"All it will take for the BNP to win seats at the European Parliament," writes Andrew Gibson, "is for them to mobilise (already happening) and for UKIP to do less well (likely). In a sense, the d'Hondt voting system is too democratic. By compromising with minority parties, it gives the oxygen of publicity to fascists."
It is now a common assumption that Labour is in a state of collapse. Yet there are those, like as the influential pressure group Compass, who think it can be saved. Gavin Hayes, its General Secretary, spoke to Musab Younis about the super rich, Thatcher and revolution.
Musab Younis Michael Albert is a renowned activist, speaker and writer who was elected President of the MIT student body during the 1960s, and expelled for his vocal and direct anti-war activism. He is the co-founder of ZNet, an independent media centre which incorporates the successful, ad-free magazine ZMag. Albert is perhaps best-known for his […]