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Goodman: John le Carré
Znet Article, October, 14 2010
Amy Goodman
Goodman's ZSpace page
John le Carré, the former British spy turned spy novelist, has some grave words for Tony Blair. More than seven years after the invasion of Iraq, the former British prime minister, now out of office and touring the world pushing his political memo...
Sinclair: Roundtable: The future of aviation in the UK
Znet Article, October, 09 2010
Ian Sinclair
Sinclair's ZSpace page
The future of aviation in the UK roundtable
Glazebrook: Collusion: The Untold Story of British Violence and Murder
Zmag Article, October, 01 2010
Dan Glazebrook
Glazebrook's ZSpace page
An interview with Robert McClenaghan of An Fhirinne
Pilger: Why Murdoch And The BBC Are On The Same Side
Commentary, September, 30 2010
John Pilger
Pilger's ZSpace page
Britain is said to be approaching its Berlusconi Moment. That is to say, if Rupert Murdoch wins control of Sky he will command half the television and newspaper market and threaten what is known as public service broadcasting.
Ali: Big Brother’s Unlikely Vanquisher
Znet Article, September, 30 2010
Mahir Ali
Ali's ZSpace page
Ralph Miliband, as one of Britain’s leading Marxist intellectuals, was among Labour’s fiercest critics from the left and would have been profoundly pained to see his elder son, David, acquire his reputation as a leading Blairite.
Mclemee: At the Rendezvous of Victory
Znet Article, September, 26 2010
Scott Mclemee
Mclemee's ZSpace page
C.L.R. James was a revolutionary; that he ended up imprisoned for a while seems, all in all, par for the course. But he was also very much the product of the cultural tradition he liked to call Western Civilization. He used this expression without...
Schechter: London Calling As The Economy Hovers On The Edge And Scholars Debate War And Terrorism
Commentary, September, 22 2010
Danny Schechter
Schechter's ZSpace page
The British Capital pretty much looked like it did the last time I was here except for all the closed stores and businesses I passed on the way to the War and Media Conference that brought me here.
Ross: New issue of Workplace: A Journal for Academic Labor
Blog Post, September, 21 2010
E. Wayne Ross
Ross's ZSpace page
Workplace No 17 (2010): Working In, and Against, the Neo-Liberal State: Global Perspectives on K-12 Teacher Unions
Pilger: C'mon, Time To Re-Brand Your Life!
Commentary, September, 17 2010
John Pilger
Pilger's ZSpace page
John Pilger continues his examination of the effect of 'extreme corporatism' - money - on sport. He contrasts the last of the great sporting stars who were not celebrities in the modern sense with the enrichment of Rupert Murdoch and the corruptio...
biomess: ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS TAKE OVER OFFICE OF FORTH ENERGY
Blog Post, August, 24 2010
uk biomess
biomess's ZSpace page
This is the unspoken face of climate change. Logging concessions in Alaska, West Papua and the Congo are being offered to provide wood chip and pellets for Europe to burn as 'green energy'. Climate Camp activists targeted Forth Energy because of t...
Sinclair: 2012 London Olympics roundtable
Forum Post, August, 22 2010
Ian Sinclair
Sinclair's ZSpace page
2012 London Olympics roundtable discussion
Kwint:
Forum Post, August, 22 2010
Marius Kwint
Kwint's ZSpace page
While I would in no way give credence to fatuous politicians' claims that elitist events such as the Olympics will somehow inspire the populace to enjoy their bodies through sport and take up healthier lifestyles, neither do I sympathize wit...
Sinclair: 2012 London Olympics roundtable
Znet Article, August, 22 2010
Ian Sinclair
Sinclair's ZSpace page
2012 London Olympics roundtable discussion
biomess: New Report on Biomass Sustainability and Carbon Emissions
Blog Post, August, 20 2010
uk biomess
biomess's ZSpace page
Study found that, after 40 years, the net GHG emissions from biomass burned for electricity are still worse than coal, even when considering forest regrowth, and that biomass emissions are worse than natural gas even after 90 years.
Curren: Power Without Responsibility: The Press and Broadcasting in Britain
Book, August, 13 2010
Media and Power addresses three key questions about the relationship between media and society. How much power do the media have? Who really controls the media? And what is the relationship between media and power in society? In this major new boo...
Thompson: Making of the English Working Class
Book, August, 12 2010
"Mr. Thompson's deeply human imagination and controlled passion help us to recapture the agonies, heroisms and illusions of the working class as it made itself. No one interested in the history of the English people should fail to read his book."-...
Rowbotham: Century of Women: The History of Women in Britain and the United States in the Twentieth Century
Book, August, 11 2010
As its title suggests, Sheila Rowbotham's A Century of Women: The History of Women in Britain and the United States is a monumental study--scholarly, readable, well-illustrated, well-indexed--of Western women's experience in the 20th century.
Hussein: Al-Megrahi, Tony Blair, and GWB
Forum Post, August, 08 2010
Ahmed Hussein
Hussein's ZSpace page
If we accept Al-Meghrahi's guilt, then, he is a minor mass murderer. The real and no doubt BIG mass murderers are Tony Blair and GWB and their accomplices. Where are they now? The former is working for the UN making millions, travelling as a VIP, ...
Hari: Oil, blood money, and Blair's last scandal
Znet Article, August, 07 2010
Johann Hari
Hari's ZSpace page
Is your life worth more to your government than a few pence added to BP's share price? At first, this will sound like a strange question. But sometimes there is a news story that lays out the priorities that drive our governments once the doors ar...
Hari: Oil, blood money, and Blair's last scandal
Forum Post, August, 07 2010
Johann Hari
Hari's ZSpace page
Is your life worth more to your government than a few pence added to BP's share price? At first, this will sound like a strange question. But sometimes there is a news story that lays out the priorities that drive our governments once the doors ar...
