links for 2009-01-22

22nd January 2009 — Filed under: Web links

Banks think they are getting a hard time in the media

And quite right too

(tags: banks)
Amnesty Blogs: 30 years of Amnesty trade union solidarity

New blog from Shane Enright at Amnesty International UK, exploring trade union human rights issues and activism around the world.

(tags: amnesty tradeunions humanrights)
Dave Osler asks why left wing publications are so dull
Academies and the new stalinism

Matthew Taylor discovers a fundamental problem with academies.