Harlem versus ‘Manhattanville’

Yesterdays Guardian offered a rare insight into the class war across the water, and in particular the expansionist activities of Columbia University into Harlem.

This quote gives a flavour of the issues “I have seen the university systematically erode diversity by driving out people of colour and the poor, and replace it with a aterile [...]

Proof The Hereditary Principle Does Not Work

Only those with strong stomachs could risk reading Sundays interview with Emily Benn in The Sunday Times.
After several days milk of magnesia, Bash the Rich is now able to reprint some quotes from the piece that is guaranteed to make even those with the strongest constitutions feel bilious.
“So many people my age aren’t [...]

The Housing Trap

Monday 5th November sees Dispatches taking a look at the issues around house prices and the property ‘boom’.
The programme is at 8pm on Channel 4, and promises to tackle the issue of whether a generation now exists that will never be able to afford their own homes.

Feedback From The Bash The Rich March

Hello to everyone who was out and about in Notting Hill yesterday!
Ratgher than repeating what others have already written, we’ll give you two reports on the events. Here’s comment from Ian Bone’s blog, and this is comment from the Class War newswire.
You can add your own feedback, using the comments section of this site. [...]