Veteran socialist firebrand Tony Benn used to observe that at left-wing demos people would wear badges against the bomb, badges against low pay and badges against racism. “But when will people start wearing badges against capitalism?” he asked. By the start of this century, more and more people across the globe were prepared to define themselves as ‘anti-capitalist’.
When you hear that the Big Six UK providers of gas and electricity saw their profit margins soar by 733 per cent in the last 4 months, surely a little moan is justified.? :P
