Owen Jones Owen Jones: The hypocrisy of the Great Powers is on display
We should look in the mirror before condemning Russian expansionism
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Owen Jones
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- 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.
Owen Jones Owen Jones: Give us Spitting Image back! We're living in a satirical
Now we're living in a satirical deficit - and politicians are getting off the hook
Owen Jones Socialism’s critics look at Venezuela - We told you so
The democratic credentials of the post-Chavez government are being maligned
Owen Jones New phenomenon of self-unemployment needs investigation
A new phenomenon of self-unemployment needs investigation
Owen Jones Owen Jones: The drug we ignore that kills thousands every single year
This all-too silent pandemic urgently needs to be addressed, and that means dealing with the lack of funding for dealing with alcohol compared with other drugs
Owen Jones Owen Jones: My battle to stop demonising people on benefits
Another Monday, another rowdy TV ‘discussion’ in the wake of Benefits Street
Owen Jones Owen Jones: Tristram Hunt was bang out of order to cross a picket
Labour is savaged for being funded by the biggest democratic movement
Owen Jones Watch out, Northerners, the Ukip phenomenon is coming!
There is a chasm between Ukip leaders and their voters
Owen Jones The Hopkinsisation of political discourse is set to continue
Katie Hopkins's schtick is to repeat the mantra of mainstream politicians about people at the bottom of society, but with even fewer facts and more venom
Owen Jones Owen Jones's 'Agenda for Hope': We want a fairer society – and
Social and economic inequality blights Britain. Here's my nine-point manifesto for change
Owen Jones Sorry, David Blunkett – but Russell Brand has a point
Politics seems abstract, completely removed from everyday life
Owen Jones Owen Jones: A visit by the leader of Hungary’s poisonous Jobbik
This bigotry has clothed itself both as anti-capitalism and as anti-Communism
Owen Jones Michael McIntyre? Can’t we give a chat show to Paul O’Grady
He took on bigots dressed in drag as Lily Savage in the 1980s. Now the comedian is speaking up for the plight of people on benefits
Owen Jones Anachronistic and iniquitous, grammar schools are a blot on the
Where selection remains, it continues to be largely the preserve of the privileged
Owen Jones These deaths are tragedies, but they won’t stop me cycling in London
The need to make roads safer shouldn't put cyclists off them altogether
Owen Jones Why do private-sector zealots choose to ignore the countless ways
Free market capitalism is a con. The state is the backbone of modern British capitalism
Owen Jones Plebgate shows the police need reform
If this can happen to a privileged white Tory cabinet minister, what hope for a young black man in Brixton
Owen Jones Why do so many critics of those of us on the left assume we are
I’m not making personal attacks when I campaign for a fairer society
Owen Jones The Grangemouth dispute makes it clear who really runs the country
The crisis has become an opportunity for the rich to acquire more wealth and power
Owen Jones Rising energy costs: the bullies at the Big Six must be stood up to
It’s the story of modern capitalism: debt is nationalised and profits are privatised
Owen Jones Vicky Pryce will do fine. But there are so many other ex-cons who
Discussion has focused on the horror of middle-class people in jail