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Shafting the Welfare State [Part 2]

10/05/2014

Social reform driven by market needs, with social policy development using corporate models. ...

Shafting the Welfare State

03/05/2014

The reality of social enterprise hides behind opaque language and mysterious ‘third sector’ jargon that alludes to volunteerism and good intentions. The key word is ‘enterprise’. They are run...

Felix Kubin : Interview

02/05/2014

I don't want to be a pop underground star when I'm sixty on stage. I love the genre of pop but it's just one of many genres....

Parcelforce : Payments, Fines, Duties and Pain

03/04/2014

It seems the issue is that some post offices, especially at busy times, aren’t careful to mention every eventually that might concern you....

March from Jarrow for the NHS

02/04/2014

Following the basic route of the Jarrow Crusade, we will march on Parliament and build support for the NHS on route....

Dragons or Flies? The State Apparatus of Fear

31/03/2014

Meet your fears, look them in the eye, live among them for a time. Discern whether they consist of an insect buzzing at your windowpane or is a dragon on the roof...

Slammed : Phone Companies Stealing Your Number

28/03/2014

Telephone companies can take, replace, steal or remove your number, leaving you with few options, little recourse to complain, and in the dark as to how this can happen...

Stop the sale of the land registry

23/03/2014

Stop the government selling the profitable Land Registry which generates £98 Million pounds to the public purse each year as well as having a satisfaction rating of over 90% from those that use the...

Walking in an Anthropocene Wonderland

13/03/2014

Although we have been graced with life - all its possibilities and abundance - it has become apparent, we have fallen in love with Extinction....

Edward Snowden Interview [Live Leak]

03/02/2014

A quick repost of NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden's interview with German channel NDR....

50 Years of Social Progress. Reversed.

28/12/2013

People born in the 1960’s and 70’s will retire poorer than their parents...

Happy Holidays from Trebuchet

26/12/2013

2014 Cultural Forecasts and Happy Holidays from all the staff at Trebuchet...

A Christmas Consumer Guide to Ethical Food

20/12/2013

Talking Turkey: A Christmas Consumer Guide to Ethical Food...

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Applied Carpe Diem : Part 2

13/12/2013

What makes a person choose whether or not to end one’s own life? It comes back to that tradeoff, I suppose, between quality vs. quantity....

Dear Media, Where Were You?

09/11/2013

A few days ago on 5th November, hacktivist group Anonymous succeeded in mobilising hundreds of thousands of people in 477 locations in over 150 countries around the world. ...

Let The Liberals Drink Tea

20/10/2013

The liberal tradition has always been to place property rights above human rights...

Black History Month : Interview

17/10/2013

There is a tension in Black history that makes it all the more interesting.That is to say, it highlights the many struggles and centrality of people of African descent in making the modern world....

There Has Possibly Been An Incident [Theatre]

03/10/2013

It's slightly pretentious. And it will frustrate you. But mostly with how close to brilliant it gets....

NHS Gagging Order Fight Intensifies

30/09/2013

An incredible 8,222 38 Degrees members, from all across the UK, have donated to help turn up the heat on key MPs about the gagging law. The campaigners are near their target but they need your help....

Occupy London at the DSEI Arms Fair

11/09/2013

Inside: a variety of meetings and conferences by delegates, discussing the proliferation of weapons, the issues surrounding a discourse of deadly peace, and the spread of gunpowder dialogue. Quicker,...

The Sorry Tale Of Universal Credit

07/09/2013

Any attempt at reforming social security based on the nonsensical myth that unemployed people are responsible for unemployment is bound to end in disaster. ...

Fracking: The Battle for Balcombe

31/08/2013

Balcombe has become the front line in the battle against not simply fracking – but our right to have a say in the big decisions that shape our world...

Syria Demonstration: LDN This Saturday

29/08/2013

Stop The War - Syria : National Demonstration: assemble Saturday 31 August, 12 noon, Temple Place, London (nearest tube Temple)...

The Trouble With Harry

20/08/2013

If, by purposeful default, the authorities allow the streets to become a cesspit, don’t be surprised if the people secretly long for the protection of a Police State...

We Are Not All Trayvon Martin

17/08/2013

Why tackling what happened to Trayvon Martin requires more than shouting his name and pretending you are the same....

Green Tea Protest Lemonade

13/08/2013

Drink the green, clean your pipes, cool yourself off and beat back the military-industrial complex in one fell swoop with Trebuchet's Green Tea Lemonade....

A picture of Simon Friend from The Levellers

The Levellers (Simon Friend) : Interview

11/08/2013

'Certainly I think we’ve been ignored. Or not even ignored – shunned' - Simon Friend of The Levellers makes up for some lost media attention. ...

Less Than Zero Hours?

10/08/2013

As the number of workers on 'zero-hours' contracts is estimated at over a million, new fees for employment tribunal claims put justice out of reach for many...

Why ‘Chav’ is a Feminist Issue

03/08/2013

The discourse around ‘chavs’ can be a cover for denigrating the social agency and sexual autonomy of working-class women, as well as wider political attacks on the working class. ...

The Birth of a Police State

27/07/2013

The UK government is about to pass legislation which will make any behaviour perceived to potentially ‘cause nuisance or annoyance’ a criminal offence....

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