Can Live8, G8 and all those promises really make poverty history? WILL BROWN examines the recent period of unprecedented attention on Africa’s development. The London bombings in July quickly shifted Africa, and debates on debt, trade and aid, away from their unfamiliar position on the front pages. However, there is still a need to...
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There is an alternative
Carl Davidson shares his thoughts on reading After Capitalism by David Schweickart In this short book, building on his earlier work, Against Capitalism, David Schweickart has given us an excellent breakthrough in finding the road to a new socialism for the 21st century. Using both practical and ethical arguments, his main objective is to...
Lowick school forced to close
Matthew Brown reports on the demise of the country’s only co-operative school Lowick New School, the tiny Lake District primary which became the first co-operative school in the country last year, has been forced to close. After a three-year fight against closure and a year of striving to survive without state support, the 16-pupil...
A task of two halves
ADAM BROWN reports on an acrimonious end to the government’s Football Task Force, and analyses its failings. The Football Task Force was set up in July 1997 by the incoming Labour government and concluded its business in December 1999. Its remit covered seven specific areas: racism; disabled access to grounds; football’s role in the...
Still pulling them in
The inaugural Victor Grayson memorial lecture in Saddleworth was a great success, reports Paul Fryer It took two years to put together, but in November 2004, members of the Saddleworth Labour Party organised an event to celebrate one of the area’s most famous MPs, Victor Grayson. The memorial lecture was held in one of...
Still time to change trains
Labour should stop panicking about the rail crisis and accept the challenge, says Bernard Hughes. It could change the current system without losing political face. The last decade has been one of very few certainties in politics. Yet railway policy was one of the few areas in which you thought you knew where you...
No logo, no solutions [from 2001]
No Logo has won plaudits a-plenty for exposing the activities of our corporate rulers. But, asks MATTHEW BROWN, is it really as radical as it’s made out? Branding big business is big business these days. In this age when image is everything a change of identity is seen as the fix-all solution for any...
Back to Euston
When the Euston Manifesto was published six months ago it was hailed by some as a new development in politics. BERNARD HUGHES wonders if they are right. The Euston Manifesto was not originally launched with a public meeting, a press conference or any of the other traditional trappings. Instead, it appeared with little fanfare...