Alexander Billet reviews the Clash: Live at Shea Stadium. Whilst it may be a cynical profit-making move by Sony, the album nonetheless captures the tensions felt by a band which challenged the very capitalist system which they were able to use to achieve so much success.

Jeremy Gilbert argues that the left must not ask “what policies should government enact?” but rather should consider how alternative sources of power can be built up to challenge the dominance of financial institutions. Only with such sources of power intact can progressive policies be implemented.

Iain Dalton reports on the outbreak of cryptosporidium in the Gwynedd and Anglesey water supplies and argues that the cutbacks in maintenance and investment since the 1980’s are to blame.

What lies behind the recent spate of teenage killings? The Independent Working Class Association suggests that economic inequality and an ‘emotionally pathologising version of neo-liberalism’ are to blame.

Ron Jacobs looks back at the Thatcher era through the prism of David Peace’s novel GB84

The last three decades have seen a new type of capitalism, characterised by the pursuit of insecurity and a fragmentation of the institution of work. A new socialist politics can only be successful if it recognises the interdependence of individuals argues Jonathan Rutherford .