Letter from Mark Langabeer, Hastings and Rye Labour member. I recently attended a Hastings and Rye Labour Party General Committee meeting. There was a motion, moved
Year: 2023
Andy Ford, Unite Rep, NHS There has been a lot of discussion in the press about the formerly obscure NHS Pay Review Body. Government ministers
By Michael Roberts China is in deep trouble. Its zero-COVID policy has failed; the economy has slowed to a halt; it now has a falling
By Sam Gleaden, mental health worker The ‘low serotonin’ hypothesis has been the backbone of the psychiatric approach to depression for the past 40 years.
Keir Starmer and Shadow Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, were in the Swiss resort of Davos this week, rubbing shoulders with the world’s super-rich and their political
Review by Mark Langabeer (Hastings and Rye Labour member) ITV’s Tonight programme, on January 12, gave a glimpse of the crises in the Health Service. ‘When
Ray Goodspeed (Leyton and Wanstead CLP) on the latest round of this shameful saga (photo – Ray Goodspeed) The decision of the UK Tory Government
Davos 23: going pear-shaped
By Michael Roberts This week, the jamboree of the rich global elite of the World Economic Forum (WEF) has started again after the COVID interregnum.
By Michael Roberts The inflation rate for consumer prices in the US has clearly peaked and is falling steadily. The latest figure for year-on-year inflation
Chelsea Manning’s autobiography: exposing the dark secrets of US imperialism.
Ray Goodspeed reviews “README.txt” (2022 – The Bodley Head/Penguin Random House) Chelsea Manning’s life-story, described in this book (named after the computer file she uploaded