Perhaps contrary to expectations, the largest demographic for buying country music is working class women, and right from the 1950s Country more than any other genre of popular music has allowed women an assertive and positive role. This has included a tradition of surprisingly robust almost vigilante responses to domestic violence, even the gorgeous but [...]
The Health and Social Care Bill will soon be voted on by our MPs. This shameful Bill will privatise our NHS. It is widely opposed by health professionals, including GPs. There has been very little coverage of this in the [...]For the uninitiated, the Trade Union and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) is preparing to stand in the London Assembly elections. Although it claims to be a new project, it clearly represents continuity with previous attempts to create a left of Labour electoral project. This is evidenced by the fact that the London campaign is being organised [...]Tomorrow the Welfare Reform Bill returns to the House of Commons. To mark the occasion Soundings journal publishes an ebook ‘Welfare Reform The dread of things to come’. Free download at http://www.lwbooks.co.uk/ebooks/WelfareReform.html ]. Contributors: Peter Beresford, Declan Gaffney, Kaliyah Franklin, Steve Griffiths, Sue Marsh, Jonathan Rutherford. Contributors bear witness, employ argument and offer statistical evidence [...]
It seems the government couldn’t be happier right now. There’s been a slow down in the pensions dispute and Miliband / Balls have declared that they wont reverse any spending cut or oppose a public sector pay freeze (see article [...]