Author: Colin Leys
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Living with the Virus? Personal Responsibility Is Not Enough.
In a much discussed editorial in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), Kamran Abbasi focused on the need to make governments accountable for failing to protect citizens from the COVID-19 pandemic, … Keep reading »
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100,000 Deaths and a White Paper: What we need instead in Britain
When Imperial College’s modeller Neil Ferguson told the British government in early March 2020 that it was on course to see 250,000 deaths from COVID-19, he was widely seen as … Keep reading »
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The Labour Party Machine versus Corbyn
In our new book Searching for Socialism, we noted the way the party’s general secretary, Iain McNicol, and his staff were involved in exploring the possibility of preventing Jeremy Corbyn … Keep reading »
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How Market Reforms Made the NHS Vulnerable to Pandemics
A 2014 report warned that reforms to the National Health Service (NHS) would make it vulnerable to pandemics – by making staff redundant, undermining public health and defining spare capacity as waste. It was ignored. Keep reading »
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Socialist Register 2019: The World Turned Upside Down
The Toronto launch of the Socialist Register 2019: The World Turned Upside Down, with Sam Gindin, Nicole Aschoff, Colin Leys, and co-editors Greg Albo and Leo Panitch. Watch video »
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After Carillion: The Struggle to Democratize Social Services
Carillion’s failure has been compared to the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, but what the Lehman case shows is that you can engage in behaviour that puts millions out of work, and destroys the hopes of a generation, and not pay any price, or significantly change your behaviour. Keep reading »
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Britain: The Health and Social Care Bill and the Negation of Democracy
In voting, in the British House of Commons, for the third reading of Andrew Lansley‘s Health and Social Care Bill last week MPs voted to replace the National Health Service … Keep reading »
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What Matters Is What Works
The State and the National Health Service in Scotland and Wales As expert commentators have amply shown, the Coalition’s plan to privatise the National Health Service (NHS) lacks any basis in … Keep reading »
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Starving Healthcare
Toronto, June 19, 2010. Part 1: Colin Leys is honorary professor of politics at Goldsmiths College London and editor of the 2010 Socialist Register. View part 2 on Youtube website … Watch video »
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The Dictatorship of the Market
Colin Leys is an honorary professor of politics at Goldsmiths College London, and former Professor of Politics at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada. He is co-editor of the current Socialist … Keep reading »
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Launch of Socialist Register 2010: Morbid Symptoms, Health Under Capitalism
Part 1: A panel discussion with contributing authors: Colin Leys (Health, health care and capitalism), Pat Armstrong (Contradictions at work: struggles for control in Canadian health care), Roddy Loepky (Certain wealth: Accumulation in the health industry). Part 2: Commentators: Dr Andy Coates (Physicians for a National Health Program, Co-Chair, Single Payer New York) and Natalie (Mehra, Director, Ontario Health Coalition). Watch video »
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Morbid Symptoms: Current Healthcare Struggles
Leo Panitch and Colin Leys have just brought out the 2010 annual volume of the Socialist Register, Morbid Symptoms: Health Under Capitalism, published by Merlin Press in London, Monthly Review … Keep reading »