The test and trace crisis reveals why capitalism isn’t working
Lindsay Mackie, Andrew Simms and David Boyle argue that the UK test and trace debacle shows why capitalism – critics
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Plague poems – a creative response to the shock of Covid-19
In response to the shock of COVID-19, 3 friends wrote 33 poems in 3 months: the new volume, Plague Poems,
Read moreHow to dodge the next wave of ghost towns
Bernie Ward is a friend mine, but she is also something of a heroine. For six thrilling years, she led
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Test and What? How official lack of confidence in the public sector worsened the crisis
In the sorry tale of the UK’s response to the corona virus there are many lessons. The current unfolding illumination
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How privatisation designed-in the PPE chaos
Sometimes we are enabled to see clearly. A light shines and we have the ‘intake of breath’ moment. One such
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Where do we begin the transition?
In a recent poll only nine percent of respondents said they wanted to return to the world as it was
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Time for a genuinely civil, civil contingencies response
Lindsay Mackie and Andrew Simms explore how crises reveal fundamental flaws in underlying political and economic models and call for
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