Dominic Davies: Capital, A Portrait of Twenty-First Century Delhi (Review)
Rana Dasgupta (2014), Capital, A Portrait of Twenty-First Century Delhi, 1st edition, Canongate Books, Edinburgh, 512pp. In the last few years, anglophone writing about India has turned, with astonishing frequency, to a new and highly readable genre. Acclaimed historian and writer
Dominic Davies: Capital, A Portrait of Twenty-First Century Delhi (Review)
Rana Dasgupta (2014), Capital, A Portrait of Twenty-First Century Delhi, 1st edition, Canongate Books, Edinburgh, 512pp. In the last few years, anglophone writing about India has turned, with astonishing frequency, to a new and highly readable genre. Acclaimed historian and writer
Corporate Taxation to Reduce Inequality
A Toy Model and Its Implications Historically, various controversial tax systems have been imposed to reduce inequality, from the Roman effort in the third century B.C. to limit the personal wealth of individuals, to David Lloyd’s George’s ‘People’s Budget’, announced
Corporate Taxation to Reduce Inequality
A Toy Model and Its Implications Historically, various controversial tax systems have been imposed to reduce inequality, from the Roman effort in the third century B.C. to limit the personal wealth of individuals, to David Lloyd’s George’s ‘People’s Budget’, announced
OLR Issue 13
In this issue: Editorial The Problem with Science by Will Searby Science’s Racism by Gulzaar Barn Eugenics and the Left by Ellasaid Woodhouse In Defence of Science by Ben Krishna Pharmageddon by Alexander Breton The Politics of Wikileaks by Kate Bradley Technology of the Avant-Garde
OLR Issue 13
In this issue: Editorial The Problem with Science by Will Searby Science’s Racism by Gulzaar Barn Eugenics and the Left by Ellasaid Woodhouse In Defence of Science by Ben Krishna Pharmageddon by Alexander Breton The Politics of Wikileaks by Kate Bradley Technology of the Avant-Garde
The Shifting Ground of Christopher Hitchens
In his account of the attacks on the World Trade Centre, British-Pakistani Journalist Tariq Ali, a former comrade and admirer of Christopher Hitchens, expressed his newfound disillusionment: “On 11 September 2001, a small group of terrorists crashed the planes they
The Shifting Ground of Christopher Hitchens
In his account of the attacks on the World Trade Centre, British-Pakistani Journalist Tariq Ali, a former comrade and admirer of Christopher Hitchens, expressed his newfound disillusionment: “On 11 September 2001, a small group of terrorists crashed the planes they
Replicating Prejudice in the LGBT Community
Take Up The Gay Man’s Burden Insofar as the left seeks to dismantle a network of privileges accrued by certain social groups, the LGBTQ community is usually assumed to be firmly on side. At Oxford, where the radical left can
Replicating Prejudice in the LGBT Community
Take Up The Gay Man’s Burden Insofar as the left seeks to dismantle a network of privileges accrued by certain social groups, the LGBTQ community is usually assumed to be firmly on side. At Oxford, where the radical left can
OLR Issue 12
The twelfth issue of the Oxford Left Review, with a focus on issues around intersectionality. Articles include A Round Table on ‘White Feminism’, and ‘Commodified Cultures: The Effect of Cultural Appropriation on
Successful Cultural Exchange’
OLR Issue 12
The twelfth issue of the Oxford Left Review, with a focus on issues around intersectionality. Articles include A Round Table on ‘White Feminism’, and ‘Commodified Cultures: The Effect of Cultural Appropriation on
Successful Cultural Exchange’
PPE (People’s Political Economy): A Community Education Project
In the summer of 2012, four academics/activists – Neil Howard, James Sevitt, James Morrissey, and myself – came together to try to establish a community education project in Oxford.
PPE (People’s Political Economy): A Community Education Project
In the summer of 2012, four academics/activists – Neil Howard, James Sevitt, James Morrissey, and myself – came together to try to establish a community education project in Oxford.
Left-wing Belief As We Age
We’ve all heard some clever variation of the saying: “if you’re not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you’re not a conservative at forty you have no brain.” Some people substitute ‘socialist’ for ‘liberal’ and ‘capitalist’ for
Left-wing Belief As We Age
We’ve all heard some clever variation of the saying: “if you’re not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you’re not a conservative at forty you have no brain.” Some people substitute ‘socialist’ for ‘liberal’ and ‘capitalist’ for
OLR Issue 11
In This Issue: Editorial Art and Revolution in Bolivia by Olivia Arigho-Stiles Sex, Class and Pearls by Miriam Goodall The Art of Resistance: Signal Journal by Alec Dunn Life Lessons from Byron? by Thomas Clarke A Poem for Iran by
OLR Issue 11
In This Issue: Editorial Art and Revolution in Bolivia by Olivia Arigho-Stiles Sex, Class and Pearls by Miriam Goodall The Art of Resistance: Signal Journal by Alec Dunn Life Lessons from Byron? by Thomas Clarke A Poem for Iran by
The suspension of democracy in its birth place: on the dissolution of the Greek public broadcaster, ERT
The first time in EU history a government shuts down a state broadcaster.
The suspension of democracy in its birth place: on the dissolution of the Greek public broadcaster, ERT
The first time in EU history a government shuts down a state broadcaster.
OLR Issue 10
In This Issue: Editorial The Working Class in Britain Today by Jamie Woodcock In Defence of the Living Wage by Callum Macrae Work in the 21st Century University by Søren Goard The Individual Contribution by Ross Speer The European Crisis by Ed Rooksby Greece in
OLR Issue 10
In This Issue: Editorial The Working Class in Britain Today by Jamie Woodcock In Defence of the Living Wage by Callum Macrae Work in the 21st Century University by Søren Goard The Individual Contribution by Ross Speer The European Crisis by Ed Rooksby Greece in
OLR Issue 9
In This Issue: Editorial: Student Power Myth, Memory, and Millbank by Matt Myers The NUS and the Left by Jamie Woodcock The Repression of the Québécois Student Movement by Charles Carrier-Plante The Emergence and Growth of ‘Free Universities’ in the
OLR Issue 9
In This Issue: Editorial: Student Power Myth, Memory, and Millbank by Matt Myers The NUS and the Left by Jamie Woodcock The Repression of the Québécois Student Movement by Charles Carrier-Plante The Emergence and Growth of ‘Free Universities’ in the
The Oxford Left Review 