The new web and the unions
There’s been a lot of talk lately about something called “Web 2.0”. The term is pure buzz; the web is the same web it has always been. But certain features of the web, some of…
November 2006
“Spooks” takes a break from Israel-bashing
I’m delighted to report that this week, for the first time in a month, the BBC TV spy series “Spooks” did not feature homicidal Mossad hit-men from Israel in a leading role.
Beyond email and the web: A union uses text messaging to mobilize its members
I often tell people that I work with unions and the new communications technologies and get asked if that means email and the web. It doesn’t; it means those technologies plus others, including some which…
Independent Georgia Under Russian Threat: Echoes of 1921
In recent days, tensions between Russia and Georgia have escalated enormously – a fact largely ignored by the British Left. Most of us would be hard-pressed to remember the most basic details about this tiny…