When Mass Impoverishment Collides with Health Advice
History is written by the rich, and so the poor get blamed for everything — Jeffrey D. Sachs, economist It is not news that poverty can make it impossible to […]
Hereford Event 18 March 2020
On Not Waiting
“You can’t trust other people. If it’s important, you have to do it yourself.” Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book As the book 99% explains, mass impoverishment is a serious problem […]
Is the UK Becoming a Feudal Society?
O let us love our occupations, Bless the squire and his relations, Live upon our daily rations, And always know our proper stations. Charles Dickens There is a growing […]
What is Johnson’s Strategy?
“Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.” ― Noam Chomsky Boris Johnson’s Government was elected on the promise to ‘Get Brexit Done.’ They defined […]
American Pie
The 99% Organisation (and the book) often talk about fair slicing of the economic pie. CBS has gone a step further — with a real pie. (click the link to […]
#thick or Welcome?
When a deep injury is done to us, we never heal until we forgive. Nelson Mandela The hashtag #thick is trending on Twitter. Most of the tweets are from Remainers […]
Morality and Food Banks
On 27 January, Zarah Sultana, MP for Coventry South raised the issue of food banks with the Work and Pensions Secretary, Therese Coffey. Ms Sultana pointed out that her constituency […]
Must we Live with Permanent Austerity?
“The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday – but never jam to-day.” Lewis Carroll Since 2010, the UK has been experiencing the effects of austerity: low growth, stagnant […]
Bigger Pie, Smaller Slices
“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have […]