Privatisation has taken on strange new forms, but is still very much with us. The results? Poor conditions and poorer service. John Harris reports

The market ideology works to separate people on a competition basis, and our task is to bring people together and build alliances to defend their interests, says Susan George

We must avoid adopting an ill-conceived charter that places too much faith in the market and a US-led Nato, argues Susan George.

Naomi Klein once again provides us with an engaging and easy to read account of the rise and rise of neoliberalism. However, her limited historical and analytical scope left Becca Fisher disappointed.

Steve McGiffen considers the erosion of democracy, as more and more questions are predetermined by unelected officials in Brussels.

Every effort has been made during the past 20 years to discredit socialism as outdated and irrelevant. No other ideology has been subject to such an onslaught. But socialism remains the only alternative ideology that can challenge capitalism effectively and offer humanity a future. Nick Toms reports.