It had been a very hot summer in Porto Alegre. The grass was scorched all along the riverbank site where the 2005 World Social Forum was held. Only the converted gas plant which served as a communications centre offered any… Continue Reading
John Holloway: I don’t know the answer. Perhaps we can change the world without taking power. Perhaps we cannot. The starting point—for all of us, I think—is uncertainty, not knowing, a common search for a way forward. Because it becomes… Continue Reading
Respect was formed in January last year as a coalition of socialists, anti-war activists, Muslims and disillusioned Labour supporters, including the expelled MP George Galloway. Centrally it is opposed to Bush and Blair’s war, to the neo-liberal attacks on workers… Continue Reading
Only a fool would attempt to make some comments about the health and future of the Labour Party just a few weeks before a general election provides a very useful snapshot of its popularity and makes the task much easier.… Continue Reading
Cities are at the centre of politics in Britain today. More than 80 percent of the UK population live in cities and their suburban hinterland.1 New Labour has made the regeneration of urban spaces through an ‘urban renaissance’ a key… Continue Reading
Capitalism has always had a problem with education. Since the Industrial Revolution, the ruling class’s need to increase the skills of future workers has been contradicted by its fear of them becoming articulate, knowledgeable and independent-minded. Hannah Moore, religious philanthropist… Continue Reading
It has become common to deny either the existence or relevance of class to Britain today. Yet the numbers of people who describe themselves as ‘working class’ grew from 51 percent in 1994 to 68 percent in 2002.1 The staggering… Continue Reading
Capitalism, according to Marx’s analysis, is a dynamic system subject to continually changing forms. We bear witness to the ‘permanently revolutionary’ character of the system every day as it transforms, in some cases dramatically, all aspects of our lives: where… Continue Reading
Britain after eight years of Blair Chris Harman Britain was on the eve of an election as we prepared this issue of the journal. The articles in this section deal with changes that have occurred under New Labour. Most readers… Continue Reading
Egypt’s ruler, Mubarak, shocked the country at the end of February by suddenly announcing a change in the constitution to allow more than one candidate to stand in this autumn’s planned presidential election. There has never been such a multi-candidate… Continue Reading