The Rise of the Right
GIMMS is pleased to be able to present for our MMT Long Read two chapters of the book “The Rise of the Right – English nationalism and the transformation of …
The Rise of the Right Read MoreTag: Austerity
It’s not balanced budgets that will save us. It’s the power of the public purse and our human values.
Charles Dickens began his novel ‘Hard Times’ thus: “NOW, what I want is, Facts. […]. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else and root out everything else. You …
It’s not balanced budgets that will save us. It’s the power of the public purse and our human values. Read MoreThe austerity prescription was not an experiment; it did not fail for the rich. Time for a rethink. Time for an economic revolution.
“Ultimately austerity has failed because it is unsupported by sound logic or data. It is an economic ideology. It stems from the belief that small government and free markets are …
The austerity prescription was not an experiment; it did not fail for the rich. Time for a rethink. Time for an economic revolution. Read MoreGenuine Hope. Collective Action.
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” Andre Gide In the week when protests have erupted in countries around the world …
Genuine Hope. Collective Action. Read MoreThe people are the change. Time to step out of our comfort zone and make it happen.
Oh, the irony of it. Boris Johnson makes law and order the central plank of the Queen’s Speech. After having spent 9 years telling us about how we could no …
The people are the change. Time to step out of our comfort zone and make it happen. Read MoreWe need to relearn the art of adequate spending for public purpose
The GIMMS team have been away and had a very busy two weeks travelling between Brighton, London, Manchester, Leeds and Newport for a variety of events. All in all, it …
We need to relearn the art of adequate spending for public purpose Read MoreGetting our priorities right. Our planet or our lives.
This week’s MMT Lens will necessarily be shorter as GIMMS is gearing up for a busy few weeks in Brighton, London, Manchester and Leeds not to mention Wales at the …
Getting our priorities right. Our planet or our lives. Read MoreYoung people and workers of the world unite! You have a right to a future.
Earlier this week in New York, Greta Thunberg, Naomi Klein and other environmental activists shared a platform in an event entitled ‘The Right to a Future’. In the face of …
Young people and workers of the world unite! You have a right to a future. Read MoreThere is no Planet ‘B’, so we’d better save this one (and how we do it)
While climate chaos continues to make the news, from hurricanes and fires in the Amazon to melting ice in Greenland, politicians, journalists and others are still killing us softly with …
There is no Planet ‘B’, so we’d better save this one (and how we do it) Read MoreA Brexit free zone. GIMMS reports on the real news: austerity hurts (and what we can do about it)
“…under the Covenant, all States parties should avoid at all times taking decisions which might lead to the denial or infringement of economic, social and cultural rights. Besides being contrary …
A Brexit free zone. GIMMS reports on the real news: austerity hurts (and what we can do about it) Read More