Capitalism's Conscience

Des Freedman is Professor of Media and Communication Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London and an editor of the journal Global Media and Communication. He is the co-editor of The Assault on Universities (Pluto, 2011), and author of The Politics of Media Policy (Polity, 2008), Television Policies of the Labour Party (Routledge, 2003) and War and the Media (Sage, 2003).

'A lively and well-researched history and critique of Britain's best newspaper, exposing the ideological contradictions and editorial tensions which generally keep the 'Guardian' allied to a soft liberalism but shies away from radical or socialist answers to capitalism's recurring crises'

• List of Figures and Tables Introduction: ‘Just the Establishment’? - Des Freedman1. In the Wake of Peterloo? A Radical Account of the Founding of the Guardian - Des Freedman2. The Political Economy of the Guardian - Aaron Ackerley3. Reflections from an Editor-at-large - Gary Younge4. Radical Moments at the Guardian - Victoria Brittain5. The Guardian and the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict - Ghada Karmi6. The Guardian and Latin America: Pink Tides and Yellow Journalism - Alan MacLeod7. The Origins of the Guardian Women’s Page - Hannah Hamad8. Trans Exclusionary Radical Centrism: The Guardian, Neoliberal Feminism and the Corbyn Years - Mareile Pfannebecker and Jilly Boyce Kay9. The Guardian and Surveillance - Matt Kennard and Mark Curtis10. Corruption in the Fourth Estate: How the Guardian Exposed Phone Hacking and Reneged on Reform of Press Regulation - Natalie Fenton11. The Guardian and Corbynism and Antisemitism - Justin Schlosberg12. Guardian Journalists and Twitter Circles - Tom Mills13. The Guardian and the Economy - Mike Berry14. The Guardian and Brexit - Mike Wayne15. ‘I’m not “racist” but’: Liberalism, Populism and Euphemisation in the Guardian - Katy Brown, Aurelien Monden and Aaron WinterNotes on Contributors Index