The Comment Factory » inequality http://www.thecommentfactory.com Join And Start Writing Today! Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:06:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 The British public want retribution not redistribution http://www.thecommentfactory.com/the-british-public-want-retribution-not-redistribution-2745/ http://www.thecommentfactory.com/the-british-public-want-retribution-not-redistribution-2745/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:42:44 +0000 Aaron Frazer http://www.thecommentfactory.com/?p=2745
  • The British Family: Is it time for a change? As both major parties gear up to fight the election on the once private grounds of the family, is it time for a radical rethink of the social policy that...
  • Is it really the case of private sector good, public sector bad? Certainly, there is no simple dichotomy of public sector, bad and wasteful, private sector good and efficient. The key question is what should the public sector be delivering that the...
  • George Osborne and UK cuts to public services However, financial capitalists are fighting hard to limit this, and the signs are that Osborne is prepared to fight their corner. To that extent, the cuts policy points to the...
    • ]]>     http://www.thecommentfactory.com/the-british-public-want-retribution-not-redistribution-2745/feed/ 0     Labour and inequality http://www.thecommentfactory.com/labour-and-inequality-2659/ http://www.thecommentfactory.com/labour-and-inequality-2659/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:09:50 +0000 Richard Seymour http://www.thecommentfactory.com/?p=2659
  • Polly Toynbee on Iraq and New Labour No I think it’s very difficult to navigate because for one thing even if you more want to bring democracy to the Middle East more than you want to take...
  • Scotland still loyal to Labour, but why? The Labour Party increased its vote at the UK general election in the west of Scotland in spite of recession, scandal and 13 years in office. So why are Labour...
  • Foxconn and the Honda strike: Can Chinese labour break from capitalist accumulation? The real question is what then for the activity of the Chinese workers. They are clearly learning important lessons now. The fundamental question is whether their new found strength will...
    • ]]>     http://www.thecommentfactory.com/labour-and-inequality-2659/feed/ 0     It’s time for a democratization of the economic system http://www.thecommentfactory.com/its-time-for-a-democratization-of-the-economic-system-1037/ http://www.thecommentfactory.com/its-time-for-a-democratization-of-the-economic-system-1037/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:57:29 +0000 Joe Hargrave http://www.thecommentfactory.com/?p=1037
  • The UN’s economic role has been marginalized Human rights are increasingly viewed through the rhetoric of military intervention, democracy and political freedom, whilst the UN's pivotal role in securing social and economic rights in the developing world...
  • Palestine’s Economic Pieces A new building in Ramallah, or 100 for that matter, make for good ribbon-cutting ceremonies, but are as far from economic state-building as is wrong is from right...
  • We are in this economic mess because we spent money that never existed The economic crisis is the result of savagery on behalf of the capitalist classes, and maybe bring about a return of Marxist ideas....
    • ]]>     http://www.thecommentfactory.com/its-time-for-a-democratization-of-the-economic-system-1037/feed/ 22     Stop our generation becoming walking, talking adverts http://www.thecommentfactory.com/stop-our-generation-becoming-walking-talking-adverts-312/ http://www.thecommentfactory.com/stop-our-generation-becoming-walking-talking-adverts-312/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:49:54 +0000 Paul Cullinan http://thecommentfactory.com/?p=312
  • “Just Talking Loud and Saying Nothing”: Nothing learned in the Gates incident Nothing new has come from this incident, nothing profound has been stated, and no one has been critical enough not only the Cambridge Police Department, but Dr. Henry Louis Gates,...
  • Our generation will be remembered like our grandparents are We often think of what our grandparents time must have been like, with the Kennedy's and Luther King's, but with all this history now, we can be sure that our...
  • It’s time for music to get politicized and accurately reflect our generation It is rare for musicians to successfully straddle the line between mainstream appeal and forthright political activism, but it has happened in the past, and rising artists must begin engaging...
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