Piers Mostyn

9 articles attributed to this name

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5 August 2015 · Piers Mostyn
“One Nation” blues
Piers Mostyn Much has been made of the Tories unexpected victory in the May 2015 election. But the real story was Labour’s defeat, with its failure to capitalise on the widespread hostility …
2 November 2014 · Piers Mostyn · 1 comment
Why is the British state so undemocratic?
The massive surge in support for Scottish independence in the recent referendum was motivated more by democratic than nationalist sentiment writes Piers Mostyn . It was an expression of long…
15 June 2013 · Piers Mostyn · 22 comments
The night before the Dawn: historical roots of Greek fascism
image no longer in the archive Nationalism; xenophobia, racism and anti-Semitism. Last year’s dramatic elections in Greece were marked by a significant political polarisation writes Piers Mo…
15 January 2013 · Piers Mostyn · 2 comments
Gun-control in the United States: a coded debate about racism
The shooting of 20 six and seven year olds and four of their teachers at a primary school in Newton, Connecticut by a lone gun man sent shock waves around the world writes Piers Mostyn. To r…
24 April 2012 · Piers Mostyn · 2 comments
Leveson: dirty linen washed – but what chance of change?
A veritable industry has arisen from “hackgate” – the ongoing phone hacking scandal centring on Murdoch-owned media interests - with at least six judicial, police and parliamentary inquiries…
29 January 2012 · Piers Mostyn · 2 comments
Community marches against school privatisation
Piers Mostyn reports on a very successful demonstration against the government's bid to forcefully privatise four local primary schools against the opposition of teachers, parents and govern…
14 July 2011 · Piers Mostyn · 7 comments
News Corporation: crime, corruption and class rule
On Sunday, that bastion of scandal-mongering populist reaction, the News of the World (NOTW), departed this earth writes Piers Mostyn . It was the country’s biggest selling Sunday paper and …
6 June 2009 · Piers Mostyn
Policing in 2009: all change?
On BBC 2’s Question Time at the end of April, right wing historian and media pundit David Starkey raged against British police. He complained about their increasingly paramilitary style and …
24 May 2008 · Piers Mostyn
The Nakhba sixty years on – no cause for celebration
Piers Mostyn looks at the bloody truth behind the creation of the Israeli State and its legacy of war, racism, ecological devestation, national oppression and poverty. This article will be i…