ON A bright June day in Liverpool in 1977, hundreds of trade unionists
and socialists took part in a march to rally at the final resting place
of Robert Noonan - known more popularly as Robert Tressell, author of
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists.
Plutocrats wield power and influence by virtue of their wealth. The
ultra-free-market, globalised capitalism of recent years has produced a
new breed of super-rich plutocrats.