A published version of this article can be seen here at the Morning Star (7th May, 2021) Amidst the ‘worst crisis since the Second World War’ the rich get richer from everyone else’s hard work, whilst the poorest are left to suffer Forty years of neoliberal plunder has rendered Britain…

Fanatical attitudes towards work and productivity dominate our culture, but for many the pandemic lockdowns have revealed the value of working less and living more. We must get the people ‘back to work’, declared multiple governments at the end of the first pandemic lockdowns, and who could disagree with them…

The following is a list of 21 reasons why the left and many soft liberals cannot — and simply should not — trust Keir Starmer. Note: This is a running list and is by no means exhaustive. …

In the aftermath of Meghan and Harry’s Oprah interview, two of Britain’s most historically racist institutions — the Monarchy and the UK Press — attempted to downplay their transgressions. In what was destined — and very much intended — to be a pop cultural sensation, Oprah Winfrey’s interview with the…

Originally published in Peace News, December 2020 | Issue 2648–2649 In this expanded edition of his 2005 book The Monster at Our Door (the ‘monster’ being a deadly influenza pandemic), renowned historian Mike Davis critically surveys the scientific roots of COVID-19, as well as the political, economic, social and ecological…

Originally published in Peace News, December 2020 | Issue 2648–2649 Examining over 20 years of UK press coverage of Russia since Vladimir Putin came to power in 1999, Russia and the Media shows how Russophobia has remained a key feature of the UK media since the collapse of the Soviet…

Originally published by Open Democracy on 30th May 2020 The Conservative Party establishment has allowed Johnson and Cummings to transform their party into a machine of lies, distortions and ambiguities. In 2013, two of the leading Conservative analysts in the United States, Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein, argued that the…

Originally published by Open Democracy on 13th December 2019 The reluctance of senior British journalists to accept their failures has put us all in greater jeopardy. The election result will probably just embolden them. How unpleasant it has been over the past day to observe senior establishment journalists sit cosily…

A slightly truncated version of this article was published in the Guardian on 17th November 2019 The return of The Crown marks a long trend of popular British film and television shows promoting elite, often imperial, narratives that distort history. Nearly two years have past since Gary Oldman won an…