Press, Power and the Phone Hacking Scandal - Nick Davies - Marxism 2012

Investigative journalist Nick Davies worked tirelessly to expose the News International phonehacking scandal, work for which he received this year's Guardian Paul Foot Award for investigative journalism

Marxism Festival 2012

http://www.marxismfestival.org.uk/

A 5 day annual festival of resistance hosted by the SWP from 5th - 9th July 2012. Over 200 meetings with speakers including David Harvey, Tariq Ali, Gary Younge, Nina Power, Owen Jones, Gigi Ibrahim, Hossam el-Hamalawy, Tony Benn and Nick Davies

Crisis and austerity have exposed the insanity of our global system. Billions have been given to banks while billions across the planet face hunger, poverty, climate catastrophes and war.

Despite unprecedented wealth and technology we are told capitalism can provide even less for us than before. But a world in crisis breeds an ideological crisis. Austerity has generated resistance. Millions are fighting back, questioning this crazy system and looking for alternatives.

Marxism 2012 will brought thousands of people together, from across the world, to discuss, debate and organise resistance.

http://www.marxismfestival.org.uk/

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[veronica mmipi]

this is quite enlightening. Definitely eye-opening and I quite like the way makes it easy to understand how we can be manipulated by the media,

[Gringo Loco]

This is pretty good - and very interesting - but the underlying point was made thoroughly in Manufacturing Consent by Chomsky - and also in a more specific fashion in the US by Al Franken (Lies and the lying liars who tell them), so not particularly new. But good nonetheless