Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job
Dr Guy Standing is Professorial Research Associate, SOAS University of London, Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences, and co-founder and honorary co-president of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN). Subjects of recent books include basic income, rentier capitalism and the growing precariat. He is a council member of the Progressive Economy Forum.
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Published in: oDR: OpinionThe US and UK made Russia’s invasion of Ukraine possible. I saw it happenJoe Biden wants ‘regime change’ in Russia. Last time the US did this, the result was kleptocratic capitalism and...
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Published in: Rethinking PopulismGlobal transformation: the precariat overcoming populismA contribution to debate urging the mainstream left not to be distracted by populism. Aim instead for what we know...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionWill Biden lead a progressive revival or a populist backlash?If the left wants to prevent a neoliberal dystopia, it must stop offering to patch over inequalities and instead...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionRentier Capitalism is breeding neo-fascismFaced with a crisis of awesome proportions, we must develop a strategy for re-embedding the economy in society.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryBasic income and the three varieties of freedomFreedom costs money.
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Published in: ourEconomyPlunder of the commons: compensate the commoners!After centuries of enclosure, privatisation and colonisation, it's time that the commons were returned to all of us.