Posts Tagged ‘Compass’

‘Broken Britain’ and Why Some People Are More Unequal Than Others?

Gerry Hassan

Compass, July 31st 2009

Response to comments on ‘Broken Britain’ article on Compass website:

http://www.compassonline.org.uk/news/item.asp?n=5129#comments

I think it is much simpler and more complex than people seem to be saying. For example, it is not difficult to start by acknowledging the reach of ‘Broken Britain’ and that the left has lost its way. Some find it difficult to acknowledge Labour has done some decent things in power, while others find it difficult to be critical of anything. These both seem inherently conservative positions. Read the rest of this entry »

Breaking out of Britain’s Neo-Liberal State

Gerry Hassan and Anthony Barnett

Compass Epamphlet, January 2009

The world we have lived in, created from the twin oil-price shockwaves of 1973 and 1979 and validated in the eyes of many by the events of 1989, is at last suffering its own crash. The era of Thatcher and Reagan, inflated by their offspring Clinton, Bush and Blair; the era of unfettered financial capitalism, unrestrained consumerism and a near mystical belief in the power of markets; the neo-liberal epoch of corporate conceit and neo-con adventurism, is drawing to a close. Read the rest of this entry »