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What is NATO, anyway? The reality of the
The following is a statement by March Forward! which took part in the protests against NATO in Chicago on Saturday 19th May.
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Alternative living, not just a green gap year
Miles Caston explores an alternative 'Gap Year' idea for those wanting to differ from the norm. WWOOF lets you contribute to a local community abroad and help the environment through maintaining sustainable ways of living ... [read more]
Do not be fooled by India's media love affair with Hillary Clinton
You always know when a high-ranking US politician is in India. Much of the media turns sycophant. It happened when Obama visited in 2010, and it occurred again as Hillary Clinton recently touched down in Kolkata but despite the media spin, India is not engaged in any form of bilateralism with the US, says Colin Todhunter. ... [read more]
Obama’s Afghan Pledge is Grossly Misleading
As the US President hints at a withdrawal from Afghanistan, R.M. Harrison wonders whether he has taken heed of the old saying “those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it”. ... [read more]
Empire of Capital
A one-sided justice sees weaker states punished as rich nations and giant corporations project their power across the world, says George Monbiot.... [read more]
You are all suspects now. What are you going to do about it?
John Pilger describes the politicising of the law in western democracies and the emergence of increasingly draconian police powers: the corollary of a contrived state of 'permanent war'. Why should this be accepted?... [read more]
The state of Alternative comedy
This year Britain’s king of alternative comedy, Billy Connolly, hits 70-years-old. Still alive and kicking. But is the notion of alternative comedy dead asks Miles Caston.... [read more]
An Olympian Inspiration
With the Olympic Games and Paralympics only months away, Hussein Al-Alak introduces some of the key competitors of the Paralympics... [read more]
The Acceptable Face of Violence
The recent claims about India’s poverty having fallen by around seven per cent provided a stark reminder of the violent times we live in, writes Colin Todhunter.... [read more]
The great 'American' nightmare
Whilst some have gained much from India's economic boom, many have also lost out from the 'Americanisation of India'. Colin Todhunter discusses.... [read more]
Costly ‘Freedom’ in Afghanistan: On Morbid Wars and Logic
The Afghans are a proud people with a long and formidable history of resistance to foreign occupation. The fact that they have always prevailed, however, should not distract from the horror they still routinely experience, writes Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
Straight to the heart
Gay marriage: 'oh dear, oh lor’, how did this become the issue of the hour? The world appears to have divided itself into two camps and I find myself in neither'- journalist and writer W Steven Gilbert shares his thoughts... [read more]
What's behind Kony 2012?
Eugene Puryear describes some of the hidden motivations to bringing Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, to justice... [read more]
Trashy beauty queens and the men who rule the world
In 1864, Abraham Lincoln wrote a letter that predicted where the US was heading - the world he warned about is the world we now have as bankers control the money supply having the power to make or break nations. Colin Todhunter explains
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Expectation, Myth & Disappointment
In her latest article, outRageous! explains how the world-wide political agenda is peeing its pants in anticipation of agents of change.... [read more]
Digital Gods and Monsters
Our world view is in danger of being dictated by the digital gods. Bryan Taylor reports on how Google and the social media we revel in are moulding themselves around us.... [read more]
A Manifesto for Psychopaths
Ayn Rand’s ideas have become the Marxism of the new right, she may have died 30 years ago but the belief system constructed by her has never been more popular or influential, says George Monbiot.
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Alfred Russel Wallace: Socialist and co-founder of evolutionary theory
Next year will see the centenary of the death of Alfred Russel Wallace. Simultaneously with Darwin the discoverer of evolution due to natural selection, but history has largely eclipsed his name under Darwin’s immense shadow, writes John Green.... [read more]
It's time we recognised the Blair government's criminality
John Pilger shows that in the Kabuki theatre of British parliamentary politics, great crimes do not happen and criminals go free... [read more]
Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul
In an exclusive for the London Progressive Journal, writer and former actor John Wight reflects on his years in Hollywood and shines a spotlight on the ‘glamour’ of life in the movie industry... [read more]
Plutocracy, Pure and Simple
Now it’s a straight fight with the billionaires and corporations, says George Monbiot.... [read more]
NONE SO BLIND - An outRageous! challenge
outRageous! lays down the gauntlet to all readers of the London Progressive Journal... [read more]
Behind the Scenes: The Secret NATO Report on the Taliban
The secret NATO report, "State of the Taliban 2012," commissioned by the US and NATO was never supposed to see the light of day. Unfortunately for the US war party it was leaked to the press, writes Thomas Riggins
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Goodbye homophobia. Hello sexual diversity
Peter Tatchell gives his thoughts on what a post homophobic society might look like... [read more]
The Assange case means we are all suspects now
John Pilger reveals the extent to which the White House will go to silence 'Whistleblowers' speaking the truth... [read more]
The head cover
The three women Nobel Peace Prize winners of 2011, wore head Covers. Does that mean that the ‘West’ is acknowledging freedom of identity of people from the third world? asks Iqbal Tamimi.... [read more]
Divine Injustice
Drone warfare can be used to thwart democratic movements, anywhere, says George Monbiot.... [read more]
The world war on democracy
From the Chagos islands to Libya, a ruthless system has been at work, often resorting to violence whilst trying to maintain the illusion of democracy... [read more]
The Struggle Continues: US vs. Genuine Reforms at the United Nations
The country that has long been known to abuse its powers and privileges in the United Nations is now leading a campaign to reform the same organization, says Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
The Sacrificial Caste
In this and other nations, there are groups of children who can be abused with impunity, says George Monbiot.... [read more]
Why Libertarians Must Deny Climate Change
As soon as it encounters environmental issues, the ideology of the new right becomes ensnared in its own contradictions, says George Monbiot.... [read more]
Musings on the shortest day of 2011
One year from today is the end of the Mayan calendar, the predicted “end of history,” as the late brilliant ethnobotanist and art historian Terrence McKenna called it, says Jean Claude van Itallie.... [read more]
Why capitalism likes us to behave irrationally
It’s a great irony that although human beings, as distinct from other animals, are characterised by their ability for rational thinking, so much of our behaviour is irrational, argues John Green.... [read more]
False Evidence Appearing Real
There is profit to be made in keeping the public fearful, Bryan G Taylor explains... [read more]
A future apology
Mark Chivers apologises prospectively for our generation's lack of action in safeguarding the planet ... [read more]
Good and Evil
What happened to considerations of good and evil? This is the question that Jean Claude van Itallie ponders.... [read more]
The War on Libya: Behind Appearances - Part 3
An in-depth critique and analysis of the beginnings of the civil war in Libya and what was at stake for all parties involved in the final conflict, split into three parts. (Part 3)... [read more]
The War on Libya: Behind Appearances - Part 2
An in-depth critique and analysis of the beginnings of the civil war in Libya and what was at stake for all parties involved in the final conflict, split into three parts. (Part 2)... [read more]
The War on Libya: Behind Appearances - Part 1
An in-depth critique and analysis of the beginnings of the civil war in Libya and what was at stake for all parties involved in the final conflict, split into three parts.... [read more]
''You are fed up with him?''
Uri Avnery gives his opinion on a recent leaked conversation between Presidents Obama and Sarkozy... [read more]
Slavery for Dummies- Part three
The third and final part of an analysis by OutRageous! looking at the slavery endemic in our modern society.
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Slavery for Dummies - Part 2
Part 2 of an analysis by OutRageous! looking at the slavery endemic in our modern society.... [read more]
Slavery for Dummies
OutRageous! takes a look at the slavery endemic in modern society. ... [read more]
Al Arabiya’s piracy and journalism’s codes of ethics
Iqbal Tamimi on the rights of journalists and photographers and the attempts by major news organisations to ride roughshod over them.... [read more]
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