Articles relevant to external actions, both past and planned, by The Cambridge Commons
Mark Page, 2015 Feb 25 Send in the clowns I think I like Russell Brand (without knowing him personally of course). I didn’t much like the juvenile prank played on Andrew Sachs (after all I am a huge Fawlty Towers fan) but, on the other hand, I watched with glee as someone, with both celebrity …
Mark Page, 2015 Feb 18 In Britain today, justice is increasingly only available to the rich due to the slashing of legal aid and drastic cuts to the funding of advice services. The Relay for Rights aims to highlight the hypocrisy of the government’s Global Law Summit, celebrating the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta …
Henry Tam, 2015 Jan 24 In the run-up to the general elections, a new series of day schools on the theme of “Politics: What is it Good For?” will be rolled out from February 2015 to the end of April 2015. These have been organised to engage members of the public in taking a fresh …
Mark Page, 2015 Jan 31 In a previous article, we looked at how the NHS was, in all but brand name, effectively de-nationalised by the British government in 2010: How the NHS was Sold Off. The NHS is an extraordinarily successful organisation. It is famous the world over as the poster-girl for nationalised public services …
Mark Page, 2015 Jan 22 The forthcoming election is a rare tipping-point opportunity to change what gets said and done about inequality by people in power – and we need to make the most of it. You can give your help to the Equality Trust here. You can also take our survey, attend our hustings …
Launched 2015 Jan 21 We would like to know more about the voting preference of our website readers for the General Election in May. Most of our readers are likely to vote in a progressive fashion but voting motives are complex and choosing your candidate seems more challenging than ever. [xyz-ips snippet=”tcc-polls-1″]
Stuart Weir, 2015 Jan 19 The Cambridge Commons Hustings 16th April 2015, 7.30pm – 10.00pm Friends Meeting House 12 Jesus Lane Cambridge CB5 8BA View map Do you know how you will vote in May? Do you know what the individual party candidates stand for? This is an opportunity to interrogate candidates on their principles …
Stuart Weir, 2015 Jan 19 We are combining with Unlock Democracy, the national organisation for democratic change, to hold a major conference in March on the state of democracy in Britain. We will publish the date and location as soon as they are confirmed. 800th anniversary celebrations of Magna Carta seem a self-congratulatory and complacent …
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Stuart Weir, 2015 Jan 19 We are preparing a Fairness Review of Cambridge to complement Cambridge City Council’s anti-poverty strategy. A small team has written a first draft which is now being revised. The review rejects the common assumption that Cambridge is both economically and socially successful. It argues that there are at least two …
Mark Page, 2015 Jan 12 The chairperson of the government’s committee for public money matters is encouraging us to punish those sordid little tax dodgers Starbucks by boycotting them. Amen to that! If you would like to suggest other cynical anti-social corporations that we might boycott, send a letter to the editor.