Action against benefit sanctions must increase
by Jack Ferguson • The release of Ken Loach’s new film I, Daniel Blake marks a cultural landmark, and is destined to be the defining way in which the injustice of ...
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Failed demolition a symbol for housing policy failure
by Jack Ferguson Last year, Glasgow City Council and their partners announced the bizarre plan of demolishing Glasgow’s Red Road flats during the opening ceremony of the ...
Refugee crisis is foretaste of things to come from climate change
by Jack Ferguson In 2015, Europe has begun to get a small foretaste of the human costs of climate change. There are many complex reasons why there are thousands of desperate ...
Citizen’s Income right policy to unify reds and greens
by Jack Ferguson To many people in places as diverse as Switzerland, Finland, the Dutch city of Utrecht and the Canadian province of Alberta, a Universal Basic Income (UBI) ...
Amsterdam students force Uni rethink
by Jack Ferguson, in Amsterdam The student movement at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) has scored a symbolic victory with the resignation of the President of the Executive ...
Neoliberal policies spark Amsterdam student protests
by Jack Ferguson, in Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (UvA) has been rocked by an escalating series of dramatic student protests. A movement has been gathering since the ...
New left party shakes up Spanish politics
by Jack Ferguson 2014 has been a dramatic political year, and not only in Scotland. In the Spanish state, a completely new party founded only in January is now being talked ...
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