Britain Could Be the First Domino in a Left-Wing Revolution

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Dec 10, 2019 Under Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn, the U.K. could lead the way toward a global transformation just when it’s most needed. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

North Korea Said to Have Stolen a Fortune in Online Bank Heists

MATTHEW PENNINGTON / The Associated Press Oct 3, 2018 The nation's nuclear and missile tests have stopped, but its hacking operations to gather intelligence and raise funds for the sanction-strapped government in Pyongyang may be gathering steam. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Take Heart, Progressives: Theresa May Is Putting a Nail in the Coffin of the U.K. Right Wing

By Natasha Hakimi Zapata Jun 12, 2017 As Bernie Sanders framed it in his congratulatory message to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn after Thursday’s snap election, the war against “austerity and inequality” is only beginning. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

National Security Agency Tools, Built Despite Warnings, Used in Global Cyber Attack

By Nadia Prupis / Common Dreams May 13, 2017 Disruptions have been reported in at least 74 countries, including Russia, Spain, Turkey and Japan, with some reports of U.S. infiltration as well. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Malnutrition and ‘Victorian’ Diseases Are Soaring in England ‘Due to Food Poverty and Cuts’

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Oct 28, 2015 Cases of malnutrition have doubled and other "Victorian" diseases are soaring in the U.K., in what campaigners say is a direct result of Tory government austerity measures. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Five More Years of Tory Government: What Fresh Hell Is This?

Roisin Davis / Truthdig May 9, 2015 Now free to pursue a radical agenda, David Cameron will lead Britain even further down the murky path of austerity, privatization, increased surveillance and jingoism. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

British M.D.: Privatization Compromises the Quality of Health Care

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 9, 2015 A year spent working as a doctor in India taught Hannah Fox “how a publicly funded healthcare system creates an optimal environment for ethical decision-making,” especially in end-of-life care. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.S. Companies Are Leading Bidders in British Health Service Sell-Off

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 19, 2015 Cancer and end-of-life services relied on by some 3.8 million beneficiaries of the British National Health Service may be sold off to private U.S. health care companies that will be free to restructure the services along lines of profitability rather than quality of care. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A 91-Year-Old Man Gives Incredibly Moving Speech on the Importance of Universal Health Care

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Sep 24, 2014 Speaking at the United Kingdom's Labour Party conference Wednesday in what seems like poetic verse, the nearly century-old Harry Smith recalls his youth in the tenements of England, the "desperation of poverty" and the horrors of life before the National Health Service was implemented, all of which inspired him to vote for the first time. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

British PM Cameron Enabling Wall Street’s Takeover of National Health Service

Staff / Truthdig Jul 19, 2014 The U.K.’s cherished public health service is in danger of being sold off to private corporations via a trade deal that would create a single market between the European Union and the United States and open future British governments to massive lawsuits in international courts should they attempt to reverse the decision. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Goodbye to the U.K.’s National Health Service?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 10, 2014 Britain may not have the world's model medical service for long. NHS official Kailash Chand predicts the inexpensive and efficient nationalized system could be replaced by a largely privatized version involving worse "access, equity, health outcomes and cost" within five years. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

British Health Workers Feel the Pain

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 18, 2012 Amid a $31-billion budget crisis, thousands of British doctors and nurses will lose their jobs unless they agree to accept lower salaries, longer working hours and other conditions, according to a leaked document obtained by The Sunday Times. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )