Owning the Earth by Andro Linklater – a review
Owning the Earth is an account of Western land ownership from the medieval period, through colonisation to the present, though […]
The fight for control must take place where it really matters: in the arenas of everyday life
Renting a home in London can be a living nightmare. Renters feel little control over their own homes, are forbidden […]
Why you probably shouldn’t become a Community Interest Company
Imagine you have sacrificed hundreds of hours of your volunteering time to a non-profit organisation doing good work. After years […]
People Over Capital: The co-operative alternative to capitalism – a review
The reader’s attitude to this book is likely to depend on what they think of the subtitle. Do you want […]
Polanyi’s The Great Transformation – a rushed not-review
I feel hugely underqualified to review this economics classic, not just because I’m not an economist (ignorance seems to be […]
Labour doesn’t have a plan, but nor does anybody else I know
This blog post is not a defence of the Labour Party. Months of spinelessness prior to the elections have been […]
Yugoslavia, ‘co-operatives’ and worker’s self-management
When I’ve talked about what a co-operative economy might look like I’ve had it said to me a few times […]
Using established housing co-ops to start new housing co-ops
I recently decided to look into how established housing co-ops with resources and access to better interest rates might help […]
1000 years without great pyramids: the Mayans’ greatest achievement?
Last week I found myself, for the sake of a trip out of Mexico City, at some pre-Colombian pyramids. They […]
A brief theory on the rise of Corporate Cute
This is the lid of a toilet on a Virgin train. The same message was also being played in audio […]