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At long last, I am now able to put the article Jane and I wrote included in this publication of the Oxford University Press; Chapter 17, Socio-structural violence against the poor Since the time when the Thatcher administration created their violent hate crimes against the working classes, successive governments and now May’s became even moreContinue reading “Social-structural violence against the poor”

This book is further evidence of the planned cruelty of the War Without Bullets towards the disabled, sick, terminally ill and the unemployed. In my view it is also evidence of the corporate manslaughter of thousands of people who are mainly working class, of whom the political elite consider being surplus to their market requirements. BuyContinue reading “Cash not care: the planned demolition of the UK welfare state – Mo Stewart”

The Body Economic is the first, agenda-shaping, look at the human costs of financial crisis – the culmination of ten years’ work by two pioneering researchers – Sanjay Basu and David Stuckler. The global financial crisis has had a seismic impact upon the wealth of nations. But we have little sense of how it affectsContinue reading “The Body Economic: Why Austerity Kills”

Martin McKee and David Stuckler watch aghast as American examples are followed to destroy the European model of the welfare state. Christmas is a time to count our blessings, reflecting how they came to be. For people living in England this reflection is more relevant than ever, as the coalition government paves the way forContinue reading “The assault on universalism: how to destroy the welfare state. BMJ Christmas 2011.”

Publication Date: 1 May 2012 In modern Britain, the working class has become an object of fear and ridicule. From Little Britain’s Vicky Pollard to the demonization of Jade Goody, media and politicians alike dismiss as feckless, criminalized and ignorant a vast, underprivileged swathe of society whose members have become stereotyped by one, hate-filled word:Continue reading “Chavs: The Demonistation of the Working Class. Owen Jones.”

Michel Chossudovsky takes the reader through an examination of how the World Bank and IMF have been the greatest purveyors of poverty around the world, despite their rhetorical claims to the opposite. These institutions, representing the powerful Western nations and the financial interests that dominate them, spread social apartheid around the world, exploiting both theContinue reading “The Globalization of Poverty and the New World Order”