Beyond Work
What does ‘work’ mean today? Anyone looking for work, anyone in low-paid or non-permanent work, or being pressured into one of the five kinds of workfare that Boycott Workfare identify (Mandatory Work Activity, The Work Programme, Community [...]
Is International Women’s Day Still Worth Celebrating?
Women’s rights have come a long way since the first International Women’s Day in 1900. Talks of gender equality have come to dominate the agenda of politicians of all credos leaving many wondering if there is still a need for a feminist [...]
My Fair London
According to the National Equality Panel’s report in 2010, London is the most unequal region in the UK and one of the most unequal cities in the world. On average, the top 10 per cent richest Londoner’s are 273 times wealthier than the bottom [...]
Time Crisis
The 1 per cent solution to the economic crisis includes the prescription to work harder. The 99 per cent caused the crisis by their insolent attitude to work and their debt-fuelled greed, now they need to recognise it’s payback time. Young [...]
Rougher Trade – How the 99% Run a Record Label
It’s cold in the Occupation Records office in a UBS-owned building on Sun Street, now occupied by the activities of Occupy London. I drag myself out of the warmth of my bed – a half deflated air mattress and a bundle of sleeping bags [...]
The Wisdom of Nick Pickles
Privacy isn’t dead. But technology is changing our perception of what is private. At present, technology takes power away from the user to control their privacy – in exactly the same way as blanket CCTV does. Our biggest challenge [...]
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