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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 More“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 MoreOh, 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 MoreThis 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 More“…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“We all need to work together, because there are no jobs on a dead planet; there is no equity without rights to decent work and social protection, no social justice …
To transform the world, we need a revolution in our priorities and values Read MoreEach week, GIMMS aims to keep its readers abreast of the latest stories in the news and they form the basis of our weekly MMT Lens. Each week we search …
Change is coming. Keep calm and keep on PUSHing Read MoreAs the new Prime Minister processes around the country like the emperor with no clothes, families are struggling, children are going hungry, people are sleeping on the streets and those …
Green shoots and new horizons – there is an alternative. Read MoreThe French have a saying “plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.” With the events of the last few days, one might consider that nothing had changed; the Tories …
The barbarians may be inside the gates, but we can still defeat them Read MoreWhile the Conservatives endlessly laud their economic achievements from the parallel universe they inhabit, their fantasies are countered by the growing evidence that all is not well. The stories of …
Hands up anyone who wants to save the planet and live in a fairer, more equitable world! Read More