“I would have quit this job months ago, but I’d be sanctioned by the Jobcentre”. That’s what one friend told me after working unpaid overtime every evening that week, on low pay that barely covered bills and rent. It’s a dilemma faced by everyone working in unsafe or illegal conditions. If you are fired then
Tag: Unemployment
Feed the World? The Myth of Food Scarcity and the Evil of Profit Starvation
Thirty years after the original release of Band Aid’s ‘Do they Know It’s Christmas Time’, poverty and famine still continues to reduce the quality of life within over-exploited countries globally. What’s most offensive about white saviourdom in the context of these feel good sing-alongs is the lack of critical analysis that is necessary to understand