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AuthorbyMichael Wayne PlantNovember 14, 2015

Politics and Photgraphy

Here is a thought that for me won’t go away. If I follow my thoughts on politics, I end up on the left of contemporary debates by political parties, which is were I believe most people end up being. Yet, if we listen to the media talk and look at what has happened in both UK …

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Posted in Documentary, Economics, Inspiration, Politics, Random thoughtsTagged Development of ideas as a photographer, photography and ethics

AuthorbyMichael Wayne PlantJuly 25, 2014

The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class with Elizabeth Warren

The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class with Elizabeth Warren on YouTube. A very interesting if long video of the crisis that is confronting the middle class within American and by extension our society as it struggles to reconcile the problems of lowering incomes, increasing debt and rising housing costs. On top of that it also …

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Posted in Economics, Politics

AuthorbyMichael Wayne PlantJanuary 27, 2014

Why its Kicking of Everywhere review

Why its Kicking of Everywhere: The New Global Revolutions by Paul Mason.  I have just finished reading this book from cover to cover and often these days I do not do that as I have got to the point that I seem to know what is being said from reading other sources (books). The subject area …

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Posted in Economics, PoliticsTagged Paul Mason, Why It's Kicking of Everywhere

AuthorbyMichael Wayne PlantJanuary 2, 2014

Living wage its importance

Living Wage, why is it important? Why do employers not want to pay a living wage, when it would lead to happier workforces, less retention problems with staff and more money in people’s pockets that would help with with rebalancing the economy and a chance to let the economy recover leading to better social outcomes for …

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Posted in Economics, PoliticsTagged Living Wage

AuthorbyMichael Wayne PlantDecember 13, 2013

Inequality for All features Robert Reich

 Inequality for All features Robert Reich. This is a film that I would like to get to see. As it talks about things that I have been reading about for quite some time now. This documentary film explores the subjects that I as a social documentary photographer are interested in following.

Posted in Documentary, Inspiration, Photography, PoliticsTagged Inequality for All, Robert Reich

AuthorbyMichael Wayne PlantDecember 8, 2013

Current stage of British Capitalism

Capitalism where is it at now? What is it doing for you lately? When I read the newspapers, I feel that I live in a parallel universe to what I see when I am walking the streets of London or when I am at work talking to students about their experiences of life as it is …

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Posted in Economics, PoliticsTagged Capitalism, Osbourne and Cameron

AuthorbyMichael Wayne PlantSeptember 8, 2013

Observer Editorial discusses Inequality

Observer Editorial discusses Inequality We need to start doing something about inequality as it is doing it best to damage our society. today the Observer newspaper has a good editorial on this subject that is worth reading. To read this Observer Editorial called “Give the workers a fair deal” follow the link here. Why can’t we …

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Posted in Economics, Politics

AuthorbyMichael Wayne PlantSeptember 2, 2013
We can’t go on like this by Serge Halimi

We can’t go on like this by Serge Halimi at Le Monde Diplomatique

We can’t go on like this by Serge Halimi Read this it is rather long and it is interesting discussing how politics and change can happen and get thwarted without organisation that is what has happened in Egypt and in Syria. Change has been hijacked by those able to and interested in pushing their own agenda …

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Posted in Economics, PoliticsTagged Le Monde Diplomatique, Serge Halimi, We can’t go on like this

AuthorbyMichael Wayne PlantAugust 31, 2013

Richard Wilkinson: How economic inequality harms societies, TED Talk

Richard Wilkinson: How economic inequality harms societies. I read the book The Spirt Level by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett (Amazon UK link) and would recommend it to everyone, however if you don’t want to read the book, then at least watch this video.

Posted in Economics, PoliticsTagged Kate Pickett, Richard Wilkinson, The Spirt Level

AuthorbyMichael Wayne PlantAugust 21, 2013

website and direction

I have finally made up my mind on what I want to concentrate on with my photography. I had a discussion with a student not so long ago about direction and found myself asking to her, what was it that she read when she went surfing on the internet, what was it that when, she had …

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Posted in Economics, Photography, Politics, WebsiteTagged economics, neoliberal era, politics

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