Dick Gaughan: "There is nothing about solidarity which implies any necessity for political or cultural union"
The YES Scotland campaign can turn the debate around by focusing on the dismantling of the welfare state south of the border
    By Will Heaven October 16th, 2013             ‘When I interviewed the Bolsover MP for Sky […]
Labour Shadow DWP Rachel Reeves is clear: Labour would set the struggling against the poorest
The current union is in trouble. Perhaps a way forward would be for the United Kingdom to re-organise ...
Notice to Politicians of All Stripes: Welfare is not a contract between the state and the people, it is a contract between the people themselves. This is not your welfare state to give or take away.
New Minister "for" Disabled People Mike Penning defends the Government DWP-ATOS Work Capability Assessment régime
With an election not far away, it doesn't matter if policies work – only that they come down hard on "malingerers" and migrants, writes John Harris
Rather than challenge the myths and lies propagated by the tabloid media UK Labour are keen to try to outflank IDS and the Tories on the Right. How can the victims of the financial crisis and disabled people support this travesty of a party?
Labour will be tougher than IDS on benefits Labour's new Shadow DWP Rachel Reeves promises
Mr Jacques was told his benefits of £90-a-week would be stopped on September 18 last year, the same day he took to social networking site Facebook to vent his frustration at Prime Minister David Cameron and Atos
        First Published on Sep 29, 2013 Joe Bongiovanni discusses our monetary system and why fixing it is […]
      A view from America by Chris Hedges www.truthdig.com  September 30th, 2013 The Sparks of Rebellion   I am […]
  Living in the real world Trying to find time and energy to be a radical woman   Why the […]
In the first clip, on the very first question, Black Triangle Campaign’s John McArdle asks the Yes Scotland team if […]
  A DWP WORKER UNDER THE CONDEM JACKBOOT WRITES Via Same Difference 7th October 2013 Hi, Can you post this anonymously, please? […]
Benefit cuts: Grieving son "My dad looked like a concentration camp prisoner before he died"
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