June/July 2009 Archive 

Singing to a different tune Pop stars are swapping guitars for banners to take the power back from the record companies, writes Paul Campbell

The state of the movement The G20 protests have certainly left their mark, though not in a way anyone predicted – and the ensuing debate on policing was long overdue. But, Andy Bowman asks, did the protests manage to unite the left?

Inspirational history, practical handbook The story of women’s struggle for reproductive freedom is intimately entangled with the struggles of minority groups against marginalisation. For the Irish, the well-worn national legend of the immigrant worker travelling far across the sea to make his fortune is paralleled by another journey, made by women in silence, in secrecy and, too often, in shame. Laurie Penny reviews Ireland’s Hidden Diaspora, Ann Rossiter’s new book about the struggle of these women

Billy Hayes picks the eight books he’d take to the ends of the earth with him

Meltdown politics Larry Elliott welcomes Paul Mason’s new book Meltdown, because it takes forward the urgent task facing the left of developing a coherent alternative to neoliberalism. But Elliott urges us also to seek solutions to the climate and energy crisis simultaneously with the financial crisis

From Orgreave to the City Police brutality during public disturbances is nothing new. Neither is the tendency of the mainstream media to repeat police claims of provocation by demonstrators uncritically. Rhian Jones sketches the recent history, highlighting what is distinctive about the situation today

Off the ball Ordinary football fans are often the victims of the sort of policing that hit the headlines in the G20 protests. Steve Powell from the Football Supporters’ Federation calls foul on the abuse of police powers

What’s the deal? Davy Jones talked to Caroline Lucas about the fate and future of the Green New Deal, which she helped to launch nearly a year ago along with the New Economics Foundation and others

Essay response: Many paths A revitalised left needs to consider what exactly it wants before it can determine how to achieve it, says Siobhan McGuirk

Essay response: A new vehicle The old, failed internal combustion engine of politics is not the way forward, argues Alex Nunns

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