Greg Harris

  • Capitalism's US$1 trillion tech-wreck

    Most people in the world don't have access to a phone. But if they did, and if they spoke 24 hours a day for the whole year, all those conversations could be carried over the world's telephone cables in a few hours. This gives an

  • BRITAIN: Breakdown leads to new electoral alternative

    BY GREG HARRIS & MARGARET ALLUM With Westminster elections likely to be called for May 3, Tony Blair's British Labour Party appears to be reaching the limits of government by image management. Leaving aside questions of ministerial competence and

  • SCOTLAND: Socialists to contest all Scottish seats

    GLASGOW — The third annual conference of the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) held here February 10-11 adopted an ambitious program of activities for the coming months. Key among these were a decision to contest all of Scotland's 72

  • Networker: Personal and insecure

    Personal and insecureBluetooth is the new buzz word in the network world. This is a standard endorsed by dozens of the world's largest computer corporations. It allows two computerised devices near each other to

  • Networker: Money for nothing

    You used to hear, "I had this friend who won umpteen hundred thousand dollars for almost nothing in a lottery syndicate". In the past year it has more likely been, "I had this friend who got involved in an internet company and made

  • Networker: M-commerce

    Networker: M-commerceForget e-commerce, now it's "m-commerce". In case you missed it, e-commerce is the ability to buy and sell things electronically, usually over the internet. It is divided into separate categories. "B2B" is

  • ENGLAND: Blair stumbles in mayoral grab

    ENGLAND: Blair stumbles in mayoral grabLONDON — Following a monumental effort to pre-select the least winnable candidate for London's new mayoral office, the British Labour Party continues to stumble towards defeat in the May 4

  • Broad support for Scottish socialists

    Broad support for Scottish socialistsEDINBURGH — The last weekend of February was the British Labour Party's 100th anniversary. On the same weekend, the young Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) held its second annual conference in

  • Old tricks from British Labour

    Old tricks from British LabourLONDON — Tony Blair's Labour Party is under fire for a particularly crude manipulation of the selection process for its London mayoral candidate. Candidate Ken Livingstone was defeated despite