Geography Archives: United Kingdom

Universities in the UK are in crisis. Job cuts in the sector are reaching ‘cataclysmic’ levels, with an estimated 10,000 already lost and many more at risk. This manufactured crisis, however, is far from inevitable. The time has come to revitalise higher education funding in the UK by extending what Cornell legal scholars Robert Hockett and Saule Omarova call ‘the finance franchise’ to universities.

Negotiations have also been influenced by India, which supports Mauritius due to shared cultural and historical ties.

The billionaire wants to insert the power of his money into British politics, but Reform can be crushed if we mount a campaign of real protest, unafraid to attack Labour, argues John Westmoreland.

Reckless financial speculation almost broke the world economy in 2008, but it has returned in new forms, showing capitalism’s inherent tendency to create crisis, argues John Clarke.

Leaked documents show the extent of collaboration between the pro-Israel legal advocacy group and the Israeli government, in their attempt to “counter” the work of human rights organizations such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.

Rich Kipling, the SFT’s Senior Research Advisor, takes an in-depth look at how we can work towards flourishing local food systems that build communities, increase food security for all, and provide a fair return to farmers and growers.

Once the natural home of LGBT+ activists, Labour’s latest policy shifts show that instead of challenging the right-wing media’s anti-trans frenzy, the party is joining in.

Britain’s Labour government has begun rolling out its National Health Service (NHS) privatisation programme, and clampdown on health workers’ pay.

September 15 marked the third anniversary of the announcement of the AUKUS (Australia, the UK, the U.S.) agreement.

After high-ranking NATO officials publicly called for Ukraine to use NATO weapons to attack deep inside Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin formally presented a proposed update to Russia’s nuclear policy that would expand the conditions under which Moscow would use nuclear weapons.

The British state clearly wants to find a way to scare British citizens away from supporting the legitimate right of the Palestinian people to resist occupation by all available means, including by armed struggle. This is their right under international law.

The former Labour Party leader’s new foreword to Claire Provost and Matt Kennard’s book ‘Silent Coup’ outlines his thoughts on the growing power of the private sector over society.

The United States and United Kingdom will imminently announce a major expansion of Ukrainian strikes deep inside Russia using NATO weapons, the Guardian and Politico reported on Wednesday.

Zhao Dingqi interviews Dave Hill about neoliberalism and the socialist movement in Britain.

You never see the dehumanization of Palestinians in western society exhibited so clearly as when something bad happens to Israelis during the genocidal assault on Gaza.

The policies favoured by the ruling class in other words are being pursued despite public opinion being palpably and systematically opposed to them.

ON Independence Day–August 15th–we generally take stock of the path we have travelled since 1947. Today, I will take a different tack and focus on how or why a handful of European countries end up controlling major parts of the world.

Reginald D Hunter is the latest target of pro-Israel provocateurs feigning victimhood. Time to bring down the curtain on this pantomime, says Rivkah Brown.

There are stenographers–and then there are UK defence correspondents.

The U.S. and UK ambassadors to Japan will not attend the Nagasaki atomic bomb victim memorial on August 9 due to the Nagasaki administration’s decision not to invite the Israeli envoy.