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Month: December 2015

People Over Capital: The co-operative alternative to capitalism – a review

Posted on 28 December, 201531 January, 2016 by preorg

The reader’s attitude to this book is likely to depend on what they think of the subtitle. Do you want an alternative to capitalism, and do you think co-ops can offer it? People Over Capital is a book of essays on co-operatives put together in 2012 and published by New Internationalist. What makes it interesting…

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Lewisham Council plans to make a profit from renters: Besson Street and beyond

Posted on 10 December, 201516 November, 2016 by preorg

Lewisham Council has finally unveiled its plan to re-develop a large empty plot of land at Besson Street, New Cross Gate, within what is sometimes known as the Kender Triangle. The plans are an interesting departure for the council, who instead of building new council housing, plans to build a Private Rented Sector (PRS) scheme of 250…

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Is the positive thinking industry built on wishful thinking?

Posted on 9 December, 20159 December, 2015 by preorg

Few people these days would believe in a medicine that could cure all diseases, yet many people, it seems, believe in the mental cure-all of positive thinking. Thinking positively will make you happy, healthy, successful, a good parent, a good daughter, a good citizen, a good employee, a good business person; all the rewards of…

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Hegemony and Socialist Strategy – an unfair review

Posted on 8 December, 20158 December, 2015 by preorg

I spent some time reading Mouffe and Laclau’s Hegemony and Socialist Strategy, in part because of its claimed influence on the more insurgent left parties across Europe, including Podemos in Spain. It took time because it is not an easy book to read. By the end, I was not entirely sure it was time well…

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