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Politics of press freedom

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Rather than relying on bureaucratic solutions, argues James Turley, the left needs a dynamic approach to the media (first published in the Weekly Worker) Prior to the outrage in Norway, the news agenda had been dominated by the phone-hacking scandal, and the chaos into which it pitched the entire establishment. The left press was no exception. The ...

Look to our own strength

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Michael Copestake demands the break up of Murdoch's media empire (first published in the Weekly Worker) The continuing turmoil around News International and the phone-hacking scandal has brought into sharp relief the attitudes of the different sections of the labour movement to the media - as things stand, they are machines for making money, tools for ...