto

I came across a substantial but very readable discussion between Patrick Bond, a South African activist and academic, and Shanta Devarajan, the World Bank’s chief economist.  It’s rare to find genuine engagement on behalf of the World Bank, and credit to Devarajan for responding to Bond’s critique directly – but his response, as Bond shows, [...]

Most discussions of capitalism end up somewhere like this: “Yes, it’s flawed, but it’s all we have – socialism didn’t work.”  Part of what this blog is about is engaging with this very question – in this article Chomsky shines a light on South America, where significant changes are already underway.  http://tinyurl.com/2dlj6ey

I was asked today the very good question if this site will be focusing only on issues outside of the UK.  The answer is most definitely no.  The increasingly neoliberalism of our own government (and that applies not just to the Conservatives but to New Labour who preceded them) pushes us towards increasing inequality, much [...]

A piece I wrote for American online magazine, Monthly Review, on Batman and American foreign policy.  Would love to hear your thoughts (yes, even yours, Adam)…  http://tinyurl.com/39kbd5d