Owen Jones
Owen Jones is a columnist for The Independent. He was born in Sheffield and grew up in Stockport. After graduating, he worked as a trade union and parliamentary researcher. His first book, 'Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class', was published in June 2011. He is currently working on his second book, on the British Establishment, for Penguin.
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I know it’s the summer holidays, Ed, but what is Labour’s message?
04 August 2013 05:15 PM
The failure to hammer home clear views has let the Tories set the terms of debate
Cleared of aiding the enemy, Bradley Manning still faces a lifetime in jail. The very least we owe this heroic man is a debate on US foreign policy
30 July 2013 07:11 PM
Manning revealed the sordid realities of war that the armchair warriors want sanitised
Trolls, Caroline Criado-Perez, and how to tackle the dark side of Twitter
28 July 2013 05:43 PM
The site should make it easier for users to report rape and death threats
The British Library: For aspiring misanthropes, it’s a ripe hunting ground
26 July 2013 06:54 PM
From students to shouters, the library offers a space like no other
Owen Jones: Cruel? Certainly. Unforgivable? Beyond doubt. But the Tories aren't actually evil
22 July 2013 12:00 AM
It would be easy to imagine a cabal of upper-class sadomasochists, plotting ever more devious ways to hunt children on council estates like foxes. But it misses the point
Owen Jones: For Tories, privatisation is still a matter of dogmatic faith
15 July 2013 12:00 AM
The breadth of opposition to Royal Mail privatisation is hardly surprising. Britons have endured a three-decade-long experiment of selling off our utilities and public services
This attack on Labour’s union links must not succeed
07 July 2013 07:57 PM
These union-bashers are beholden to private interests, and want Labour to be, too
What's killing Labour? A thousand failures to oppose the cuts
30 June 2013 07:46 PM
The party has not so much missed open goals as fled in the opposite direction
When anti-gay bigotry is just another lock on the closet
23 June 2013 07:33 PM
Is it surprising that those obsessed with gay sex may have a fondness for men?
The best way to fight the EDL's anti-Muslim bigotry is by showing solidarity on the streets
16 June 2013 07:16 PM
This racist group has been treated with a certain amount of indulgence by Britain's mainstream media. We need to drown them out
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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