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Longing to Reign Over Us
As is my wont, I found plenty to occupy me over the extended half-week holiday and never felt sufficiently at a loose end to find myself tuning in to any of the blowsy and noisy shenanigans somebody thought might be welcome to Her Majesty the Queen to mark the 60th anniversary of her accession, writes W Stephen Gilbert.... [read more]
Tony Blair’s Political Epitaph and Looming War Crimes Trial? Part 1 of 3
The banners and placards outside London’s Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre reflected an anger undiminished since maybe two million people marched against the war in the city on 15th February 2003... [read more]
Bombing Yemen, Munitions Sales to Saudi Arabia - Britain’s “Robust Arms Export Control Regime.â€
Since March this year, bombing raids and a blockade of ports imposed by the Saudi-led coalition of Sunni Gulf states have crippled much of Yemen... [read more]
Warren’s Post Office Proposal: Palast Aims at the Wrong Target
Investigative reporter Greg Palast is usually pretty good at peering behind the rhetoric and seeing what is really going on. But in tearing into Senator Elizabeth Warren’s support of postal financial services, he has done a serious disservice to the underdogs... [read more]
The writing out of the Radical tradition
Regular readers are aware of my view of Winston Churchill. On the five pound note, he will replace Elizabeth Fry, whom Michael Gove also wants to remove from the National Curriculum along with Robert Owen... [read more]
Banks Are Becoming Obsolete in China—Could the U.S. Be Next?
The U.S. credit card system siphons off excessive amounts of money from merchants. In a typical $100 credit card purchase, only $97.25 goes to the seller. The rest goes to banks and processors. But who can compete with Visa and MasterCard?... [read more]
WE ARE ALL CITIZENS OF EVERYWHERE
Migration is natural. Like many I can claim age-old ancestry of one place, yet equally there are those roots in distant places, and a history of migrations across seas and continents even in recent years... [read more]
The Bayer-Monsanto Merger Is Bad News for the Planet
Bayer and Monsanto have a long history of collusion to poison the ecosystem for profit. The Trump administration should veto their merger not just to protect competitors but to ensure human and planetary survival.... [read more]
The War on the Post Office
The US Postal Service, under attack from a manufactured crisis designed to force its privatization, needs a new source of funding to survive. Postal banking could fill that need.... [read more]
Hang On to Your Wallet: Negative Interest, the War on Cash and the $10 Trillion Bail-In
In uncertain times, “cash is king,†but central bankers are systematically moving to eliminate that option. Is it really about stimulating the economy? Or is there some deeper, darker threat afoot?... [read more]
Mislead: “to give false or misleading information to†(Collins Dictionary)
How wrong, devious and duplicitous can one man be? For how long can he now avoid justice?... [read more]
“What’s in a Name?â€
Dr Faysal Mikdadi asks if first names are linked with the individual name holder's GCSE results... [read more]
So you want to help Africa Owen Paterson? Then stop promoting ideology and falsehoods to push GMOs
Former UK Environment Minister Owen Paterson this week accused the European Union and Greenpeace of condemning people in the developing world to death by refusing to accept genetically modified crops... [read more]
Voices of Hope in a Time of Crisis
Surrounded as we are by crises, it can sometimes seem like there is no hope. But whether it’s climate change, conflict, food security or inequality, there is a solution. We call it localization... [read more]
Drug and Bank Lords
Part three of the series by Eric Toussaint: The banks and the “too big to jail†doctrine... [read more]
Holocaust Legacy - Britain’s New Nazis
The first Holocaust of this century is taking place in Mosul, Iraq, and the British Government is strangely silent... [read more]
Malala's ordeal
Dr Lal Khan explains how the Western media conveniently suppresses aspects of Malala Yousafzai's background so that Pakistani youth and workers remain oblivious of this brave girl’s struggle... [read more]
Treasure hunt in Wendish Lusatia
Tomaš Kappa tells a story about Germany’s biggest secret and a scandal, its treatment of the Sorbian people ... [read more]
A manifesto for rewilding the world
A mass restoration of ecosystems offers us hope where there was little hope before, writes George Monbiot.... [read more]
Shallow Depths
In front of me is a copy of today's Khaleej Times; its front page story is about a speech by His Highness Shaikh Mohammed who is the Ruler of Dubai and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, writes Elizabeth Ellis... [read more]
The Grime Behind the Crime
It seems crazy, but the evidence about lead is stacking up. Behind crimes that have destroyed so many lives, is there a much greater crime asks George Monbiot.... [read more]
Teachers' Low Morale
For the first time in my life, if a youngster were to ask me if s/he should become a teacher, I would find myself feeling intensely uncomfortable repeating the old mantra about teaching being an honourable profession, a caring profession says Elizabeth Ellis... [read more]
Our Home - A Human Unity Statement
Elizabeth Ellis reminds us of humanity's mission statement... [read more]
Engagement with the News
A friend recently sent me a news report that she felt showed that peace was inevitable between Palestinians and Israelis at some future point. On the surface, the conclusion to the report appeared valid. However, a careful reading showed a lack of engagement with the piece which militates against the conclusion that she had reached, writes Elizabeth Ellis. NOT SURE ABOUT THIS ARTICLE ER 07/10... [read more]
Condemnation partly motivated by hindsight
The condemnation of past behaviours has become fashionable. It is partly motivated by hindsight. It is also partly motivated by sheer outrage, as any decent and humane person cannot help but be outraged by man's often barbaric treatment of other human beings, writes Elizabeth Ellis.... [read more]
The Delusion of Democracy
Elizabeth Elis reminds us that when added together, minorities form a majority and it is only through unity that power can be wrested away from a tiny elite and placed firmly in the hands of the masses... [read more]
Neocons vs. the ‘Arab Spring’: Back on the Warpath
The neoconservatives are back with a vengeance. While popular uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and other Arab countries had briefly rendered them irrelevant in the region, Western intervention in Libya signaled a new opportunity, writes Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
Monarchy not the main obstacle to a better tomorrow
Karl Davis argues that those protesting against the monarchy are aiming their ire at the wrong target... [read more]
Women Leaders key to post-conflict development on Bougainville
Following a recent trip to the island, coinciding with the tenth anniversary of the end of the Bougainville Civil War, Catherine Wilson reports on the role women played in bringing peace to the island.... [read more]
A Bounty for Blair’s Arrest
George Monbiot on why he has launched a new fund to reward people who attempt to arrest Britan's former prime minister.... [read more]
Stop the Slaughter of the Tamils!
With thousands killed in an ongoing state-sponsored bloodbath in Sri Lanka, Elizabeth Clarke urges the international community to take urgent action.... [read more]
Monarchy: Wrong in Principle
Graham Smith, from the British campaign group Republic,on why republicanism matters.... [read more]
Book of the Month: "Feminism and War: Confronting US Imperialism"
Nathaniel Mehr reviews this month's recommendation.... [read more]
