How too much medicine can kill you
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/01/drugs-pharma-doctors-patients

When markets fail, sometimes only the regulator’s axe will do
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/when-markets-fail-sometimes-only-the-regulator-s-axe-will-do-a6717186.html

The gathering financial storm is just one effect of corporate power unbound
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/03/financial-crisis-corporate-power-george-monbiot

George Osborne has reached the point where his cuts can no longer be denied or defended
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/02/osborne-austerity-cuts-tax-credit-cuts

The great reinvention of Manchester: ‘It’s far more pleasant than London’
http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/nov/03/the-great-reinvention-of-manchester-its-far-more-pleasant-than-london

Pentagon spent $43m on ‘world’s most expensive gas station’ in Afghanistan
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/02/afghanistan-gas-station-pentagon-natural-gas

Watchdog Accuses Pentagon of Evading Questions on $800 Million Afghanistan Program
https://www.propublica.org/article/watchdog-accuses-pentagon-evading-questions-800-million-afghanistan-program

EPA USED MONSANTO’S RESEARCH TO GIVE ROUNDUP A PASS
https://theintercept.com/2015/11/03/epa-used-monsanto-funded-research/

America’s labour market is not working
https://next.ft.com/content/4dcb5c58-818d-11e5-8095-ed1a37d1e096

The Most Militarized Universities in America: A VICE News Investigation
https://news.vice.com/article/the-most-militarized-universities-in-america-a-vice-news-investigation

Guilty as charged: Irish standup festival puts economics in the dock
http://www.theguardian.com/business/economics-blog/2015/nov/08/guilty-as-charged-kilkenomics-irish-standup-festival-puts-economics-in-dock

‘My Body Was Not Mine, but the U.S. Military’s’
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/11/sex-industry-military-bases-213311

Until it ends its war on drugs, Britain will keep going backwards
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/until-it-ends-its-war-on-drugs-britain-will-keep-going-backwards-a6726511.html

Labour’s postwar chancellor makes Corbynomics look Thatcherite – what can he teach us?
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/08/labours-postwar-chancellor-makes-corbynomics-look-thatcherite-what-can-he-teach-us

Housing is the next target in David Cameron’s dismantling of the welfare state
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/10/housing-target-david-cameron-dismantling-welfare-state

David Cameron hasn’t the faintest idea how deep his cuts go. This letter proves it
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/11/david-cameron-letter-cuts-oxfordshire

Free Trade Is Elites Betraying Their Own Populations
http://www.ianwelsh.net/free-trade-is-elties-betraying-their-own-populations/

2015 Hottest Year on Record So Far
http://www.climatecentral.org/gallery/graphics/2015-hottest-year-on-record-so-far

Never mind pointless apps – our best minds should be solving real problems
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/11/laundry-ninjas-free-market-science

Survey finds 41 per cent of young Jews would back sanctions against Israel to advance peace
http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/149128/survey-finds-41-cent-young-jews-would-back-sanctions-against-israel-advance-peac

Poll of British Jews finds widespread unease with Israel’s policies
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/12/poll-of-british-jews-finds-widespread-unease-with-israels-policies

How the Bushes Misunderstood Cheney
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-the-bushes-misunderstood-cheney

Terrorism Is Booming Almost Everywhere But in the United States
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/06/19/terrorism-is-booming-almost-everywhere-but-in-the-united-states-state-department-report/

Paris attacks: Middle East’s wars arrive in Europe
http://blogs.channel4.com/snowblog/paris-attacks-middle-easts-wars-arrive-europe/25934

Interview with Pierre Conesa: ‘We’ve declared war first in the Middle East’
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/interview-pierre-conesa-we-ve-declared-war-first-middle-east-1191917196

What if Labour’s pessimists are right
http://mainlymacro.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/what-if-labours-pessimists-are-right.html

City of London police economic crime inquiries fall
https://next.ft.com/content/7a0f9756-8b84-11e5-a549-b89a1dfede9b

We don’t need to sell handbags if we want decent healthcare
http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2015/11/16/we-dont-need-to-sell-handbags-if-we-want-decent-healthcare/

What would the world look like if we defeated Isis?
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/16/isis-military-france-paris-attacks-nato-article-5

Challenging the Myth of Chinese Land Grabs in Africa
http://www.chinafile.com/library/china-africa-project/challenging-myth-chinese-land-grabs-africa

Stock Prices of Weapons Manufacturers Soaring Since Paris Attack
https://theintercept.com/2015/11/16/stock-prices-of-weapons-manufacturers-soaring-since-paris-attack/

George Osborne’s latest wheeze leaves the taxpayer £125m worse off every year. Here’s why
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/economy/2015/11/george-osbornes-latest-wheeze-leaves-taxpayer-125m-worse-every-year-heres

If police have to make these cuts, what exactly should they stop doing?
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/17/britain-police-cuts-theresa-may

Israel to annex Golan Heights after ‘billion barrel’ oil find
http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_round_up/2986289/israel_to_annex_golan_heights_after_billion_barrel_oil_find.html

Mindless terrorists? The truth about Isis is much worse
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/15/terrorists-isis

Intelligence, not bombs, is the key in the fight against Isis
http://www.theguardian.com/news/defence-and-security-blog/2015/nov/17/intelligence-not-bombs-is-the-key-in-the-fight-against-isis

We accept that Russian bombs can provoke a terror backlash. Ours can too
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/17/russian-bombs-terror-vladimir-putin-syria-david-cameron

I was held hostage by Isis. They fear our unity more than our airstrikes
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/16/isis-bombs-hostage-syria-islamic-state-paris-attacks

Don’t Give ISIS What It Wants
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/11/16/dont-give-isis-what-it-wants-united-states-reaction/

Opaque military justice system shields child sex abuse cases
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/c7c2772ba05c4241a9bcebcf745d1c71/opaque-military-justice-system-shields-child-sex-abuse

Postcapitalism lecture: London School of Economics
https://medium.com/@paulmasonnews/postcapitalism-lecture-london-school-of-economics-580c68efef83

Shoot-to-kill won’t make us safe from terror – just sorry
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/18/shoot-to-kill-terror-fear-prejudice-jean-charles-de-menezes

Despite Atrocities, US Approves $1.29 Billion Deal To Re-Arm Saudi Arabia
http://www.mintpressnews.com/despite-atrocim-saudi-arabia/211418/

Mothers of ISIS
http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/mothers-of-isis/

Bernie Sanders just gave the most powerful speech of his campaign: Why his socialism address was a defining moment
http://www.salon.com/2015/11/20/bernie_sanders_just_gave_the_most_powerful_speech_of_his_campaign_why_his_socialism_address_was_a_defining_moment/

Turkey could cut off Islamic State’s supply lines. So why doesn’t it?
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/18/turkey-cut-islamic-state-supply-lines-erdogan-isis

Isis: In a borderless world, the days when we could fight foreign wars and be safe at home may be long gone
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-in-a-borderless-world-the-days-when-we-could-fight-foreign-wars-and-be-safe-at-home-may-be-long-a6741146.html

Osborne pays out for 138 stealth jets
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/Defence/article1636215.ece

Paris: The War ISIS Wants
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2015/nov/16/paris-attacks-isis-strategy-chaos/

The future’s at stake: the left must show it could create an iPad
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/23/socialism-innovation-ipad-john-mcdonnell

Why the UK’s Fiscal Charter is doomed to fail: An analysis of Austerity Economics during the First and the Second Cameron Governments
http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2015/11/23/why-the-uks-fiscal-charter-is-doomed-to-fail-an-analysis-of-austerity-economics-during-the-first-and-the-second-cameron-governments/

RAF accused over multi-billion pound Voyager contract
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18020809

Does Eleven Plus One Equal Sixty?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nick-turse/us-military-bases-in-africa_b_8582468.html

Caroline Lucas: The Prime Minister’s narrow focus risks our security
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2015/11/caroline-lucas-prime-ministers-narrow-focus-risks-our-security

PM should order inquiry into funding of jihadism, Paddy Ashdown says
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/nov/24/pm-should-order-inquiry-funding-jihadism-isis-paddy-ashdown

My five tests for backing military action in Syria
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/23/five-tests-military-action-syria-david-cameron-islamic-state

We’ll all pay for the huge mistakes we’re making in the UK housing market
http://uk.businessinsider.com/uk-interest-rates-rise-interest-only-mortgage-and-out-of-control-rent-will-kill-the-housing-market-2015-9

Which Labour MPs support Trident?
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/labour-mps-back-trident-20-6892038

We have not heard enough to justify a new war in Syria
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/for-cameron-read-blair-for-syria-read-iraq-a6745741.html

F-35 Too Expensive: US Air Force Might Buy 72 New F-15 or F-16 Fighter Jets
http://thediplomat.com/2015/11/f-35-too-expensive-us-air-force-might-buy-72-new-f-15-or-f-16-fighter-jets/

Defence shares rise as United Kingdom government outlines armed forces plan
http://rapidnewsnetwork.com/defence-shares-rise-as-united-kingdom-government-outlines-armed-forces-plan/305601/

Bibliometricians are really the curse of the age
http://labtimes.org/editorial/e_659.lasso

Consume more, conserve more: sorry, but we just can’t do both
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/24/consume-conserve-economic-growth-sustainability

Cameron doesn’t know what he’s doing so he shouldn’t go to war
http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/cameron-doesnt-know-what-hes-doing-so-he-shouldnt-go-war-1307233108

End of austerity? A silent crisis in local services tells the true story
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/26/end-austerity-local-services-osborne-council-cuts

Autumn statement: Osborne isn’t fixing the roof, he’s eroding the foundations
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/25/autumn-statement-osborne-deficit-fixes-eroding-economic-stability

Air strikes in Syria: David Cameron’s strategy can only repeat our mistakes in Iraq and Afghanistan
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/air-strikes-in-syria-david-cameron-strategy-can-only-repeat-our-mistakes-in-iraq-and-afghanistan-a6750601.html

U.S. working to keep up with surging weapons demand: Pentagon
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/25/us-usa-arms-idUSKBN0TE0B920151125

Do we really want the military spending our aid budget?
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/nov/25/do-we-really-want-the-military-spending-our-aid-budget

I know Isis fighters. Western bombs falling on Raqqa will fill them with joy
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/27/bomb-isis-west-learned-nothign-from-war-terror-defeat-muslim-world-equal-partner

Britain’s bloated defence spending is at odds with austerity
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/nov/24/britains-bloated-defence-spending-is-at-odds-with-austerity

War on Islamic State Brings $50 Billion Europe Defense Boost
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-24/war-on-islamic-state-brings-50-billion-european-defense-boost

The Facts About Terrorism
http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/the-facts-about-terrorism

Punish errant bankers – or we are doomed to repeat the past
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/punish-errant-bankers-or-we-are-doomed-to-repeat-the-past-a6752411.html

Factcheck: Media reacts to Prince Charles’s comments on Syria and climate change
http://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-media-reacts-to-prince-charles-comments-on-syria-and-climate-change

Syria air strikes debate: David Cameron warned that bombing Isis is a knee-jerk reaction to Paris attacks and would hit civilians
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/syria-air-strikes-debate-bombing-isis-is-a-knee-jerk-reaction-to-paris-attacks-and-would-hit-a6750246.html

RAF base may be legitimate target for Isis, says ex-Nato commander
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/nov/25/raf-base-may-be-legitimate-target-isis-ex-nato-commander

Cameron’s cunning plan for bombing Isis in Syria
https://next.ft.com/content/4d31c8bc-941c-11e5-b190-291e94b77c8f

Is Vladimir Putin right to label Turkey ‘accomplices of terrorists’?
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/24/vladimir-putin-turkey-isis-terrorists-warplane-analysis

Another ‘Dodgy Dossier’ for war
https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/timmon-wallis/another-dodgy-dossier-for-war

Islamic State’s Plan, and the West’s Trap
http://oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/publications/briefing_papers_and_reports/islamic_state’s_plan_and_west’s_trap

Labour Cannot Risk Being Tarred as a Party of Illegal and Irrational War Once Again
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/len-mccluskey/labour-syria-bombing-vote_b_8676026.html

Jeremy Corbyn is delivering a message Labour lost long ago
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/02/jeremy-corbyn-labour-party-austerity

Why Degrowth has out-grown its own name
https://oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/why-degrowth-has-out-grown-its-own-name-guest-post-by-kate-raworth/

A Raqqa of the Mind
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v37/n24/james-meek/a-raqqa-of-the-mind

With US help, Saudi Arabia is obliterating Yemen
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6696395/2015/11/30/yemen-conflict-saudi-arabia-airstrikes-war-crimes-united-states

Bombing Hasn’t Worked. Bombing Won’t Work. And Yet, We Will Bomb
http://www.thenation.com/article/bombs-over-brains/

We need to be shocked into action about why wealth still dictates life expectancy
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/30/we-need-to-be-shocked-into-action-about-why-wealth-still-dictates-life-expectancy

Thomas Piketty might have the most controversial theory for what’s behind the rise of ISIS
http://uk.businessinsider.com/thomas-piketty-might-have-the-most-controversial-theory-for-whats-behind-the-rise-of-isis-2015-11

Drones and the 2015 SDSR
http://dronewars.net/2015/11/24/drones-and-the-2015-sdsr/

Does ISIS Direct Attacks or Inspire Them?—And Why That Matters
https://reason.com/blog/2015/11/17/does-isis-control-attacks-or-inspire-the

The Record U.S. Military Budget
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nicolas-j-s-davies/the-record-us-military-bu_b_8227820.html

Ministers ‘are hiding details of £2bn NHS cash crisis’
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/oct/03/ministers-hiding-details-nhs-cash-crisis

Thanks to Corbyn the country can now, at last, properly debate issues like Trident
http://tomdlondon.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/thanks-to-corbyn-country-can-now-at.html
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