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‘Ringmaster’ taken to task
DAVE BANGS takes issue with Peter Barbers vision for a Hundred Mile City around London
Trump’s economic adviser has exposed the actual strategy: forcing other countries to provide financial support for US world hegemony
Activist Angie Zelter has been arrested more than a hundred times. She’s not stopping now, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Natalia Marques looks at last week's ruling that Khalil can be deported and its implications
We are not here to advocate for the arms industry or its CEOs, writes STEVE HANDFORD, and that means we must take a stand against the government’s spending on war
Educators must fight for an inclusive, creative system that values all children
Although our sector is hearing better things from the current government, the recognition that what we do is education in its own right, rather than just childcare, is still not reflected in policy, writes LUCY COLEMAN
Architect Peter Barber’s concern to tackle housing need in London with a massive shift to social housing is heart-warming (Capital Ring Master, M Star October 21-22). His proposal for a Hundred Mile City round the edge of London, however, is a wet dream for every predatory developer.
While Barber ticks all the boxes with his call for respect for the green belt and his invective against “the morons who want London to sprawl into the countryside,” his dreams will encourage just that destruction.
Barber’s proposals overlook the fundamental character of capitalist development, which is not just unequal vertically, between classes, but is profoundly unequal geographically — overdeveloping some regions, states and continents while underdeveloping others.
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