Recent Posts Tagged With 'capitalism'

• Talking Of The Planet

  Posted on Saturday December 19th, 2009 at 16:25 in capitalism, political

  Well, what a colossal waste of time, money and effort that was!The BBC's Richard Black gives a summary here and it makes for fairly pessimistic reading.The fact that our two favourite global bullies - that's the US explicitly and China implicitly - e...

• As If People And The Planet Mattered

  Posted on Saturday December 19th, 2009 at 15:35 in capitalism, socialism, political

  The New Economics Foundation released a report earlier this week into the relative worth to society of various jobs contrasted against their pay levels. And you've got to have time for any Think Tank that believes in, "Economics as if people and the ...

• Chatshow - Shake It Down (EP)

  Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 14:34 in music, capitalism, political, goth, chatshow

  My union is again, much to my continued dismay, extolling the virtues of New Labour. This time under the guise of the Unite4Labour website.Having lived under successive Labour/Tory governments from 1971 onwards I am quite confident in my ability to s...

• Capitalism Makes You Sick

  Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 14:51 in capitalism, political

  The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence have calculated the cost of stress related workplace absence at £28bn. That figure being a total derived from the 13 million working days lost a year to depression and other mental illness.Ap...

• Pensions Crisis Opt-Out

  Posted on Friday October 2nd, 2009 at 16:06 in capitalism, political, anarchism

  It's inescapable isn't it? The "Pensions Crisis".Strangely, despite the Credit Crunch, you don't hear so much about the "Too Much Profit Crisis" or the "Too Much Legislation Crisis" and if you compare the figures:- Average UK company directors pensio...

• Media Alternatives

  Posted on Sunday September 27th, 2009 at 15:54 in capitalism, political

  The Radio Times had this to say, see left, for the program 'The Love Of Money':"The final episode of the documentary series reveals just how close the world came to the brink of economic ruin last autumn.......Few people, they argue, realise just how...

• Cor Blimey! Innit?

  Posted on Monday September 21st, 2009 at 16:50 in capitalism, political

  Street urchins dreaming of what it must be like to live in debt. As opposed to poverty.You wait ages for one and two come along at once. CBI stories that is.Here we have the voice of all that is greed and work and toil and debt telling us how we can ...

• Corporate Bluffing Inequity

  Posted on Wednesday September 16th, 2009 at 06:14 in capitalism, political

  Like many a grumpy politico I should imagine, I wander around with an image of the "Boss" inside my head. Thats him on the left. The proverbial Fat Cat, wearing a tailored suit, smoking a cigar, lord of all he surveys and bloated with his own self-im...

• Ye, \'Great\' Offer

  Posted on Saturday September 12th, 2009 at 16:03 in capitalism, political

  Paul Weller once wrote about a mysterious 'Girl On The Phone' who seemed to know everything about him. Well Tesco may not know the size of my cock but I reckon they could have a pretty good stab at what brand of condom I might buy.I go to Tesco often...

• The People's Republic Of America

  Posted on Friday May 9th, 2008 at 14:58 in capitalism, Privacy, socialism, political

• Alice Sees The Light

  Posted on Monday April 28th, 2008 at 15:34 in capitalism, socialism, political, banking, anarchism

• Coco The Clown Gets A Promotion

  Posted on Monday April 21st, 2008 at 10:08 in capitalism, socialism, labour, banking, anarchism

• Is It Getting Hot In Here?

  Posted on Saturday April 12th, 2008 at 16:29 in capitalism, socialism, political, anarchism

• How Long Is It Going To Take?

  Posted on Tuesday April 8th, 2008 at 15:09 in capitalism, socialism, political, anarchism

• Happy Birthday To Me

  Posted on Thursday April 3rd, 2008 at 07:10 in capitalism, socialism, political

• Mothers Day Humbug

  Posted on Sunday March 2nd, 2008 at 14:29 in capitalism, political

• Hardly A Revolutionary

  Posted on Saturday March 1st, 2008 at 16:10 in capitalism, socialism, political, anarchism

• Catch 'Em Early

  Posted on Wednesday February 27th, 2008 at 15:50 in capitalism, teenagers, political

• Ride - Play (EP)

  Posted on Sunday February 24th, 2008 at 10:28 in indie, capitalism, political, ride