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Has the Swedish Left Lost Again?: The 2014 Electoral Implosion, Civilian Deindustrialization and the Swedish Dilemma
Part 3 of Jonathan Feldman's analysis of the recent Swedish general election... [read more]
Gaddafi, the War on Libya and the Left
Ben Maisky scrutinises Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s Socialist and anti-imperialist credentials and questions whether certain sections of the left are mistaken in their support for Gaddafi.... [read more]
Junior doctors’ struggle escalates as Tory desperation shows
So far this year, junior doctors – for the first time in over 40 years – have taken two days of industrial action in defence of their terms and conditions, and to defend the NHS against Tory cuts and privatisation.... [read more]
Has the Swedish Left Lost Again?: The 2014 Electoral Implosion, Civilian Deindustrialization and the Swedish Dilemma
Part 1 of Jonathan Feldman's analysis of the recent Swedish general election... [read more]
Flight MH17 – Imperialism and the art of hypocrisy
The blame game commenced immediately. Without waiting for an investigation or any hard information whatsoever, Washington lost no time in pointing an accusing finger at Moscow... [read more]
Ukraine: NATO hypocrisy over “Russian invasion” as Kiev suffers defeat
As politicans from across the world met at the NATO summit in Wales, the crisis in Ukraine saw an escalation in rhetoric... [read more]
The Peoples Assembly - Flexing Our Muscles
Dr Thabo Miller encourages the People's Assembly to adopt an electoral strategy... [read more]
Conscience and Conflict: British Artists and the Spanish Civil War
John Green reviews an exhibition focusing on British artists’ contribution in support of the Spanish Republican government in its struggle against General Franco’s fascist coup in 1936... [read more]
In Defence of Lenin
Following the 90th anniversary of Lenin's death, Rob Sewell reviews his legacy... [read more]
The Spectre of Communism
The eulogies in the media for the late Marxist historian, Eric Hobsbawm, praise his historical insight yet express bemusement at his adherence to the Communist cause. Why is there a lack of understanding as to why so many of his generation remained loyal to the cause of their youth? John Green explains.... [read more]
The Russian Revolution: An Essential Condition of Success
Mass Support + Iron Party = Socialist Revolution? Thomas Riggins analyses chapter two of Lenin’s Left Wing Communism: an Infantile Disorder... [read more]
Easter Rising 1916
John Wight provides the historical background to the Easter Rising of 1916 that paved the way for Irish independence... [read more]
Are U.S./NATO powers aiming to make Syria into Libya 2.0?
Mazda Majidi asks whether the NATO attack on Libya was just a dress rehersal for a future invasion of Syria... [read more]
Who Cares About Carers?
Will Stone on the desperate need for radical reform of the UK's woefully under-funded social care system.... [read more]
Marxists Must Stand Firm Against Ahmadinejad
An Iranian Marxist makes a plea to Venezuelans to reject their government's support for Iran's reactionary president Ahmadinejad.... [read more]
Does Syria Have the Right to Defend Itself?
The Syrian government is truly fighting to defend itself against an armed opposition that is violent, sectarian and unpopular with the large majority of Syrians... [read more]
Greece: Alternatives to the Capitulation
On 5 July 2015 the Greek people overwhelmingly rejected the austerity measures imposed by the institutions that were known as the Troika... [read more]
The Russian revolution – triumph or tragedy?
On Thursday 10th October the Marxist Student Federation hosted a fiery debate between Alan Woods, editor of In Defence of Marxism, and Orlando Figes, Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London, on the topic of "The Russian Revolution: Triumph or Tragedy?"... [read more]
Exchanging Puppets: Why the International Left Should Not Support Iran's So-Called Reformist Leaders
Lila Ghobady argues that the leadership of Iran's reformist movement does not have the country's interests at heart.... [read more]
Shadow Networks: Violence, War and Plunder in the Great Lakes Region of Africa
Colonial rivalry and capitalist exploitation are at the heart of the violence in the Congo.... [read more]
King and Emperor
Zionism is an anti-Semitic creed. It was so right from the beginning.... [read more]
Clintonites Prepare for War on Syria
Neoconservatives including Clintonites are pushing hard for a direct US attack on Syria to prevent the collapse of their regime change project... [read more]
The British Chicken Coup: 172 Labour MPs against a pro-Corbyn party
As soon as the result of the EU referendum was announced, the attempted coup – or Chicken Coup, as some named it – was in full swing.... [read more]
An Incongruous UN Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul
President Erdogan should not have the honour of hosting the first ever United Nations World Humanitarian Summit... [read more]
The Left, Anti-Zionism & Anti-Semitism
For those of us who study Israel and Zionism from the vantage point of Britain, there are some things we are able to predict with unerring accuracy... [read more]
Pakistan: Tear gassed, baton charged and detained for peaceful protest on missing persons
The day started out with Amina Masood Janjua, Defence of Human Rights (DHR), rallying the relatives of “missing persons” in Pakistan... [read more]
Greek Capitalism at a Critical Point
Greek capitalism continues to be the weak link of the Eurozone as it is still under the “intensive care” of the EU support mechanisms for the fourth consecutive year and is in recession for the sixth consecutive year... [read more]
Why Radical Islam is Growing and How to Deal with It
After the 9/11 tragedy there has been a surge in the radical Islamist movement writes Ola Onikoyi... [read more]
Spaniards Fall Out Of Love With Their Royals
David Eade explains that since the financial crisis started there has been a fall in support for the Royal Household ... [read more]
Despite the NRA and the Ultra-Right Most Americans Favor Gun Controls
Thomas Riggins states that the majority of Americans support more gun controls to reduce and prevent the epidemic of violence in the US
... [read more]
Venezuelan Poll: Chavez Enjoys 62.4% Approval Rating
Tamara Pearson on the results of a recent survey which suggests high approval ratings for Chavez, but relatively low ratings for his party.... [read more]
Afghanistan: Bloodshed Without End
In the week that the war in Aghanistan has returned to the front pages of British newspapers, Ewan Gibbs reminds us why Britain and the US are fighting.... [read more]
Remembering the Indonesian Killings
The Indonesian massacres of 1965-66 rank among the biggest mass murders of the 20th Century. Looking back on this tragic episode, Nathaniel Mehr asked Noam Chomsky for his observations on the significance of US and British support for the massacre. ... [read more]
Why Donald Trump Is Right To Look East
The investment potential of the Russian economy offers good reasons why it is time for the West to take a more positive attitude towards the country. The President-elect might be doing everyone a favour in the long run, David Morgan argues.... [read more]
Hasta siempre Comandante
While some of the mainstream media are unsuccessfully seeking to tarnish Castro’s image, thousands upon thousands of messages are pouring into Cuba from literally all over the world to pay homage to him... [read more]
America’s Brexit: to fight Trump, fight Capitalism!
What once seemed unthinkable — akin to an episode of the Twilight Zone — has become a surreal reality... [read more]
Fidel Castro – 90 revolutionary years
The historic leader of the Cuban Revolution celebrated his 90th birthday on 13 August 2016. CSC executive member Dr Francisco Dominguez looks back at his legacy and internationalism... [read more]
From Liberal Hand-wringing to the Political Economy of Assassination: The Charleston Shootings and Mainstream Society’s Complicity in Murder (Part 2)
The ways in which guns are deployed has something to do with the systems in which they are embedded... [read more]
Labour and benefit cuts
Bryan Gould, former Labour shadow cabinet minister, asks how voters are likely to view a party that so manifestly lacks the courage of its convictions... [read more]
John Cantlie writes from within Islamic State captivity… what messages should we take from his article?
Freedom of speech and expression has become a much debated concept depending who interprets and how it is defined... [read more]
Ukrainian parliamentary elections: if you don’t have anything nice to say
The expression “if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all” is the best way to describe the reaction in the Western media to the results of Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Ukraine.... [read more]
Has the Swedish Left Lost Again?: The 2014 Electoral Implosion, Civilian Deindustrialization and the Swedish Dilemma
Part 2 of Jonathan Feldman's analysis of the recent Swedish general election... [read more]
The War on Democracy
Dr Tomasz Pierscionek describes how yet another nation has fallen victim to 'Shock and Awe' ... [read more]
Barbican Centre Cleaners in Historic Strike for the Living Wage
Election Day for the Corporation of London will see a strike of cleaners at the Barbican Centre... [read more]
A nation divided over same sex marriage
France’s Parliament, the Assemblee Nationale, has started the long debate to enshrine same sex marriages in law. David Eade reports.... [read more]
Lenin on "Left-Wing" Communism in Great Britain
As part of our series analysing Lenin's book "Left-Wing" Communism: an Infantile Disorder, Thomas Riggins looks at what Lenin had to say about the problems of ultra-leftism in Britain in 1920... [read more]
Women Candidates Campaign for Equitable Development in Papua New Guinea Elections
In a male dominated society, women have been largely excluded from politics in Papua New Guinea. Catherine Wilson reports on female participation in the elections currently underway... [read more]
Defending the NHS Against Privatisation: John Lister talks to London Progressive Journal (Part One)
Tomasz Pierscionek talked to veteran health campaigner and London Health Emergency information director Dr John Lister.... [read more]
The 'Boris Keep Your Promise' Campaign
Jennifer Drew on how London's mayor reneged on an election promise of funding for Rape Crisis Centres in London.... [read more]
Voting Reform Will Empower the Left
Changing Britain's electoral system would benefit Labour and radicalise politics, says Peter Tatchell... [read more]
US Support is Propping Up Honduran Military Coup
Francisco Dominguez insists the US must respect the constitutional sovereignty of Honduras and withdraw its support for the military coup.... [read more]
Iran and The Green Revolution: Is a Revolution Possible?
Chris Vasey looks to make sense of the complex situation currently unfolding in Iran.... [read more]
The Plot Thickens
Solomon Hughes examines the sinister circumstances surrounding the detention of Babar Ahmad. ... [read more]
Venezuela’s Chávez Declares Support for Obama’s Nuclear Disarmament Pledge
James Suggett on the Venezuelan president's declaration of support for a worldwide disarmament campaign.... [read more]
Support the Iranian People, Oppose Tehran’s Clerical Fascism
Peter Tatchell believes the left should unite against the theocratic regime in Tehran.... [read more]
Gaza: Why We Must Act Now
Addressing a Lenasia rally in solidarity with the people of Gaza on 14th January, Zwelinzima Vavi characterised the Israeli government as a racist regime comparable to Apartheid South Africa. ... [read more]
Morning Star Back on Track After Office Fire
In the week that the Morning Star's London office sustained extensive damage from an electrical fire, Tomasz Pierscionek urges readers to show their support for Britain's only socialist daily.... [read more]
Obama Moves Quickly to Court Israel Lobby
Barack Obama's recent comments on his Israel-Palestine policy suggest real "change" is definitely not on his Middle East agenda.... [read more]
The BBC vs Hugo Chavez
Stephen Lendman on the biased coverage of events in Venezuela.... [read more]
Good Tyrant, Bad Tyrant: How and Why Britain Protected Rwanda's Paul Kagame and Helped Depose Libya's Muammar Gaddafi
In their new book Union Jackboot: What Your Media and Professors Don't Tell You About British Foreign Policy, doctors T.J. Coles and Matthew Alford discuss a range of topics, including neo-colonialism and the hypocrisy it necessitates.... [read more]
Camilo Comes to San Francisco and Analyzes the Soft Coup Attempt in Nicaragua
Camilo’s visit accomplished the goal. Media interviews in Spanish and English reached many thousands. He brought information and analysis which has been largely censored or ignored in coverage of Nicaragua. ... [read more]
Natural England Loses Credibility
How often will Natural England (NE) be told by judges to release information about the ongoing badger culls?... [read more]
Reasons to Be Cheerful 2017
2017 is almost done. Many things have changed in the world whilst others remain the same. Capitalism and greed are still rife... [read more]
Despair of Despair
My optimism about the future of Israel irritates a lot of people. How can I be an optimist in view of what's happening here every day?... [read more]
The Escalating War on Syria and Need for International Law
As I will show below, it is likely the deaths in Khan Sheikhoun were caused by an armed opposition faction, not the Syrian government. The goal was precisely what has happened: a media firestorm leading to direct U.S. aggression against Syria.... [read more]
What the Trade Union movement can learn from the junior doctors’ dispute. (Part 2)
In the first of these two articles we examined the successes of the junior doctors strike and how they were brought about. In this concluding part we examine what didn’t work so well... [read more]
The Pied Piper of Zion
The Israeli Peace Camp is in despair. No savior is in sight. Many just sit in front of their TV set and wring their hands... [read more]
Cameron’s Strategic Defence and Security Review and the New Cold War
Every state that ever existed in world history has sought to justify its actions abroad by claiming that it is has the moral right and justice on its side... [read more]
The Inverted World of Niall Ferguson: On the Real Obama Doctrine
Niall Ferguson has a very conservative world outlook which, when applied to the analysis of current social reality, has a tendency to so warp his perceptions that the situation he writes about becomes an imaginary inverted world... [read more]
An Anti-Austerity 2015 UK Budget
George Tait Edwards explains how Shimomuran-Wernerian macroeconomics is the best available path to prosperity once the politicians of the West understand the effectiveness of that option... [read more]
The Second Battle of Trafalgar
A mighty naval battle took place this week on the waves of the Mediterranean. It will go down in history as the equal of Salamis or Trafalgar... [read more]
Back Corbyn for Labour leader! Fight back with socialist policies!
The veteran left wing Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn has declared that he is putting himself forward to go on the ballot paper for the Labour leadership election... [read more]
Economic Policies for an Incoming Labour Government (Part 6 of 9)
The No-Cost Keynesian Stimulation of Demand in the Economy
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Splendid Isolation
Almost a thousand Israeli personalities have already signed an appeal to European parliaments for their governments to recognize the State of Palestine... [read more]
IMT Statement: Kobane threatened with massacre: Fight imperialism! Defend the Kurds!
The forces of ISIS are closing in on the besieged town of Kobane on the Turkish-Syrian border... [read more]
Gaza should make us sick; but we need a more courageous, honest and truthful debate
An article from Dr David McCoy, public health physician and chair of global health charity Medact... [read more]
Owen Paterson Sacked: Is this the end of “badger bashing”?
All those working to protect our precious (and valuable) environment were greatly cheered to hear that finally we can wave goodbye to Owen Paterson... [read more]
Chagos: Britain, the CIA and Diego Garcia – Something fishy going on?
My attention was drawn by chance to another article on Diego Garcia in the Independent stating that the government must renegotiate with US over the use of the island for rendition flights.... [read more]
A strategy for improving economic performance
Former MP and member of the Labour shadow cabinet, Bryan Gould, discusses a strategy for improving economic performance and addressing inequality... [read more]
The making of the Grenada Revolution
John Green reviews two books that detail the lead up to and aftermath of the Grenada Revolution... [read more]
Imperialist war crimes against the people of Syria piling up
Demonstrators denounce mercenary attack on Kassab in Syria... [read more]
Pakistan: Warning letter on human rights abuses in state custody was ignored, Taliban kill 23 FC men in retaliation
I express my deep sadness when hearing of the torture and unlawful killing of persons in state custody or the recent execution of 23 Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers by Tehrik -i-Taliban (TTP) Mohmand Agency.... [read more]
In the wake of the German elections – the all-too-soon forgotten Euro Hawk drone scandal
The German federal elections have just run their course and the CDU/CSU gained the lion’s share of the public's support. Apparently the electoral results were unaffected by the major political scandal of the summer... [read more]
An Economic Policy For A Post Neo-Liberal World (Part 3 of 3)
Former Labour MP and member of the Shadow Cabinet, Bryan Gould, provides a road map for reviving Britain's ailing economy... [read more]
Nations Get what their Financial-Industrial Systems Deliver: A Comparative Analysis of Three Different Groups of Financial-Industrial Systems
George Tait Edwards compares three different financial-industrial systems and considers the merits of each model... [read more]
Assata Shakur: Understanding the politics behind the FBI's new attack
On May 2, the FBI suddenly announced that they had placed Assata Shakur on its “Most Wanted Terrorists” list. The FBI's accusations target Shakur as an individual, but the labeling of her as a terrorist is an attack on all revolutionaries says Eugene Puryear... [read more]
Good News for the Left in Andalucía; Bad News for Democracy in Spain
The southern most region of Spain, Andalucía, has always been a socialist fiefdom but the centre right Partido Popular (PP) came very close to toppling the socialist PSOE party from power in the 2012 regional elections, writes David Eade... [read more]
Melinda Taylor: The Spy That Got Away?
On the 7th of June 2012, Melinda Taylor and three other ICC delegates were arrested in the city of Zintan in Libya by Zintani militia. How should the Australian media handle the story? Finn Bowen takes a look.... [read more]
Racism By Any Other Name Smells
Thomas Riggins reveals the results of a poll conducted by ScienceDaily examining attitudes to the new voter identification laws in the US... [read more]
Reclaiming the NHS
This weekend healthcare campaigners will gather for a conference on how to fight the Coalition’s newly passed Health Act. Alex Nunns assesses their options... [read more]
Historic Victory and a Spicy Tale
In the last of a series of articles on the French elections, David Eade looks at the breakdown of the National Assembly elections and the way forward for Francois Hollande and the Parti Socialiste ... [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]
BDS: Power of the People at Work
The recent University of Pennsylvania BDS conference, organized by student group, PennBDS, was the latest example to illustrate both the effectiveness of the global movement and also of the real worry felt by supporters of Israel in the US, writes Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
Dale Farm Ethnic cleansing - Not is our name
An activist involved in the Save Dale Farm campaign calls for solidarity with the site’s residents who are facing eviction within a week. ... [read more]
Canadian and US Unions Offer Solidarity to Threatened Mexican Workers
Daina Z. Green reports on the terrorism of Mexican unions by their own Government in support of business interests over that of their own workers. ... [read more]
Labour Leadership: Abbott Gets on the Ballot
If Diane Abbott is serious about standing as a real alternative to the Milibands, she should espouse a leftwing platform, says Steve Jones.... [read more]
Ninety Years On: Remembering the Kapp Putsch
On the 90th anniversary of the Kapp Putsch, Socialist Appeal Mick Brooks looks back on how Germany's working class united as one to resist a reactionary coup d'état.... [read more]
Justice for Western Sahara
Joanna Allan on the high-profile campaign to draw international attention to the plight of the people of the Western Sahara at the hands of the brutal Moroccan occupation.... [read more]
Why No Government Jobs Program?
Rick Wolff on the Obama administration's weak response to the economic crisis.... [read more]
TUC Takes an Important Step Forward
John Haylett applauds the TUC's assertiveness in supporting a boycott of Israel.... [read more]
Wobbly Stools
Uri Avnery considers the respective struggles facing three embattled leaders - Obama, Netanyahu and Abbas.... [read more]
Civil Servants or Arms Dealers?
Selina Larsen on the cosy relationship between the UK government and the international arms trade.... [read more]
Someone Else’s England
Guardian journalist George Monbiot makes the case for further devolutionary reform in Britain.... [read more]
Stop Israel's Massacre in Gaza!
With hundreds of innocent civilians killed in Israel's brutal attack on Gaza in recent days, Walter Leon argues that the Israeli labour movement has a moral duty to help rally domestic opposition to the aggression.... [read more]
Interview: Manuel Yepe talks to London Progressive Journal
On the Fiftieth anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, Alexa Van Sickle talks to Manuel Yepe, the former Cuban Ambassador to Romania and close friend of Che Guevara, about what the future may hold for the Caribbean island. ... [read more]
The Contest for the Centre
Matt Genner on how the ongoing struggle for the political centre ground is undermining democracy.... [read more]
Windfall tax: Good for the Country, Good for Labour
Zoe Gannon believes a progressive policy on taxation would help restore working-class support for Labour and revive the party's electoral prospects.... [read more]
The Plight of the Miami Five
Tomasz Pierscionek on the five Cubans held by the US on charges of epsionage, which thye deny, and the attempts to bring enough national and international pressure to bear to get their convictions re-examined.... [read more]
US Campaign Group Calls For General Strike
Robert Yourell of the American campaign group VoteStrike.com believes a general strike in September would send a strong message to Washingotn elites.... [read more]
Anti-Deportation Campaign Gathers Speed
Friends of Guy Njike put up a fight to stop his deportation.... [read more]
Florida Cubans and Republican Foreign Policy
Alexa Van Sickle on the influence of Florida's Cuban exile community.... [read more]
How Russiagate replaced Analysis of the 2016 Election
Blaming an outside power is a good way to prevent self analysis and positive change. It's gone on far too long.... [read more]
Brexit and the Labour Party
One of the things people were promised under Corbyn’s leadership, was a genuine member-led party, where members’ views were listened to and acted on.... [read more]
Salisbury continues to suffer while Theresa May plays Novichok game
On Easter Saturday I revisited Salisbury to see for myself. This was, after all, a holiday weekend, and Salisbury should be packed with people. Yes, car parks were full but…... [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]
UK Government Bribes its Way to Climate Change
Despite falling apart at the seams over its Brexit ‘negotiations’ with the EU, and its internal fights and scandals, bringing shame and embarrassment to the UK, Theresa May’s government is determined to carry on with its money-oriented and earth-trashing policies... [read more]
Political commentators
Political commentators have long been puzzled by the fact that, right across the globe and for several decades, the political left has been in retreat and – more than that – has apparently been unable to mount any significant challenge to the growing neo-liberal hegemony which has dominated western democracies since the 1980s... [read more]
WMD in Syria just like Iraq in 2003? Contradictions in the UN/OPCW Report on Khan Shaykhun
In early 2003 it was claimed that Iraq was a threat to other countries. Today we have something similarly ridiculous and dangerous. Supposedly the Syrian government decided to use a banned chemical weapon which they gave up in 2013-2014... [read more]
After the Euphoria
A weak government whose core values are misguided by nostalgia for a lost empire... [read more]
The Four-Letter Word
Nobody will start peace negotiations if they believe that peace is impossible. The belief in peace will not make peace certain. But at least it will make peace possible.... [read more]
On the Road of Damascus, I Met Jeremy Corbyn
I come from a fairly long line of mercantile family forebears with strong business skills and profit inspired attitudes. Although I chose not to go into business as my brothers did and I became a teacher of English, every emotional nerve in my body believed in wealth creation as being the only way forward for all.... [read more]
Amnesty International’s Kangaroo Report on Syria
Amnesty International (AI) has done some good investigations and reports over the years. However, less well recognized, Amnesty International has also carried out faulty investigations contributing to bloody and disastrous actions... [read more]
Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the US-Saudi Connection
Dr Tomasz Pierscionek reviews a book by veteran peace activist, Medea Benjamin... [read more]
Britain’s Secret Wars: How and Why the United Kingdom Sponsors Conflict Around the World
Dr Tomasz Pierscionek reviews a book by TJ Coles... [read more]
White Helmets Deceive ‘Right Livelihood’ and CodePink
The story of the White Helmets is principally a “feel good” hoax to manipulate public perception about the conflict in Syria and continue the drive for “regime change”... [read more]
Death in Yemen - UK Arms Sales to Saudi and the “Proper Use” of Illegal Weapons
Amnesty has been pressing the British government on Saudi Arabia’s use of outlawed weapons, only to be told sanguinely that UK Ministers have been provided with “assurances” by Saudi Arabia “of their proper use.” Work that one out: “proper use” of illegal weapons.... [read more]
Putting Labour Together Again
Former Labour shadow cabinet minister, Bryan Gould, explains how a parliamentary party ready to unite behind its leader would in turn invite and deserve a considered response from Corbyn... [read more]
Turkey, Coup Plots and Tinpot Tyrants
Reports of Erdogan supporters beheading soldiers in public, and film of screaming crowds stamping on the bodies of soldiers who were trying to surrender, expose the atavistic sentiments for revenge that the coup seems to have unleashed as a backlas... [read more]
Brexit: The UK’s referendum on EU membership delivers a self-inflicted wound
This constantly troublesome and disloyal bunch of Labour MPs don’t care about the country or their Party. They cannot see that it is they, not Corbyn, who are making the Party unelectable... [read more]
Looming Dangers
Only by developing a set of radical and progressive alternative political solutions can Labour be able to challenge effectively this upsurge on the right... [read more]
The Day of the Rhinos
Position after position is taken over by the far-far right, which is ruling Israel now. Slowly. Very, very slowly.... [read more]
Labour and the Trident Question
We all knew that Trident missiles would become an issue when Corbyn became leader of the UK Labour party... [read more]
Britain and Saudi Arabia - Collusion in Barbarism
Last September, Saudi was elected Chair of the UN Human Rights Council with Britain’s collusion... [read more]
Thatcher’s Poll Tax Gerrymander
The Poll Tax Gerrymander gave the UK an unforecast by pollsters 4th Conservative victory and the undistinguished government of John Major... [read more]
A major factor in Jeremy Corbyn’s appeal to voters
It is Labour’s long-standing support for, and failure to challenge, the central tenets of neo-classical orthodoxy that has disabled any challenge they have tried to make to any other aspect of the Tory progamme... [read more]
Syria: Russian Intervention Exposes Coalition Lies
How speedily the lies of the “international community” in general, and those of the US and UK in particular, about the Syrian situation are unraveling since the participation of Russia... [read more]
Labour’s Lost Soul: the UK and the Labour Party leadership election
I’ve done it, pushed out my boat on to uncharted seas and voted for Jeremy Corbyn to be leader of Britain’s Labour Party... [read more]
Nuclear Deal or Not?
The ratification must be solely entrusted to the U.S. and Iran-- and NOT to Israel and Saudi Arabia... [read more]
US-Iran Nuclear Deal and Rapprochement: The Historic U.S Policy Paradigm Shift in the “Middle East” and Beyond
With the signing of the Iran nuclear deal, western foreign policy is undergoing a fundamental paradigm shift... [read more]
The Treaty
What if Binyamin Netanyahu was duped to become unwittingly the main collaborator of Iranian ambitions... [read more]
Yemen: A Voice in the Wilderness
Vanessa Beeley interviews a woman who fled Yemen in the wake of the Saudi-led coalition airstrikes against her country... [read more]
A Gerrymandered Election and A Flawed Mandate
To the great puzzlement and consternation of pundits and pollsters, the British general election produced what seems a great democratic victory for the Conservative party... [read more]
GMOs: dogma instead of science
There are clear signs that the producers of GMOs and the regulators are suffering from a siege mentality... [read more]
Kissinger and Shultz on 'The Iran Deal'
The Wall Street Journal on 8 April turned over an entire editorial page to former secretaries of state Henry Kissinger and George Shultz... [read more]
Economic Policies for an Incoming Labour Government (Part 8 of 9)
The Community Interest Bank Key to Local SME Development... [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]
An Expensive Speech
Churchill famously said that democracy is the worst political system, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time... [read more]
Some deny society exists. Let’s prove them wrong
There’s more to life than consumerism. But to find it we need new models of supporting each other, writes George Monbiot.... [read more]
The Pen Trumps the Sword Anytime (Part 4)
The fourth part of an 'Introduction' to an illustrated book of poetry by Faysal Mikdadi. The collection, Painted into a Corner, appeared in the summer of 2014... [read more]
The G20 Leaders Communique′
Mark Horner critically reviews four major themes of the G20 Leaders Communique... [read more]
Interview with a doctor from Donetsk
During a recent trip to Kazakhstan, Dr Tomasz Pierscionek discussed the situation in Ukraine with a doctor from Donetsk... [read more]
Genocide in Gaza – The Silence of the Jewellery Industry is Deafening and Telling
The horrific carnage we have seen unleashed in Gaza in recent weeks - a humanitarian catastrophe - would not have been politically or economically affordable without the tacit acquiescence of the global jewellery industry... [read more]
Oil, Blood, Confusion, Fear: Fuelling The British Public's Appetite For War
Back in 2003, Tony Blair stated that Saddam Hussein could hit Britain with a missile within 45 minutes. He also said that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction... [read more]
Acquiescing to Big Biotech: The Deceptions and Falsehoods of the GMO Lobby
British Environment Secretary Owen Paterson is a staunch supporter of the GMO sector despite mounting evidence pointing to the deleterious health, social, ecological and environmental impacts of GMOs... [read more]
India: a vote of despair
Dr Lal Khan provides analysis on the Indian elections and the landslide victory of the BJP... [read more]
Nigel Farage's UKIP and the Mainstream Media are Preventing an Honest Debate on the European Elections
Ruben De Sai on how Nigel Farage's UKIP and the mainstream media are preventing an honest debate on the European elections, and the economic issues that no one is talking about.... [read more]
Pakistan’s shame: Missing persons at epidemic proportions, campaigners call for urgent action
Carol Grayson highlights the campaign against enforced disappearances in Pakistan... [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]
Carry out the legacy of Hugo Chavez!
5th March marked one year since the death of Hugo Chávez, the great Venezuelan revolutionary, who was an inspiration to the masses in Latin America and across the world... [read more]
Doctors and Drones 2014: Interview with Tomasz Pierscionek on the updated Medact Report
Journalist and researcher, Carol Anne Grayson, talks to Dr Tomasz Pierscionek about his involvement in campaigning against the use of armed drones ... [read more]
Time for a complete withdrawal in Afghanistan, we should never have invaded in the first place
Journalist Carol Grayson was asked to write an article on the war in Afghanistan for a new magazine, Afghan Zariza, but was told that the “boss” thought it was “too inflammatory, so the article was banned from publication!... [read more]
Drop the outrageous charges on CCNY student activists!
The ANSWER Coalition calls for protests and a letter-writing campaign to reinstate Khalil Vasquez and Tafador Sourov, two student leaders at the City College of New York disciplined and charged for trying to stop the closure of a student centre... [read more]
A journey into the vice-ridden world of banking
The primary objective of the world’s leaders is to avoid another banking and financial crash that could be worse than the one in September 2008... [read more]
Who is listening to the Syrian people?
Throughout the whole Syria crisis, one thing which has been striking, is the clear absence among British political circles, to actually listen to the points being raised by the Syrian people... [read more]
Banks versus the People: The Underside of a Rigged Game! (Part 2)
The European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve are at the service of the major private banks... [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]
Oxford University won't take funding from tobacco companies. But Shell's OK
If scholars don't take an ethical stance against corporate money, where's the moral check on power? George Monbiot reports.... [read more]
The ‘MENA’ region and the International Monetary Fund
Daniel Robicheau describes the lead up to the war in Syria and the involvement of the IMF... [read more]
An uninformed MP and a bigoted Judge
Ungrateful as I feel for bashing someone who was actually trying to be helpful, it was difficult not to (a) laugh and then (b) groan at a short letter I recently received from a client’s local MP, writes Felix McHugh... [read more]
Lenin on the Need for Political Compromise
As part of his series of articles analysing Lenin's classic work "Left-Wing" Communism: an Infantile Disorder, Thomas Riggins looks at what Lenin had to say about compromise and cooperation with political rivals... [read more]
The year of cataclysm for the NHS
It has been a big year for the English health service, for the wrong reasons. With so much happening so fast, Alex Nunns of the NHS Support Federation pulls together the strands to explain what is really going on in the NHS... [read more]
Palestine’s New Status: A History Rerun or a New Palestinian Strategy
Palestine has become a “non-member state” at the United Nations as of Thursday November 29, 2012.The draft of the UN resolution beckoning what many perceive as a historic moment passed with an overwhelming majority of General Assembly members: 138 votes in favour, nine against and 41 abstentions, writes Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
Lenin on "Reactionary" Trade Unions: Chapter Six of "Left-Wing" Communism: an Infantile Disorder
In his latest article analysing “Left-Wing” Communism: an Infantile Disorder, Thomas Riggins looks at Lenin's views on what sort of relations a Marxist party should have with the trade union movement... [read more]
Mas means less
LPJ Iberian correspondent, David Eade, provides a breakdown of the Catalan elections and discusses the implications the election results have for the issue of Catalan independence... [read more]
Lip Service to Peace: EU as an Enabler of Netanyahu’s Colonial Policies
Europe is different, as we are often reminded. The general wisdom is unlike the US’ unconditional support for Israel. European countries tend to be more balanced in their approach to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, writes Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
Time for our unions to come to Spain’s aid
David Eade calls for a renewal of international solidarity to help Spain’s embattled workers... [read more]
IMT sympathiser shot in Swat - Barbarism must not prevail!
Earlier this week, Malala Yousafzai was brutally shot by gunmen as she was returning home from school. Masked assassins stepped onto a bus filled with terrified children, identified her, and shot her at point blank range in the head and neck.... [read more]
The Implication of Syria's Civil Strife
Syria's Civil War is essentially a war between the majority Sunni Muslims and the minority Alawites (Shi'ites) who have ruled Syria for over 40 years. The result is a foregone conclusion. President Assad will lose and the Alawites will be ousted. Or will they? And before they do, what will be the price paid by others, asks Faysal Mikdadi.... [read more]
A Word in Your Shell-like
In his latest article, resident philosopher Stephen Gilbert bemoans the lack of confidence in our society.... [read more]
Spain's abusive banks
The big economic news has been the massive 100bn euros bailout of Spain’s banks. However the back story has been the numerous protests by Spaniards against measures to support banks which are largely in trouble through their own greed, corruption and mismanagement, writes David Eade.... [read more]
Taking Another look at ‘Chavs’
Chavs by Owen Jones has rightly been lauded as an overdue rejoinder to the steady and near unstoppable denigration of the working class in Britain over the past three decades of unbroken Thatcherism, under both the Tories and New Labour, reviews John Wight.... [read more]
East Africa at the Brink: Hidden Hands behind Sudan’s Oil War
Once again Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir waved his walking stick in the air. Once again he spoke of splendid victories over his enemies as thousands of jubilant supporters danced and cheered. But this time around the stakes are too high, writes Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
George Galloway’s “Bradford Spring” & the fight for the alternative
Ben Maisky explains how George Galloway’s overwhelming victory in the Bradford West by-election demonstrates a clear rejection of the three main parties and their policies.... [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]
Beat the Cheat: an alternative take
With the Sun newspaper launching yet another campaign of 'Beat the Cheat', Felix McHugh highlights the problem of claimants being cheated out of their benefits... [read more]
The New Colony - Balochistan
Assed Baig comments on US initiatives to gain access to a previously ignored mineral rich area of the globe... [read more]
The Death Penalty: Flawed Justice
Introducting the death penalty is not only controversial but, as Chris Bath shows, it is too easy for mistakes to be made and for innocent people to die.... [read more]
How Independent Would An Independent Scotland Be?
Britain’s history of war and imperialism, and its current role as junior partner in service to US hegemony, has had a deleterious impact on British society at home, writes John Wight.... [read more]
Anti-Semitism and Israel’s Inherent Contradictions
In a recent article, columnist Yaniv Halili described British author Ben White as 'anti-Semitic'. He also denounced Arab Knesset member Hanin Zoabi for writing a forward to White's latest book, Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy, writes Ramzy Baroud.
... [read more]
Lies, Damned Lies and Opinion Polls
Stephen Gilbert challenges the so called 'accuracy' of ICM opinion polls and shows how Labour continues to miss classic opportunities to rebut Conservative policy. ... [read more]
A Ghost Story Retailed (part three)
W Stephen Gilbert delivers an up-to-date, state and fate of the retail trade in Britain, it is partly personal and anecdotal, and partly a critical overview: part three.... [read more]
Cancer patients: throw off the chains of dependancy
Felix McHugh looks at the how the Coalition government plans to cut Employment and Support Allowance to further impoverish those who have the least... [read more]
The Corporate Welfare State
Despite the crisis, it’s still socialism for the 1 per cent, capitalism for the rest.... [read more]
Interview: Behind the Lines
Hussein Al-Alak speaks with a Jordanian based activist involved in helping Iraqi refugees who have fled to Jordan.... [read more]
The ruling class policy toward its soldiers - Use Once and Throw Away
Dr Tomasz Pierscionek describes the treatment of war veterans, from the Vietnam era to those returning from present day conflicts, and highlights the continual deceit war-mongering governments use to deceive the public. The real enemies are not foreign but domestic.... [read more]
Government Intervention Fails Indigenous Communities in Australia
Catherine Wilson on the continued disparity of wealth between the indigenous Australians and the rest of society and empty attempts by the government to change this.... [read more]
The Hunt for FARC Commander Alfonso Cano
The Colombian military has had numerous successes targeting high-ranking leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in recent years. Its two greatest successes were the killing of secretariat members Raúl Reyes in 2008 and Jorge Briceño, alias “Mono Jojoy,” last year. By Garry Leech... [read more]
Regarding US Muslims: A Misguided Debate
Ramzy Baroud on why there is a blinkered and one-sided view of what causes Islamaphobia in America and how best to tackle it.... [read more]
Venezuela: Workers and State Rally for Nationalizations,
James Suggett on a new series of anti-corruption measures in Venezuela.... [read more]
Choice… or No Choice: We Say John4leader!
Steve Jones calls on the left to get behind John McDonnell's candidacy for the Labour leadership.... [read more]
Activism is Change, Not academic Squabbles and Bickering
Ramzy Baroud calls for a greater sense of community among Western-based supporters of the Palestinian cause.... [read more]
Fighting Racism in Italy: Immigrant Workers Lead the Way
Hugh Edwards considers the significance of last week's historic demonstration by Italy's immigrant community.... [read more]
Tens of Thousands of Students Rally in Support of Chavez in Venezuela
A student rally in the Venezuelan capital has rallied behind the country's president, writes Kiraz Janicke.... [read more]
An Odyssey for Justice
Ramzy Baroud celebrates the spirit of international solidarity that has provided crucial practical and moral support for the Palestinian struggle in recent years.... [read more]
Heroes of the 21st Century
The first decade of the 21st Century has been marred by violence, militarism and oppression in the Global South. But there has also been resistance. Tomasz Pierscionek profiles some of the radical heroes of the past ten years.... [read more]
Chavez Calls for International Organisation of Left Parties
Kiraz Janicke on the Venezuelan president's call for a 'Fifth International' of left parties.... [read more]
End the Embargo on Cuba
Rob Miller calls on the US and UK governments to end the anachronistic, brutal and illegal blockade of Cuba.... [read more]
The US and Colombian Roles in the Honduran Crisis
Garry Leech argues that the US role in the Honduran crisis represents a continuation of the traditional US approach towards democracy in Central America.... [read more]
240 UK MPs Call for End to UK Military Aid to Colombia
A Justice for Colombia report on an important petition calling on the British government to end its support of the murderous Uribe regime in Colombia.... [read more]
Middle East 'Spies': A New Front for Gaza's Conflict
Ramzy Baroud examines a controversial new dimension to Israel's counter-terrorism strategy.... [read more]
Apprenticeships for All
Emma-Jane Cross argues that greater investment in apprenticeships would provide a much-needed boost to the UK economy.... [read more]
Book Review: John Docker, 'The Origins of Violence'
Tom Bangay reviews John Docker's expansive literary genealogy of genocidal violence.... [read more]
Venezuelan Local Elections: Change or Continuity?
Adam Gill reviews the recent local elections in Venezuela, and considers the long-term implications of a mixed outcome for the Chávez government.... [read more]
Interview: Rob Miller of the Cuba Solidarity Campaign
Rob Miller answers Tomasz Pierscionek's questions about the Cuba Solidarity Campaign.... [read more]
Bolivia: Big Business Interests Continue to Stoke Up Confrontation Against Morales
Samuele Mazzolini on the vicious campaign being waged by right-wing elements opposed to the mildly socialist reforms of Bolivia's President Evo Morales.... [read more]
Why the Russian Invasion of Georgia is a Blessing for Misguided US Foreign Policy
Professor William Hickey on why the Georgia crisis has highlighted the cynically self-serving basis of US foreign policy.... [read more]
Chávez Declares Support for Venezuelan Indigenous Occupying Ancestral Lands
James Suggett on Hugo Chávez's support for indigenous communities in Venezuela.... [read more]
Far Right Emerging in Austria - Again
Austria’s governing coalition has collapsed - will this lead to the rise of the far-right Freedom Party?... [read more]
How the NHS was Founded – the Fight Against Private Medicine
As Britain's National Health Service celebrates another milestone anniversary, Barbara Humphries reviews sixty years of struggle against encroaching privatisation.... [read more]
Support the Tube Cleaners!
After a successful strike last month was followed by a similar action at the start of July, Rick Grogan urges the public to get behind the Tube cleaners.... [read more]
Britain Sleepwalks Towards 42-day Detention
As the Brown government seeks to push through 42-day detention, Tom Bangay argues this latest counter-terrorism measure is impractical, unpopular, and an affront to civil liberties. ... [read more]
A Policeman's Lot: The Police and Industrial Action
David Brandon on why the left must support the police in their current industrial dispute.... [read more]
Brown's Failure to Pursue a Progressive Policy on Taxation is Alienating Labour's Core Support
Matt Genner believes the Tories' local election success shows Gordon Brown must be bolder.... [read more]
Teachers Strike for Better Pay
Steve Jones reports on this week's Central London demo in support of the teachers' strike.... [read more]
Vote Livingstone For Mayor
Steve Jones on why Londoners must vote for Ken despite his flaws.... [read more]
Andean Crisis: Ecuador Rallies Latin American Support Against Colombian Incursion
Samuele Mazzolini with the latest on the diplomatic crisis between Ecuador and Colombia.... [read more]
"Unfashionable" Balkan Nationalism?
Victor Petroff on the rise of right-wing populism in Bulgaria.... [read more]
Short Essay on Cuba and America - History and Politics
The relationship between Cuba and the United States is a relationship of history and politics.
... [read more]
Short Essay on the Greek Crisis
This short essay is a study of the history and politics of the Greek Crisis... [read more]
Nazifying the Arabs: the war of Holocaust narratives
This war of narratives was discussed at a 24 April SOAS event, co-sponsored by its Palestine Society and the Jewish Network for Palestine (JNP). Rather than give a lecture, the author Gilbert Achcar, Professor of International Relations at SOAS was interviewed by Professor Haim Bresheeth... [read more]
The Public Banking Revolution Is Upon Us
As public banking gains momentum across the country, policymakers in California and Washington state are vying to form the nation’s second state-owned bank, following in the footsteps of the highly successful Bank of North Dakota, founded in 1919.... [read more]
Rising Politics of Intolerance and the Need for Unity
Over the last 20 years extreme right-wing groups have been on the rise throughout the world. They share a belief in white supremacism and conspiracy theories that allege there is a global plot to replace white Christian populations with Muslims and people of color. ... [read more]
‘No Love on the Streets’: Knife crime in Britain
There is something fundamentally wrong with a society when children feel they have to carry deadly weapons in order to protect themselves.... [read more]
The Financial Secret Behind Germany’s Green Energy Revolution
Funding through the Federal Reserve may be controversial, but establishing a national public infrastructure and development bank should be a no-brainer.... [read more]
Tribal Nationalism vs Global Unity
Change, discontent and uncertainty are some of the most prominent characteristics of the times.... [read more]
Dear Mister Corbyn
This is not a letter I thought I would ever have to write when I joined the Labour Party, but it has to be written.... [read more]
National Interest or Personal Interest: Theresa May’s Spat with Tony Blair
The war of words between Tony Blair and Theresa May over the last few days is quite revealing – not of Blair’s known position regarding the Brexit mess, but because the Prime Minister’s rant showed her weakness.... [read more]
Why is Canada Punishing this Brave Woman?
Christianne Boudreau has worked with other parents internationally to create and promote educational programs to counter extremism.... [read more]
Western Media Attacks Critics of the White Helmets
The October 16 issue of NY Review of Books has an article by Janine di Giovani titled Why Assad and Russia Target the White Helmets. The article exemplifies how western media promotes the White Helmets uncritically and attacks those who challenge the myth.... [read more]
The Hollow Centre
Its hard now to believe how things once were. Full-blooded socialism never found a secure place in the British experience, but through the Seventies we had something more than the piecemeal reform of social democracy.... [read more]
U.S. IMMIGRATION: Is It Still an (inter-)National Asset or a Heartland Liability? You be the final Judge!
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free ... [read more]
A Public Bank for Los Angeles? City Council Puts It to the Voters
California legislators exploring the public bank option may be breaking not just from Wall Street but from the Federal Reserve.... [read more]
The Undeserving Pedro Sanchez
If Spain’s PSOE “socialist” party is to be remembered for any one single thing, perhaps that will be weak leadership. ... [read more]
Two-state solution is dead, Palestinian courage should spur international action
After 70 years, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is still unresolved. The conflict simmers for a few years, then erupts again with new massacres and violence.... [read more]
Blackstone, BlackRock or a Public Bank? Putting California’s Funds to Work
California has over $700 billion parked in private banks earning minimal interest, private equity funds that contributed to the affordable housing crisis, or shadow banks of the sort that caused the banking collapse of 2008.... [read more]
From Afghanistan to Anantnag via Abbotabad (Part 2)
On 22 March 2018 The Washington Post published Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman’s confession regarding the Saudi Arabian government’s facilitation of the CIA in financing and offering support to an Islamic cultural narrative across the ‘Muslim world’. ... [read more]
Taking the World to the Brink of Annihilation
Western neoconservatives and hawks are driving the international situation to increasing tension and danger... [read more]
Children of Stones
It was in May, 1939. The British rulers of Palestine had just published a White Paper, putting the dampers on our Zionist vision. The world war was drawing close, and the British Empire needed the support of the Arab world.... [read more]
Jerusalem
On the 26th May 1967, using money borrowed from my stepmother after swearing her to secrecy because I lived in unjustified terror of a very kind Dad, I boarded a flight to Jerusalem... [read more]
A Terrible Thought
Suddenly, A terrible thought struck me. What if Avi Gabbay really believes what he is saying?... [read more]
Tory austerity has killed more people than ISIS: Austerity as State-terrorism
Islamic State is frequently referred to as the biggest threat facing Britons. But an even bigger one, in terms of death and social division, is austerity... [read more]
Scottish Left On The Eve of the Centenary of Bolshevik Revolution
Scottish coordinator for ICOR, Amjad Ayub Mirza looks at the effects of revisionism and reformism on Scottish left politics... [read more]
America and Turkey: A Difficult Relationship
What’s behind the current diplomatic row between Washington and Ankara? David Morgan seeks to find out. ... [read more]
Saving Illinois: Getting More Bang for the State’s Bucks
Illinois is teetering on bankruptcy and other states are not far behind, largely due to unfunded pension liabilities; but there are solutions.... [read more]
The Myth of Trump’s Nationalism and Non-Intervention
For all their obvious flaws, one of the good things about early Trump supporters in the US was their opposition to war.... [read more]
Reactive Mismeasures: The New Yorker and the "New" Cold War Propaganda (Part 3)
This is the third part of a paragraph by paragraph commentary on a recent article posing as journalism in the March 6, 2017 issue of The New Yorker... [read more]
The Invisible Diasporan (Part 1)
Mallards Cottage was where I wrote my first novel. I called it The Return. I used to dream most of its events – the very plot was born of a dream on Christmas Eve of 1976... [read more]
“Ryancare” Dead on Arrival: Can We Please Now Try Single Payer?
The new American Health Care Act has been unveiled, and critics are calling it more flawed even than the Obamacare it was meant to replace... [read more]
Momentum's Night of the Long Knives
And so the Bonaparte of Momentum was born. At a stroke, Momentum’s democratic structures have been abolished; the tireless work of thousands of Corbyn supporters over the past year-and-a-half thrown out the window... [read more]
Yes, We Can
Lately, more and more people in Israel and around the world have been saying that the "Two-State Solution" is dead.... [read more]
Lenin Deserves To Be Rescued From His False Reputation
2017 is going to see many revised versions of the October Revolution. Some prejudices need to be countermanded even before they are uttered. Lenin’s reputation is overshadowed by, and confused with, Stalin’s.... [read more]
Power Will Be Restored
Would or could a different leader of this or that have altered the prospect of past, present or future... [read more]
Western countries cling on to censorship to save 'democracy'
News outlets like Russia Today, whether or not you agree with the content and ideas espoused, promote diversity of thought and provide a different perspective on world events that is urgently needed to broaden opinions, balance perspectives... [read more]
Women Battle The Highest Rates Of Attempted Suicide In Post-Conflict Bougainville
Sexual violence, early marriage, gender inequality and poverty are some of the factors being blamed for the alarming rates of depression and attempted suicide among women in Bougainville... [read more]
Brexit has another day in court!
The British government will take Brexit to court one more time... [read more]
US Presidential Election: who will win and who deserves to win?
It has been widely commented that the two main contenders in the US presidential race are both deeply flawed candidates, even that they are both unfit to hold high office... [read more]
Welcome back, Ms Thatcher!
There's one question that remains unanswered: who really benefits from Brexit?... [read more]
John Pilger: Why Hillary Clinton Is More Dangerous Than Donald Trump
The following is an edited version of an address given by John Pilger at the University of Sydney, entitled ‘A World War Has Begun’.... [read more]
The White Helmets Controversy
Unknown to most people, the White Helmets brand was conceived and directed by a marketing company named “The Syria Campaign” based in New York. They have managed to fool millions of people... [read more]
Syria, the UK and Funding the “Moderate armed opposition”
The British government has spent “over £100 million” since 2012, “working closely with a range of actors” to “find a political solution to the conflict and prepare to rebuild the country in the post Assad era.” ... [read more]
The Betrayal of Syria - US, France and Britain’s UN Ambassadors at the United Nations
“An ambassador is a … gentleman sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.” (Attributed to Sir Henry Wotton, 1568-1639)... [read more]
What the Trade Union movement can learn from the junior doctors’ dispute. (Part 1)
All industrial disputes should be assessed to see what we can learn for the future, and the junior doctors’ dispute is no different.... [read more]
If Only...
Discontent among the uninformed tends toward unreasoned emotion. The educated dissentient is able and willing to identify the nature of a problem and articulate an indictment of the problem’s source.... [read more]
Service or Disservice?
The National Health versus The Health of the Nation by outRageous!... [read more]
The Orange Man
So here we are. Either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton will be our next president... [read more]
Vote Leave – Vote Lies: the dishonest UK referendum on Europe
One side promises them an impossible economic nirvana if they vote to leave, while the other side terrifies them with an economic apocalypse – if they vote to leave.... [read more]
Referendum Fever – Tories battle over the EU
The UK is suffering from EU referendum fever and being swamped by arguments for Remain or Brexit... [read more]
The Center Doesn't Hold
"The best lack all convictions, while the worst are full of passionate intensity!"... [read more]
I Was There
"Please don't write about Ya'ir Golan!" a friend begged me, “Anything a leftist like you writes will only harm him!"... [read more]
What is to be Done with the Banks? Radical Proposals for Radical Changes
Immediate measures for moving towards socialisation of the banking sector... [read more]
What Happened to the Jews?
A new generation of Jews in America is turning their backs on Israel altogether... [read more]
Remain or Brexit: the UK’s referendum on the European Union
The only reason the UK is having a referendum on whether the UK should stay in (Remain) or leave (Brexit) the EU, is because of the difference of opinion within the Conservative Party.... [read more]
The Widening Gap
In any list of Israel's 100 most important women, Ilana Dayan would occupy a prominent position... [read more]
How David Cameron's Coalition Government Stole the 2015 General Election
This article is an edited extract (from section 3.9) of the book How David Cameron Fixed The 2015 General Election and Much Else ... [read more]
The Scottish Industrial Revolution, or The Scottish First Industrial Miracle 1700–1800
Most accounts of the origins of the industrial revolution are Anglo-centric, focused upon how the industrial revolution in England began from about 1750... [read more]
An Open Letter to Tiffany’s Chairman, CEO, Chief Sustainability Officer and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Tiffany’s should act immediately to disassociate itself from BSGR and ensure that their cut and polished diamonds are not a source of revenue for regimes guilty of gross human rights violations in Africa or Palestine... [read more]
Building the Fight against Austerity
It has been a depressing few weeks for the supporters of the Labour Party’s new leader Jeremy Corbyn... [read more]
Committee room 9: “Scotland and Palestine: Building Friendship and Solidarity”
Clive Hambidge reports on a recent seminar at the Houses of Parliament: “Scotland and Palestine” Building Friendship and Solidarity... [read more]
Letter to the Labour Party
It seems that the Parliamentary Labour Party does not want to change the country, or itself. It seems instead to be doing everything it can to return to the pre-Corbyn days. ... [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]
Petition to UK Parliament: Arrest Tony Blair for War Crimes in the Middle East. A few reasons why
Tony Blair’s assertions in Parliament in 2002 were integral in the excuse for the illegal invasion and ongoing bloodbath now also engulfing Syria... [read more]
Lord Mandelson Speaks
The most damaging aspect of Lord Mandelson’s initiative, however, is not what is said, but what is not said... [read more]
The Syrian Crisis is Part of a War Waged on Russia by the West
The roots of the current Syrian refugee crisis lie in the adoption of regime change as a key plank of US and NATO foreign policy... [read more]
Sheldon's Stooges
In Japan in the good old days, Binyamin Netanyahu would by now have committed hara-kiri... [read more]
Who Will Save Israel
The battle is over. The dust has settled. A new government – partly ridiculous, partly terrifying – has been installed
... [read more]
Nothing to Lose But Our Fears
Former MP and member of the Labour shadow cabinet, Bryan Gould, explains the need for Labour to break free from the neo-liberal consensus that has long imprisoned the left in an intellectual straitjacket... [read more]
Is Britain now Too Gerrymandered To Be A Genuine Democracy?
During the last 27 years, Conservative and Coalition Governments have passed legislation aimed at reducing the voting rights of people not likely to be supportive of the Conservative Party... [read more]
The USSR – the Democracy You Didn’t Know About
Kate Zagoskina explains the origins of democracy and it various manifestations throughout history... [read more]
A New Israeli-Palestinian Discourse
There is a need for both Israelis and Palestinians to change their discourse which is based on a mixture of rewriting history, expansionist aims, victimhood and endless conspiracy theories where none exist... [read more]
Malcolm Fraser, RIP
John Malcolm Fraser, prime minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983, passed away on 20 March 2015... [read more]
Life, Oil and Ghosts in the delta of the river Niger
Sweet and light - crude oil from the delta of the river Niger is the major Nigerian commodity and European and American companies export it for a profit... [read more]
Our government’s big green idea: let’s subsidise natural disasters
Britain pays billions to support farming, and then billions to repair the catastrophic damage it causes, writes George Monbiot.... [read more]
A Slow-Burning Revolution
Former MP and member of the Labour shadow cabinet, Bryan Gould, details the beginnings of a paradigm shift in economic thinking... [read more]
Labour’s immigration Policy: A Progressive Perspective
Immigration, and how the parties claim they will control it, is one of a handful of issues that will be pivotal in swaying swing voters either right or left in this year’s general election... [read more]
My Glorious Brothers
When I was 15 years old and a member of the Irgun underground (by today's criteria, an honest-to-goodness terrorist organization), we sang "(In the past) we had the heroes / Bar Kochba and the Maccabees / Now we have the new ones / The national youth…"... [read more]
Menace on the Menu: Development and the Globalization of Servitude (Part 1)
In his book ‘The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective’, economist Angus Maddison noted that India was the richest country in the world and had controlled a third of global wealth until the 17th century... [read more]
Lenin: State and Revolution, Chapter 6: Vulgarisation of Marx by the Opportunists
Thomas Riggins continues to guide us through Lenin's work - State and Revolution... [read more]
“We Stand With Shaker”: Tortured, ill, detained in Guantanamo, join new campaign to bring him home
A new campaign is being launched by independent journalist Andy Worthington calling for his release from Guantanamo.... [read more]
Chickenshit
When a high-ranking official of one country calls the leader of another country "chickenshit", it may be assumed that the relations between the two countries are not at their best... [read more]
The Dangers of Form Agnosia
Kate Zagoskina describes the West's tendency to shut its eyes to the bigger picture and ignore the link between action and consequence... [read more]
Would Scottish Independence Mean Economic Sovereignty?
Scottish voters will go to the polls on September 18th to decide whether Scotland should become an independent country... [read more]
Bury my Heart at Gaza City
The similarities between the building of Israel and the US are astonishing. The native people are portrayed as savage, inherently violent, unable to understand peace... [read more]
Piketty for Progressives
Part 1 of Thomas Riggins's analysis of Thomas Piketty's book - Introduction to Capital in the Twenty-First Century... [read more]
Israel slates Gaza for fighting back but why the double standards on “resistance”?
The Palestinians of Gaza consider themselves to be living within “occupied territory”, a fact recognised by the United Nations Human Rights Council and Human Rights Watch due to the fact that Israel maintains control of Gaza’s airspace, waters and borders... [read more]
A sea-change
Steve Richards is right to say that next year’s election will not, and should not, be decided by personality politics. So what will determine the voters’ preferences, asks former MP and member of the Labour shadow cabinet, Bryan Gould... [read more]
Israel: International Anger Mounts
“The situation involving Palestine
and Israel is an undeclared war, in which the aggressor, Israel, has
destroyed the Palestinian economy, robbed people of their land,
unilaterally changed borders, and unilaterally built a wall of exclusion
to keep Palestinians out of their land... [read more]
Iraq: US and Israel Plan Destruction of the Nation State
The Yinon plan is an Israeli strategic plan to ensure Israeli regional superiority. It insists and stipulates that Israel must reconfigure its geo-political environment through the balkanization of the surrounding Arab states into smaller and weaker states... [read more]
Israel’s Golden Gift
In recent weeks, with the crisis which has befallen Iraq and the upsurge in ISIS related violence, Iraq has become the focus of many media articles which mostly state that the anti-war movement was right to oppose the 2003 war... [read more]
Europe swings right as Spain turns left
All the chatter after the European Elections has been about the surge in the far right parties with the National Front in France and UKIP in the UK leading the charge. Yet in Spain the move has been markedly to the left, writes David Eade.... [read more]
Ukraine: US Ambassador to Moscow’s 2008 Cable: “Nyet, Means Nyet – Russia’s NATO Engagement’s Red Line.”
Headlines in the mainstream Western media, and Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague, obediently echo White House propaganda... [read more]
Lenin on State and Revolution: The Paris Commune (1871) - Replacing the Bourgeois State
The form of state prevalent in the developed capitalist world at the time of the Commune was a state that functioned to support the bourgeoisie in its war against the working class... [read more]
A Shameful Chapter
How would the US react to a declaration that the Palestinians would not conduct negotiations with an Israeli government that includes semi-fascist parties?... [read more]
“If Stones Could Weep”: Syria, Blair’s Plans and an Archbishop’s Son
Not only is Middle East “Peace Envoy”, Catholic convert and Butcher of Baghdad, Tony Blair gunning for mass destruction in Syria, he has recruited the son of an Archbishop to help him... [read more]
Ukraine and Crimea - an Illegal Putsch and a Democratic Referendum
Felicity Arbuthnot discusses the outcome of the Crimean referendum in view of rampant propaganda being hysterically stirred from Washington and Whitehall... [read more]
Fidesz Will Spend More Than Twice The Legal Limit in Hungarian Elections...And Get Away With It
The Hungarian General Election takes place on Sunday April 6. The spotlight has been on the far right party, Jobbik, which will be fielding a national list at the polls... [read more]
The Benefits Claimants the Government Loves
Uncapped, almost unconditional, the vast sums of public money we give to farmers buy only destruction, writes George Monbiot.... [read more]
The Benefits Claimants the Government Loves
Uncapped, almost unconditional, the vast sums of public money we give to farmers buy only destruction, writes George Monbiot.... [read more]
Missing Moazzam: For former Guantanamo detainee, the ordeal continues
I am missing the presence of Moazzam Begg as an important contributor to the daily political debate on terrorism and counter-terrorism on social media... [read more]
What can we do with what Thomas Piketty teaches us about capital in the twenty-first century? (Part 2 of 2)
Part 2 of Eric Toussaint's review of Thomas Piketty book Capital in the Twenty-First Century... [read more]
The Logic of War Crimes in a Criminal War
When U.S. marines carried out the savage and systematic execution of Iraqi families and small children in Haditha [in November 2004], it was initially reported as a “battle” with “insurgent casualties.”... [read more]
The Mockery of Banking Discipline
Part 7 of Eric Toussaint series, Banks versus the People: the Underside of a Rigged Game... [read more]
Lenin's State and Revolution Today- The Preface
The first in a series of articles by Thomas Riggins analysing Lenin's famous work The State and Revolution: The Marxist theory of the State and the tasks of the Proletariat in the Revolution... [read more]
Rajoy Versus Europe's Socialists Over Repressive Abortion Law
Spain’s right wing Partido Popular leader and Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, has achieved a notable feat. He has managed to have all the socialist parties in Europe declare war on his government.... [read more]
Britain's Legacy in Palestine (Part 2 of 2)
Dr Faysal Mikdadi publishes an excellent account of Palestine's history, focusing on how the economic, racist, religious, nationalistic, commercial and orientalist attitudes of Britain shaped the land and its people (Part 2 of 2)... [read more]
Solidarity with the Bolivarian revolution in the face of economic war
In the run up to the 8th December municipal elections in Venezuela, the campaign of speculation, hoarding, profiteering, overpricing and sabotage of the economy has intensified... [read more]
Russian Revolution still a shining example
Following the 96th anniversary of this world-shaking event, Eugene Puryear describes the historical significance of the Russian revolution and shows that more people are looking to an alternative as global capitalism continues to decline... [read more]
The US Role and Iran in Southwest Asia
Déjà vu all over again: US foreign policy has once again arrived at a critical historical crossroad... [read more]
Parties to the left of Labour
In both, the Labour votes remain solid enough to provide realistic bases for recapture in 2015. The main party that has lost ground is demonstrably the other one... [read more]
Making the World Safe for Banksters: Syria in the Cross-hairs
In an August 2013, journalist Greg Palast posted evidence of a secret late-1990s plan devised by Wall Street ans US Treasury officials to open banking to the lucrative derivatives business... [read more]
NHS In Crisis: The Story of Torrington Community Hospital
Elijah Pryor discusses the significance of Torrington Community Hospital for the North Devon community and the campaign to challenge cutbacks to the hospital's services... [read more]
Collapse in Support for Democracy
David Eade looks at the indicators suggesting Spaniards are losing faith in democracy... [read more]
The Crime of Alleviating Poverty: A Local Community Currency Battles the Central Bank of Kenya
Ellen Brown reports on how former Peace Corps volunteer Will Ruddick and several residents of Bangladesh, Kenya, face a potential seven years in prison after developing a cost-effective way to alleviate poverty in Africa’s poorest slums... [read more]
An Economic Policy For A Post Neo-Liberal World (Part 2 of 3)
Former Labour MP and member of the Shadow Cabinet, Bryan Gould, provides a road map for reviving Britain's ailing economy... [read more]
Bulgarian Democracy: In A Delicate State
David Eade revisits Bulgaria a month after the elections that brought the Bulgarian Socialist Party to power.... [read more]
The Alternative 2013 Spending Review, Or What Mr Osborne Could Have Said If He Understood Macro-economics
The Spending Review by George Osborne contained no surprises. But suppose Mr Osborne really understood economics and actually wanted to improve the British economy. George Tait Edwards provides a constructive speech for a competent chancellor... [read more]
On summer solstice, my £100 bet against solar power ends - who won?
Solar may be popular but environmentalists must be hard-headed about how to reduce CO2 in the cheapest way, writes George Moniot.... [read more]
The Road to Damascus
Tomasz Pierscionek deconstructs the story behind calls for intervention in Syria... [read more]
Shimomuran Economics: The No-Debt Investment Credit Creation Path to More Rapid Economic Growth
George Tait Edwards MBE makes the case for the urgent implementation of Keynesian economics to stimulate growth, based on the economic model's previous success in the US, China and Japan... [read more]
The Counter-Enlightenment
What happens to people when they become government science advisers? Are their children taken hostage? Is a dossier of compromising photographs kept, ready to send to the Sun if they step out of line? George Monbiot writes.... [read more]
Spain is the Most Corrupt Nation in the EU
LPJ Iberian correspondent, David Eade, shows how the Spanish people have lost faith in their politicians and national institutions... [read more]
WikiLeaks is a rare truth-teller
WikiLeaks is a rare example of a newsgathering organisation that exposes the truth. Julian Assange is by no means alone, writes John Pilger.... [read more]
Waiting 17 months for an appeal (Part 2)
Felix McHugh reveals the outcome of Paula’s appeal... [read more]
Waiting 17 months for an appeal...
Paula is depressed. She has no motivation to look after herself, to eat or to get dressed. Some days she stays in bed and doesn’t open the curtains. Felix McHugh discusses the hurdles one of his clients faces in trying to navigate the welfare system.... [read more]
"Leave. Go to Brixton- you'll make it there"
I am a Palestinian British Muslim. I take great pride in my dual heritage. There shouldn't be a price to pay for this duality, but there is. I have paid it always reluctantly, occasionally resentfully and once or twice bitterly, writes Faisal Mikdadi... [read more]
Northern Ireland Unionism's Dangerously Fascistic Tendency
After a lull over the Christmas period there have once again been violent protests on the streets of Belfast reports Conor... [read more]
Emily Wilding Davison Memorial Campaign Launched
A new campaign to honour the memory of the militant Suffragette Emily Wilding Davison on the 100th anniversary of her tragic death was launched on 29 November at the Firebox Café in King’s Cross. David Morgan reports
... [read more]
A Different War in Gaza, and the War Ahead
Ramzy Baroud writes, in life, some phenomena cannot be explained by ordinary logic or technical language, let alone official discourses. How did Gaza manage to fight back with such ferocity and undying vigour in quelling the latest Israeli war despite years of a bloody siege and one-sided war in 2008-9?... [read more]
Carrot Versus Breadcrumb: A Palestinian Dilemma
Palestinian Authority leader, President Abbas, is attempting to gain an upgraded status for Palestine at the UN this month writes Susan Walpole... [read more]
Netanyahu’s High-stakes Game in Gaza: Same Time, Same Place
Many key phrases have been presented to explain Israel’s latest military onslaught against Gaza, which left scores dead and wounded. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is flexing his muscles in preparation for the Israeli general elections in January, suggested some, writes Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
Now they do not need evidence, they create secret witnesses
Öcalan’s isolation may be over as the hunger strike ends in Turkish prisons, but the unjust trials of the opponents of the Government continue. Tim Baster and Isabelle Merminod report ... [read more]
Time Magazine and My Psychosis
Dr. Faysal Mikdadi discusses a recent letter he wrote to Time magazine... [read more]
Lenin on Anarchism and Opportunism: Chapter Four of 'Left Wing' Communism: An Infantile Disorder
Thomas Riggins gives an analysis of Chapter Four of Lenin's 'Left Wing' Communism: an Infantile Disorder and describes the Bolsheviks' struggle against both 'opportunism' and 'petty-bourgeois revolulutionism'... [read more]
Walk on, walk on...
When an individual with mobility problems seeks to obtain Employment and Support Allowance, simply getting to the assessment centre can be the first of many unpleasant battles. Felix McHugh reports.... [read more]
Unionbook: a Bastion of Online Activism
Rhys Harrison talks about Unionbook, the progressive activist's answer to Facebook and Twitter... [read more]
Allan Horsfall 1927-2012: In remembrance
Peter Tatchell recalls the contribution of LGBT rights pioneer Allan Horsfall, who died from heart failure on 27 August 2012, aged 84-years-old.... [read more]
Spot the Difference: Public Relations and Journalism
Finn Bowen asks that in light of the possible convergence of Public Relations and Journalism - once completely separate professions - can we ‘trust the truth’ the media portray? ... [read more]
Our officers kill more U.S. troops than the Taliban
No solution will come from our chain-of-command—the solution is fighting our chain-of-command. Michael Prysner, former US army corporal and Iraq war veteran, discusses record suicides amongst active-duty soldiers and reminds troops that they do not have to fight wars of imperialism... [read more]
Israel’s Plans for a New Arab World
Dr Faysal Mikdadi discusses the consequences of the division and disorganisation seen amongst the countries of the Arab world... [read more]
Hunger Games
The rich world is causing the famines it claims to be preventing, says George Monbiot.... [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]
Turkey, the Kurdish Struggle and the New Middle East
Turkey, a NATO member, has historically been a key strategic ally of the West in the Cold War but the political situation inside the country is far from tolerant of opposition, writes David Morgan. ... [read more]
Solidarity with Zarakolu and Ersanli
David Morgan reports on the trial of two public figures in Turkey charged with breaking the country’s dubious anti terror laws... [read more]
The Global Economic Crisis and ‘Possible Futures’
David Lane reviews a collection of three volumes compiled by Craig Calhoun and Georgi Derluguian chronicling the origins and aftermath of the global financial crisis... [read more]
This is free Europe, never again!
The London Progressive Journal gives its take on current events in the latest editorial... [read more]
Starving and Broke: Yemen’s Renewed ‘War on Terror’
Yemeni forces continue to push against fighters affiliated with al-Qaeda. Their major victories come on the heels of the inauguration of Abd Rabbuh Mansur al-Hadi, who is now entrusted with the task of leading the country through a peaceful transition writes Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
The Radical Alternative to Austerity
A message to all readers from Labour MP John McDonnell...... [read more]
Never forget that Bradley Manning, not gay marriage, is the issue
John Pilger shows that Barack Obama’s sudden “conversion” to the cause of same-sex marriage barely disguises the prime motives of a president as reactionary and violent as George W Bush.... [read more]
Book review- The Strongman: Vladimir Putin and the Struggle for Russia
David Lane reviews ‘The Strongman: Vladimir Putin and the Struggle for Russia’ by Angus Roxburgh... [read more]
The New Mandela
Uri Avnery writes about the determination of the Israeli state to keep Marwan Barghouti, Palestine's Mandela, behind bars... [read more]
The Great ESA Robbery
The removal of contributory Employment and Support Allowance assessment has not been a major talking point during the Welfare Reform Act's progress onto the statute book but I believe it is actually the most pernicious of all the benefit cuts which are just about to take place, writes Felix McHugh.... [read more]
Hollande: in bed with the voters
In the first of a series of articles on the forthcoming French Presidential elections, David Eade evaluates Francois Hollande - the Parti Socialiste candidate who may well be the next French President... [read more]
Spain's last election
David Eade contemplates the chances of the Left parties winning the Andalucían Parliamentary Elections on 25th March... [read more]
Plutocracy, Pure and Simple
Now it’s a straight fight with the billionaires and corporations, says George Monbiot.... [read more]
Memory in Exile: An Interview with Jorge Coulon of Inti Illimani
Ramona Wadi speaks with a member of the famous Chilean band Inti Illimani, a group that was part of the nueva cancion movement in the 60s and 70s... [read more]
Book review: America and the Imperialism of Ignorance: US foreign policy since 1945
Dr Tomasz Pierscionek reviews a book that charts the development of America's foreign policy throughout the course of the Cold War and beyond... [read more]
Boom at the top
At a time when the poorest are being hit hardest, W Stephen Gilbert comments on the obsence bonuses enjoyed by those at the top echelons of the financial sector and puts paid to the reasons most commonly used to justify such unfair practice.... [read more]
'Zero-Problems' Foreign Policy No More: Turkey and the Syrian 'Abyss'
Ramzy Baroud notes the U-turn in Turkey's foreign policy towards its neighbour Syria.... [read more]
The secret to obtaining DLA
Welfare rights worker Felix McHugh reports that, contrary to regularly repeated rumours, obtaining Disability Living Allowance is much harder than many are led to believe... [read more]
Global Development: Aid the myth of Western support
Elijah Pryor shows the true effect of Development Aid on poor countries... [read more]
Russian and Chinese Opposition to Intervention in Syria a Welcome Development
John Wight considers the decision by China and Russia to veto a recent UN Security Council Resolution condemning Syria... [read more]
Blog: Lies Lies Lies
outRageous! - Lies about the recent gunplay in Kabul and the stuff no one wants you to know.... [read more]
Think of a Tank
The “free market thinktanks” and their secret funders are a threat to democracy, writes George Monbiot.... [read more]
Over 300 U.S. troops dead in Afghanistan in 2011
Kevin Baker shows how the US administation cares little for the lives of American soldiers. Many troops dying in Afghanistan today were 8 years old when the 9/11 attacks happened. ... [read more]
Students Lead the Way in the Fight Against Austerity Measures
The two huge student protests that rocked London were just the tip of the iceberg, writes Ben Maisky.... [read more]
Cut to Shreds: Injustice for All
The coalition government's vicious attack on the public sector amounts to nothing less than a political coup d'état, says Richie Nimmo.... [read more]
Behind the Coup in Ecuador
The recent coup attempt in Ecuador was just the latest attempt to destabilise independent development in Latin America, writes Eva Golinger.... [read more]
Media Ambivalence About 'Red Ed' is a Sign of the Times
Nathaniel Mehr reflects on the media reaction to Ed Miliband's success in the Labour leadership election.... [read more]
The BBC’s defence of the ‘Death in the Med’ is far from being convincing or ethical
Iqbal Tamimi on why the BBC's response to the complaints they received of bias in their 16th August 2010 Panorama programme is inadequate.... [read more]
Combat Stress: A Living History
Hussein Al-Alak looks at the lifesaving work of a mental health charity that has spent the past ninety years helping ex-soldiers cope with life after service.... [read more]
Ban on Same-sex Marriage Must be Lifted
Marriage equality is the litmus test of David Cameron's commitment to gay rights, writes Peter Tatchell.... [read more]
One Holy Land United With Liberty and Justice for All
The absurd mythology of Zionism cannot hold firm forever, writes Ahmed Amr.... [read more]
ALBA Summit in Venezuela vows to fight Climate Change with System Change
Kiraz Janicke reports on a Latin American summit which has articulated a regional commitment to radical social change.... [read more]
Election 2010: Don’t Mention the Class War
'New' Labour is too close to big business to deliver the radical change the country needs, but it is by far the lesser of the two evils on offer, writes Richie Nimmo.... [read more]
“Hold Me Back!”
The idea that Iran would risk certain annihilation by attacking Israel is ludicrous, writes Uri Avnery.... [read more]
The Lobby vs. America: On Netanyahu’s Lies and the Spineless Politicians
In the wake of Benjamin Netanyahu's AIPAC speech, Ramzy Baroud picks apart the Israeli PM's poisonous rhetoric.... [read more]
Why Support the Palestinians?
Of the many international solidarity movements in the world today, the Palestinian struggle has a special status. Greg Sharzer explains why.... [read more]
Tribe or Nation? A Critical Look at Background to the Current Irish Scene
Irish politics has been back in the UK media limelight in recent weeks and months. Veteran campaigner Roy Johnston sets out a condensed history of the political dimension of the Irish independence struggle.... [read more]
Haitian Tragedy and White Man’s Burden Redux
International reaction to the catastrophe in Haiti has had a distinctly neo-colonial flavour, says Ben Selwyn.... [read more]
Venezuela Steps Up Aid Effort to Haiti and Questions US Military Deployment
Kiraz Janicke on the Venezuelan government's response to the humanitarian crisis in Haiti.... [read more]
Iran, Israel and Latin America: The Media States Its Case
Ramzy Baroud scrutinises the mainstream media consensus on the designated enemies of the US.... [read more]
Khaled Taja: The Anthony Quinn of Arab Drama
Khaled Taja, 70 years old and the iconic figure of Arabic drama, is planning to play the leading role in a movie about the tunnels of Gaza, writes Iqbal Tamimi.... [read more]
Requiem for a Crowded Planet
George Monbiot's analysis of the failure of the climate talks.... [read more]
The Nightmare in Afghanistan Worsens
Following the 100th British death of 2009 in Afghanistan, Steve Jones argues that the unwinnable war in Afghanistan can never deliver social and economic progress to the Afghan people.... [read more]
“…And A Little Child Shall Lead Them”
Barack Obama has weakly capitulated to Binyamin Netanyahu over Israeli settlement-building in the heart of the Arab community in East Jerusalem, says Uri Avnery.... [read more]
Chavez: US Withdrawl is 'Only Solution' to Colombian Friction
Kiraz Janicke on the Venezuelan response to US offers to mediate in the Colombian-Venezuelan dispute.... [read more]
Colombia “Hands Over Its Sovereignty” to US with Military Accord
Hugo Chavez has condemned the Colombian government's decision to permit the US to expand its military presence in Colombia, as James Suggett explains.... [read more]
Justice in Shades
A damning judgement on army killings suggests that officials at every level have covered up torture and murder, as George Monbiot explains.... [read more]
Time for BAE to Face Justice
Symon Hill examines what is possibly the biggest case of corporate corruption ever heard by a British court.... [read more]
The Population Myth
George Monbiot says people who claim that population growth is the big environmental issue are shifting the blame from the rich to the poor.... [read more]
Tutu's Prayer
Looking back at the fall of the Apartheid regime in South Africa, Uri Avnery asks what lessons - if any - can be learned by activists campaigning for justice for Palestine.... [read more]
US Audacity of Hope Falters: Settlement Freeze No Longer Required
The Obama administration's policy on Israel-Palestine is looking increasingly indistinguishable from that of the Bush years, as Ramzy Baroud explains.... [read more]
Ezra Nawi Spared Jail, For Now
Peter Tatchell urges readers to show their support for Israeli human rights campaigner Ezra Nawi.... [read more]
Should We Seek to Save Industrial Civilisation? A Debate with Paul Kingsnorth
Guardian journalist George Monbiot discusses climate change with the Oxford-based environmentalist Paul Kingsnorth.... [read more]
Who Killed Yasser Arafat and Why?
Ramzy Baroud considers the implications of the conspiracy theories surrounding Yasser Arafat's death five years ago.... [read more]
Open Letter to Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Maziar Razi throws down the gauntlet to Mr Mousavi, the 'reformist' candidate in the recent Iranian elections.... [read more]
Ahmadinejad Re-elected: Israel and Obama’s Iran Puzzle
The crisis in Iran presents a singular challenge to Barack Obama's foreign policy credentials, writes Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
Obama Working His Magic on Arabs?
Much has been made of Barack Obama's big speech in Egypt last week. Ramzy Baroud is not convinced.... [read more]
Venezuela Reiterates Commitment to Multipolar World Following Israeli Accusations
Israeli intelligence is using the relationship between Iran and leftist leaders in Latin America to stoke up fears in relation to Iran's nuclear ambitions, says Tamara Pearson.... [read more]
Venezuela and Argentina Increase Cooperation in Gas, Agriculture, and Finance
James Suggett on the latest Venezuelan-led initiative to further economic cooperation between Latin American states.... [read more]
European Elections and Year Ahead: The Threat of the BNP
Christopher Vasey considers the ominous prospect of a far right success in the forthcoming European elections.... [read more]
Presidents of Venezuela and Colombia Pledge Peace and Economic Development
James Suggett on an encouraging meeting between Uribe and Chávez.... [read more]
The Internet: A Democratising Force or Information Overload?
Matt Genner examines the impact of the dot com revolution on democratic debate and political activism.... [read more]
Changing the Face of Bolivia
Jeremy Corbyn examines the dilemmas facing the progressive government of Evo Morales in Bolivia.... [read more]
In the Name of Iraq? Luton Protesters Are Out of Touch
Hussein Al-Alak reflects on the recent tabloid furore over an ill-conceived miniature anti-war protest led by Muslim extremists in the UK.... [read more]
We Must Fight to Keep the Post Public
With both mainstream political parties apparently united in their determination to privatise the UK postal system, Mick Brooks makes the case for resisting so-called "part-privatisation".... [read more]
The New Face of Plan Colombia: An "Alliance for Progress" for the 21st Century?
Garry Leech examines the US-backed soft reform programme aimed at undermining support for radical movements in Colombia.... [read more]
“The People Won the Vote, Now The People Must Become the Government”
James Suggett interviews Venezuela-based journalist and activist Vanessa Davies.... [read more]
Israeli Elections: Hardliners Set to Form New Coaltion
Christopher Vasey examines the potential ramifications of the recent Israeli election results.... [read more]
Gutter Press Campaign Aims to Distort Union Demands
Rob Sewell on the mainstream press's campaign to discredit the unions in the wake of recent strike action.... [read more]
Anatomy of an Investigation: The Colombian State’s War Against Civil Society
Garry Leech examines how the Colombian governmetn is using anti-terrorism as a pretext for a concerted attack on patently non-violent social organisations.... [read more]
US Policy Towards Venezuela and Colombia Will Change Little Under Obama
Garry Leech on why US policy towards its Latin American neighbours is unlikely to change significantly under President Obama.... [read more]
The Damian Green Affair: What are the Issues?
Steve Jones dissects the controversy surrounding the recent arrest of the Conservative politician Damian Green.... [read more]
Benefit Claimants in Government's Firing Line
Fred McDowell on New Labour's latest populist diversion.... [read more]
Unsettling Signs: Buzzwords, Politics and US Elections
Looking back over the US presidential election contest, Ramzy Baroud is sceptical about the likelihood of serious "change" under an Obama administration.... [read more]
Interview: Michael Albert on the Communal Councils in Venezuela
Michael Albert is a prominent activist and economist and a co-founder of Z Magazine. Adam Gill spoke to him about the Venezuelan government's radical "Consejos Comunales" initiative, aimed at deepening participatory democracy.... [read more]
Venezuela On Track to Achieve Millennium Development Goals in Education
James Suggett on the slow but steady progress being made under the Chávez government's education reforms.... [read more]
Is There Really Much Difference Between McCain and Obama on Free Trade?
With the US elections just around the corner, Garry Leech examines the candidates' respective positions on international economic issues, and concludes that there is relatively little to choose between them.... [read more]
A League of Their Own
Hussein Al-Alak reviews the achievements of Palestinian sportsmen across the Arab world.... [read more]
The Working Class Must Not be Left to Pay for Wall Street Mess
Socialist Appeal's Walter Leon on the far-reaching implications of the financial crisis. ... [read more]
Venezuela Says US Uses Anti-Drug List as “Weapon of Domination”
James Suggett on how the United States is using the pretext of counter-narcotics to further its political struggle against Hugo Chávez's Venezuela. ... [read more]
Colombia’s Double Realities: Threats Against Indigenous Communities Ignored as Calls for a Second Re-election of President Uribe Get Louder
As Colombia's President Uribe continues to target the country's indigenous communities, Mario A. Murillo examines why many Colombians are opposed to Uribe's reactionary government.... [read more]
Venezuela Supports the Independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia
Tamara Pearson on Venezuela's declaration of support for Russia and the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.... [read more]
US Imperialism Looks Beyond the Middle-East
Nathaniel Mehr on the latest round of sabre-rattling emanating from the United States.... [read more]
Czechoslovakia
Forty years ago, on the night of August 20th-21st Russian and other Warsaw Pact forces invaded Czechoslovakia, thus putting an end to the ‘Prague Spring.’... [read more]
The Russian Bear and Information War
Victor Petroff asks: Was the recent conflict between Russia and Georgia really the obvious battle of good vs. bad the media storm might have led us to think it was?... [read more]
Venezuela Pledges Strengthened Alliance with Bolivia Following Morales Referendum Victory
James Suggett reflects on Bolovian President Evo Morales's referendum victory.... [read more]
Total Recall in Bolivia: Divided Nation Faces Historic Vote
With Bolivian voters set to go to the polls and the Morales presidency in the balance, Ben Dangl examines the issues at stake in the forthcoming recall vote. ... [read more]
Argentina Divided Over Agrarian Tax Reform
Samuele Mazzolini examines recent developments in the Argentinian Senate, where the right have rallied to block progressive tax reforms.... [read more]
Venezuela Halts Mining in Forest Preserve, but Renews Permit Discussions
James Suggett on the ongoing struggle for control of Venezuela's natural resources.... [read more]
Making a Killing from Hunger
Leading NGO GRAIN on why we need to overturn food policy.... [read more]
Ecuador's President Correa in Conflict with Indigenous Movement
Samuele Mazzolin on why the Ecuaodorean president's agenda for modernisation and wealth redistribution has brought him into an unlikely conflict with the country's indigenous groups.... [read more]
Ken is a Loss for London
Despite his flaws, Ken Livingstone was a mayor Londoners could be proud of.... [read more]
A "Partisan and Right-Skewed Press"
Matt Genner examines the reasons behind the right-wing bias in the mainstream media.... [read more]
Interview: Labour Councillor James Alexander
Cristina Brooks talks to Labour Councillor James Alexander.... [read more]
Another Defeat for the Italian Left
Samuele Mazzolini on what the Italian Left can learn from its recent election defeat.... [read more]
Secession: If It Feels Good, Do It
Richard Maidu considers the questions raised by the inception of Europe's newest state.... [read more]
New Versus Old Right In Paraguay's Presidential Election
Ben Dangl looks at the candidates on offer in Paraguay's Presidential election.... [read more]
Anti-FARC March Only Tells Part Of the Story
As millions march against the FARC in Colombia, Samuele Mazzolini considers the wider context of Colombia's internal security problems.... [read more]
Brown's Reactionary Britishness
The PM wants to celebrate Britishness...what does he mean?... [read more]
Interview: George Monbiot Talks to London Progressive Journal
London Progressive Journal's Haseeb Khokhar spoke to prominent climate change campaigner George Monbiot.... [read more]
The British Left Needs a Respectable Voice: Lindsey German talks to the London Progressive Journal
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Tulsi Gabbard vs Google Goliath
The Tulsi Gabbard presidential campaign has filed a major law suit against Google. This article outlines the main points of the law suit and evidence the the social media giant Google has quietly acquired enormous influence on public perceptions and has been actively censoring alternative viewpoints.... [read more]
Neoliberalism Has Met Its Match in China
When the Federal Reserve cut interest rates last week, commentators were asking why. According to official data, the economy was rebounding... [read more]
Facebook May Pose a Greater Danger Than Wall Street
Payments can happen cheaply and easily without banks or credit card companies, as has already been demonstrated—not in the United States but in China.... [read more]
The American Dream Is Alive and Well—in China
Home ownership has been called “the quintessential American dream.” Yet today less than 65% of American homes are owner occupied, and more than 50% of the equity in those homes is owned by the banks.... [read more]
Why Do We Think We Own The Earth?
Is it too late to ditch our rigid world view, our superiority, our belief in our ‘right’ to own and control our world? ... [read more]
The Treacherous Quadrangle Impasse of Iran-Israel-Saudi-US Diplomacy (Part I)
Both nations of Iran and Israel share a common historical heritage... [read more]
Climate Destruction - bearing witness with Dahr Jamail
“The question is not are we going to fail. The question is how?” Stephen Jenkinson, author and storyteller.... [read more]
Short Essay on Brexit and the Left
Brexit is the major political crisis in Britain today. Brexit is dividing the British Left... [read more]
Tulsi Gabbard Comes to San Francisco
“I'm running for president to be able to bring about this sea change in our foreign policy that is so necessary for us and for the world.”... [read more]
Britain’s Neo-colonial Policies in Oil-rich Nigeria Fuel War and Malnutrition
The controversial re-election of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari underscores the militarization of the country’s political system and economy... [read more]
Marie Colvin, Homs and Media Falsehoods about Syria
In April 2014 I was part of an international delegation which visited Syria for five days. In each city we had meetings with political, religious and social leaders but also had time to wander about and talk with people on the streets. ... [read more]
A Global Battle of Values and Ideals
With each day that passes the conflict and animosity between the conservative reactionary forces and the global movement for progressive change becomes more acute, uglier and increasingly dangerous... [read more]
Taking Control
The aim of populism is to remake the world as a life where nothing happens.... [read more]
Fracking Filthy Fuel
Hydraulic fracking is the process of releasing gas and oil from shale rock: huge quantities of water, proppant (usually sand ) and chemicals are injected at high-pressure into hydrocarbon-bearing rocks... [read more]
A Citizen Of Everywhere
At the geographic centre of Europe, Berlin is a microcosm of European history.... [read more]
Crimes of Empire: How Historical Fake News Contributed to Imperial Genocide
Fake news is as old as empire, maybe even older... [read more]
How America Can Free Itself From Wall Street
Wall Street owns the country. That was the opening line of a fiery speech that populist leader Mary Ellen Lease delivered around 1890. Franklin Roosevelt said it again in a letter to Colonel House in 1933, and Sen. Dick Durbin was still saying it in 2009. ... [read more]
Central Banks Have Gone Rogue, Putting Us All At Risk
Central bankers are now aggressively playing the stock market. To say they are buying up the planet may be an exaggeration, but they could. They can create money at will, and they have declared their independence from government. They have become rogue players in a game of their own.... [read more]
Juggling the Devil Sticks: Imran Khan, the military establishment and the Kashmir 'issue'
As soon as Imran Khan took charge of the office of Prime Minister he announced a number of cosmetic economic policies... [read more]
Ultimate Racists”: A Catalogue of Racism, Xenophobia, Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in the British Conservative Party, 2015-2018
Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson’s remarks about veiled women looking like “letter boxes” is the tip of a very large iceberg... [read more]
Tribute to Robert Parry - Investigative Journalist and Patriot
Robert (Bob) Parry was born in 1949 and died suddenly from pancreatic cancer in January 2018. An enthusiastic tribute to him and his work was recently held in Berkeley California... [read more]
You can’t have human rights in a neoliberal economy: Britain and the Universal Declaration at 70
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1948... [read more]
The Post
Spielberg’s film The Post is about events that are now history. Yet they remain so relevant.... [read more]
Fox in the Hen House: Why Interest Rates Are Rising
The Fed is aggressively raising interest rates, although inflation is contained, private debt is already at 150% of GDP, and rising variable rates could push borrowers into insolvency. So what is driving the Fed’s push to “tighten”?... [read more]
The Great Day
Two days ago, the State of Israel celebrated its 70th birthday. For days we heard about nothing else. Innumerable speeches full of platitudes. A huge festival of kitsch.... [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]
Saudi-led war on Yemen in its 4th year: the blood on the UK’s hands
In less than a month, the four year anniversary of the Saudi-led war on Yemen takes place, with no real solution in sight or clear hope for a total cease-fire in one of the world’s poorest countries... [read more]
Labour Leave – Not the Way Ahead
It is true that in the EU referendum, more people (52%) voted to leave than remain (48%) with the EU. But of the total electorate, that was 37% wanting to leave, 35% wanting to remain, and 28% that did not vote. ... [read more]
What the Hell?
What the hell am I? An Israeli? A Jew? A peace activist? A Journalist? An author? An ex-combat soldier in the Israeli army? An ex-terrorist?... [read more]
When Is there Going to be Accountability for US Wars and Aggression?
US makes new claims of WMD in Syria... [read more]
Class Before Nation : Reject the SNP Budget and Prepare for the Battle Against Scottish Austerity
On December 14 the Scottish National Party (SNP) Finance Minister, Derek Mackay presented to the Scottish Parliament the Scottish Government’s budget for 2018-19.... [read more]
Why the Honduras Crisis Matters to Me
For seven months in 1969 I hitch-hiked around the US, Mexico and Central America with my best friend from high school... [read more]
Election Theft in Honduras
Honduras is in crisis. The national election took place on Sunday 26 November. Results posted that night showed the challenger Salvador Nasralla with a 5% lead with 57% of the votes tallied... [read more]
The German Elections and the Ongoing Crisis of European Imperialism
Angela Merkel, who has been in power for 12 years and who won just 33% of the vote in the elections held on 24 September, failed to negotiate a coalition government that would rule over the German and the European working class for the next four years... [read more]
Nation, language, culture - play things of the elites?
One vital aspect of Globalisation is that local wage traditions, built up over centuries of trade union struggles by the working class, have to give way to cheap labour that moves at the speed of money around the globe to satisfy the needs of multinational companies. Cheap labour has been achieved by making wars and creating a refugee crisis... [read more]
North Korea: A Threat Or A Victim? Some Facts
If anyone is still wondering why North Korea was being “provocative” in missile tests and repeatedly declaring what would seem to be a daunting arsenal (although there is still no irrefutable, concrete proof of deliverable, long range nuclear weapons capability) here is just a small taste of what it’s southern neighbor, in cahoots with Godfather America, has planned... [read more]
How to Wipe Out Puerto Rico's Debt Without Hurting Bondholders
During his visit to hurricane-stricken Puerto Rico, President Donald Trump shocked the bond market when he told Geraldo Rivera of Fox News that he was going to wipe out the island’s bond debt.... [read more]
How to Fund a Universal Basic Income Without Increasing Taxes or Inflation
A team of researchers at the University of Oxford published the results of a survey of the world’s best artificial intelligence experts, who predicted that there was a 50 percent chance of AI outperforming humans in all tasks within 45 years... [read more]
Random Arrows and a Big Fist: Noam Chomsky Discusses Trump, Russia, the Middle East and Latin America
A few months ago, I interviewed Noam Chomsky as part of our new book Voices for Peace: War, Resistance and America’s Quest for Full-spectrum Dominance... [read more]
"Anyone But Bibi"
The vultures are circling. They can see the wounded man on the ground, and are waiting for his end.... [read more]
Lament in an Insane World - Saudi Arabia: The Tragedy of the “Ships of the Desert.” Stateless, Expelled Camels.
The last straw will break the camel’s back.... [read more]
The March of Folly
There are two ways to look at historic disasters. The one sees them as plots of evil persons, the other as acts of folly.... [read more]
Against Da Law (Part 2)
The law is indeed trickier than a snake, and can slip under obstacles and slither away into the undergrowth. It leaves in its wake tattered truth and battered justice... [read more]
Ten Problems with the Anti-Russia Obsession
Western media and Democratic Party politicians have made a major campaign accusing Russia of “meddling” in the U.S. election. The following are major problems with the “anti-Russia” theme, starting with the lack of clear evidence.... [read more]
The New Wave
When I was young, there was a joke: "There is no one like you – and that's a good thing!"... [read more]
Whoso Confesseth and Forsaketh
In the tumult of the last few days, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the "unification" of Jerusalem, one of the articles stated that "even peace-activist Uri Avnery" voted in the Knesset for the unification of the city.... [read more]
Greetings for Diana Buttu
A few days ago, a not so well-known Palestinian woman received an unusual honor... [read more]
Syria: Trump’s Tomahawks, Double Standards - Using Chemical and Radioactive Weapons for Profit?
In a nauseating irony, exposed by the Palmer Report, Trump may have profited from the deaths he caused.... [read more]
David Cameron’s Partisan Gerrymandering of the British Democracy
David Cameron rigged the 7 May 2015 election and planned to gerrymander the constituency boundaries in 2016 on the basis of a vastly reduced British electorate - the great majority of the voters who were removed from the rolls were non-Conservative voters.... [read more]
Branded
Perhaps the most sadly significant sign among the daily deceits currently stinking up the White House, is the redefinition of "presidential."... [read more]
My Palestinian Exile Is Not Theatre, Mr Fleisher. It Is Real Life
I am a Palestinian. Do not relegate me to some imperial design suiting Israel's ends and tell me to pack off to Jordan or anywhere other than where I was born and where my forefathers have lived for well over a thousand year... [read more]
Reactive Mismeasures: The New Yorker and the "New" Cold War Propaganda (Part 2)
This is the second part of a paragraph by paragraph commentary on a recent article posing as journalism in the March 6, 2017 issue of The New Yorker.... [read more]
What a State-Owned Bank Can Do for New Jersey
Having a cheap and ready credit line with the state’s own bank can have similar benefits for New Jersey and other states... [read more]
Reactive Mismeasures: The New Yorker and the "New" Cold War Propaganda (Part 1)
This is the first of a five part paragraph by paragraph commentary on a recent article posing as journalism in the March 6, 2017 issue of The New Yorker... [read more]
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ‘MY GENERATION’?
And there are those who ask, ‘Whatever happened to the idealism of my generation?’ Anyone who remembers the Sixties/Seventies years finds themselves asking that question... [read more]
Open Letter to the World Anti Doping Agency and International Olympic Committee Regarding the McLaren Report and the Politicization of Doping in Sports
Russian track and field athletes, plus the entire Paralympics team, were banned from the Rio Games last summer. This was based on the first McLaren report commissioned by the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA).... [read more]
Trump, Fake News, and the Press
Donald Trump is absolutely correct when he says the mainstream news media lies, purveys fake news, and is the enemy of the American people... [read more]
The “White Helmets” go to Hollywood
The White Helmets movie is a tactic in the ongoing campaign of distortion and deception around Syria... [read more]
! TO RUSSIA WITH LOVE?! Trump’s naïveté in exposing the historic truth of American Exceptionalism
... [read more]
That's How It Happened
When everybody on both sides was exhausted, the war ended with a set of armistices, which defined the recognized borders of Israel... [read more]
Trumpism and the Working Class
Trumpism is not a uniquely American phenomena. It is the local variant of an ultra-right anti-establishment ideology that has a worldwide manifestation... [read more]
Respect the Green Line!
The most incisive analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict I have ever read was written by the Jewish-Polish-British historian Isaac Deutscher... [read more]
Thanking Obama or The best slaves are the ones who thank their masters
As President Obama takes his last lap around the governing field before turning it over to Donald Trump LLC, many liberals and some deluded "leftists" have taken to thanking him for his eight years of service to the 1%... [read more]
Confessions of a Megalomaniac
I was invited by Mahmood Abbas, the President of the Palestinian National Authority, to take part in joint Palestinian-Israeli consultations in advance of the international conference in Paris.... [read more]
Don't Send Him!
Donald Trump has spat in the faces of at least half the Israeli population. He has appointed a bankruptcy lawyer named David Friedman to the job of US ambassador in Israel.... [read more]
Expelled for being a socialist: victim of the #LabourPurge
UNISON activist Terry McPartlan arrived home one day to find a letter stating that he’d been expelled from the Party after 36 years of continuous membership.... [read more]
Alone Of All The Arts
Writing is the hand that feeds society’s conscience and consciousness. Writing examines life, the essential process of civilized awareness, the fuel of serious social discourse... [read more]
Brexit has its day in court!
The third day of November 2016 was an historic day for parliamentary democracy. It was a day on which an investment fund manager and a hairdresser took on the might of the UK government in the High Court and won... [read more]
The Israeli Trumpess
What will Donald Trump do if he loses the elections in a week and a half from now, as most polls indicate?... [read more]
Abu-Mazen's Balance Sheet
People wonder why Netanyahu denounces Abbas as an "inciter", while not mentioning Hamas. To solve this mystery, one must understand the Israeli Right does not fear war, but is afraid of international pressure – and therefore the "moderate" Abbas is more dangerous than the "terrorist" Hamas.... [read more]
Fear and Loathing in the Labour Movement
The gravity of feeling was embedded in his face and voice as he spoke of his fears for the future of the party he once led... [read more]
It Can Happen Here
Political ideas and structures don't die easily. The human mind is lazy and apprehensive, and clings to familiar ideas, long after they have become obsolete... [read more]
Lucky Bibi
Luck can be a great benefactor. It can also be the cause of catastrophes. I seem to remember that one of those evil Greek gods or goddesses destroyed their human victims by making them lucky.... [read more]
Corbyn versus the Consensus
In any political movement there is a tension between what is desirable and what is possible... [read more]
The Criminality of American and British Illegal Immigrants in Syria
The illegals are UK Special Forces in Syria to assist the “moderate” head chopping, hand chopping, child-decapitating “rebels.”... [read more]
Can Jill Carry Bernie’s Baton?
Bernie Sanders supporters are flocking to Jill Stein, the presumptive Green Party presidential candidate... [read more]
The Biased Report that Led to Banning Russian Athletes
The targeting of Russia and indiscriminate punishment of their athletes is a betrayal of the Olympic spirit.... [read more]
The Shot Heard All Over the Country
Now the army, the last bulwark of national unity, is being torn apart... [read more]
Jeremy Corbyn, Labour’s Unelectable Leader
The strident anti-Corbyn headlines are endless. Almost every day a new headline drums the message home: Jeremy Corbyn must go... [read more]
The Left Will Only Win the Argument When It Takes Back Control of the Conversation
Let the Left fracture into smaller pieces, and then let it unite in a coalition determined to change the minds of the voters... [read more]
Welcome! Bienvenue!
"Anti-Semitism in France" is now all the rage in Israel. A huge propaganda effort is invested in this campaign. The aim is to induce French Jews to come to Israel... [read more]
Business As Unusual
We need more people to throw down their swords and raise their voices
with the healing words of true democracy... [read more]
The ICC Will Not Prosecute Tony Blair - Others Are Planning To
The ICC will examine the Chilcot Inquiry Report for evidence of abuse and torture by British soldiers but have ruled out putting Tony Blair on trial for war crimes... [read more]
The UK leaves Europe but will the English language remain?
Though the UK leaves Europe, its English language will remain to unite Europe. ... [read more]
Is the UK’s Iraq Inquiry Set to “savage” Tony Blair?
Charles Anthony Lynton Blair is beyond all shame. No matter how widely the guilt is spread, he was Captain of the No 10 Downing Street ship, and thus should shoulder commensurate blame.... [read more]
Health and Humanity: Conclusion
A healthy human, with a foundation of biopsychosocial health, could hope to find their purpose in life... [read more]
Kudos for civic activism and social justice: you are a born communicator!
As we stroll along the transitory journey of life, it is only natural to progressively focus first and foremost on our education, acquiring skills, career aspirations, and perhaps marriage... [read more]
Iraq Outrage: Chilcot Inquiry Publication Delayed: “ to avoid embarrassing Tony Blair.”
"Nothing justifies killing of innocent people." (Tony Blair, CNN, 15th January 2015)... [read more]
Clean eating versus industry
During the eighties and nineties here in the UK we were broadly encouraged to eat lower fat spreads such as margarine, associated with a push for polyunsaturated fat consumption... [read more]
Holocaust Education and the Iraqi Community
Holocaust Memorial Day takes place each year on the 27th January and is marked on that day to commemorate the liberation of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp, by the Soviet Union’s Red Army... [read more]
In the Panama Capers we Trust
The leaked Panama Papers, from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca & Co, are spilling the beans on the details of what the rich, powerful and greedy get up to with unseemly amounts of dosh... [read more]
The Case of Soldier A
A group of soldiers, supported by a major part of the political scene, has mutinied against their commanders. This is a major menace to the structure of the state, a challenge to what remains of our democracy.... [read more]
Believe In Bernie: Support and Vote for Sanders!
Bernie is the only candidate who has unwaveringly stood for socio-economic justice, educational and political empowerment, civil and constitutional rights for all... [read more]
The Zoroastrian Americans of the New York Tri-States Inugurates their Newly Built Cultural Community Center
... [read more]
The European Central Bank’s true priorities
Part 7 in a series of articles by Eric Toussaint - Governments submit to “Too Big to Fail” banks ... [read more]
Exposing the Libyan Agenda: A Closer Look at Hillary’s Emails
Before 2011, Libya had achieved economic independence, with its own water, its own food, its own oil, its own money, and its own state-owned ban... [read more]
Ukraine, the price of survival: from civilian aircraft to attack drones
The Ukrainian aviation conglomerate Antonov was more than an industry; it was a legend... [read more]
EU - Should we stay or should we go?
Former Labour shadow cabinet minister, Bryan Gould, questions the economic benefits Britain supposedly derives from being part of the EU... [read more]
Hillary Clinton on Cutting Drug Costs - ie: Kick the Poor off Medicare
Forbes magazine doesn't always paint a rosy picture of capitalism... [read more]
Yemen: The slaughter continues
UK Parliamentary Committee Calls for Halt to Arms Sales, Moots International Inquiry into Alleged International Law Abuses... [read more]
Bernie Sanders' message
Former Labour shadow cabinet minister Bryan Gould considers why Bernie Sanders' support amongst voters keeps growing... [read more]
The big private banks run on LTRO
Part 6 of the series 'Too Big to Fail' by Eric Toussaint... [read more]
Iran and Saudi Arabia: The latest skirmishes and its impact on Syria’s future
The regional power struggle between Iran and Saudi Arabia has intensified as a result of Riyadh’s summary execution of Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr... [read more]
Health and Humanity
This upcoming series on health and humanity comes at an interesting time... [read more]
Seashore Thoughts
Looking out at the sea, I thought about the three great dangers I perceive... [read more]
Questions of Power and Slavery
All governments encroach, creep into our lives, and smother our minds with ever more legislation that infringes our human rights and civil liberties... [read more]
Tiffany’s Supplier Funds a Unit of the Israeli Military Accused of War Crimes - Jewellery Industry Awash with Blood Diamonds
The hypocrisy and double standard that permeates the jewellery industry when it comes to blood diamonds is laid bare when one examines the ethical credential of Tiffany’s diamonds – one of the world’s most prestigious jewellers.... [read more]
Russia vs terrorism
This week the Russians became the latest victims of the accomplices of terrorism... [read more]
Palestine
Just to think of Palestine is evocative. From the lush orange orchards to the laden olive groves... [read more]
The Cats of Ariel
Every time you think we have reached the limit, something else pops up and the limit moves... [read more]
We’ve Got to Talk about Water and the Middle East
This is the text of a lecture given in Dorchester on Wednesday 28 October 2015... [read more]
How Obama Could Beat the Debt Ceiling and Go Out a Hero
The debt ceiling is an unconstitutional gimmick that violates the 14th amendment... [read more]
Killing Off Community Banks: Intended Consequence of Dodd-Frank?
The Dodd-Frank regulations are so lethal to community banks that some say the intent was to force them to sell out to the megabanks... [read more]
What’s wrong with Britain?
One glance on Sunday morning at The Guardian website demonstrated quite clearly what is wrong with Britain – and, probably, the rest of the ‘developed’ world... [read more]
The left wing case for quitting the EU
Much of the left would agree that the European Union does not always function in the best interests of either the European or International working class... [read more]
Monsanto's 'Hand of God': Planned Obsolescence Of The Indian Farmer
Global agribusiness is playing fast and loose with poor people’s lives and is profiting handsomely.... [read more]
"Don't Talk Zionism!"
Decades ago in Israel, "Zionism” was a kind of joke among young people. "Don’t talk Zionism!" meant "Don’t talk highfaluting nonsense!"... [read more]
A lurch to the left
Bryan Gould, former Labour shadow cabinet minister, explains why Jeremy Corbyn's campaign appealed to those who are disturbed by increased poverty and widening inequality... [read more]
PSL statement on Jeremy Corbyn’s election as British Labour Party Leader
On becoming Leader, Corbyn also became Leader of the Opposition to the current Conservative government of David Cameron... [read more]
The Real Menace
Let's put it bluntly: to try to stop IS means supporting the Assad regime. Bashar al-Assad is an abominable fellow, but he has kept Syria together, protected its many minorities and kept the Israeli border quiet... [read more]
United-States : the Fed Bails Out Wall Street
Part 4 of Eric Toussaint's series: Governments submit to “Too Big to Fail” banks... [read more]
What Labour can learn from the Corbyn campaign
Bryan Gould, former Labour shadow cabinet minister, shows what lessons Jeremy Corbyn can teach the Labour Party... [read more]
The Magician's Apprentice
One has to choose: Binyamin Netanyahu is either incredibly shrewd or incredibly foolish... [read more]
The Douma Market Attack: a Fabricated Pretext for Intervention?
Eric Draitser raises important questions about the recent attack on a market in the Syrian town of Douma and highlights gaps in the official narrative of events... [read more]
Has Jeremy Corbyn started the political conversation that England needs?
Many people, battered and depressed by the result of the general election cheered up when Jeremy announced he was entering the Labour leadership contest... [read more]
Divide et Impera
Binyamin Netanyahu is not known as a classical scholar, but even so he has adopted the Roman maxim Divide et Impera, divide and rule.... [read more]
Cligg’s Clangers
Dorset’s wildlife campaigners are working flat out to prepare for a possible badger cull... [read more]
Statement of Palestinian groups and individuals in the occupied homeland, refugee camps and the diaspora about the global war on Syria
... [read more]
From Liberal Hand-wringing to the Political Economy of Assassination: The Charleston Shootings and Mainstream Society’s Complicity in Murder (Part 1)
The larger social architecture defined by the academic, political and corporate ties of the gun lobby helps explain how we could systematically take the fight to the NRA... [read more]
The Nuclear with Iran and the Prospect of Regional Transformation
The long anticipated historic nuclear accords between the P5+1 countries and Iran is now poised to set a new milestone for non-confrontation and dialogue... [read more]
Rewriting Democracy: Scotland’s movement towards independence with a National Yes Registry
Many people thought (and hoped) that Scotland voting No in its Independence Referendum last year had laid that idea to rest. Far from it... [read more]
The Fourth of July and the right of revolution
Every schoolchild in the United States is exposed at one point or another to this famous passage from the Declaration of Independence... [read more]
Re-Packaging Masculinity in Tony Abbott’s Body Politic - A Painting
In 2015 the industry of terrorism has moved into a new phase and the scenarios I painted – such as the militarisation of civil society - have gone mainstream... [read more]
Which direction for Labour?
Bryan Gould, former Labour shadow cabinet minister, says Labour's leaders must be prepared to do the hard work needed to produce a convincing alternative in line with much current and developing economic thinking... [read more]
BDS, the New Enemy
For years now, Netanyahu has built his career on fear of the Iranian Nuclear Bomb... [read more]
Nuclear Weapons and the Language of ‘Power’
Nuclear Weapons and the Language of ‘Power’. Or should that be the language of ‘assumed’ power?... [read more]
Governments submit to “Too Big to Fail” banks (part 2)
Governments make gifts galore to private banks... [read more]
How the Election Was Won
Bryan Gould, former member of the Labour shadow cabinet, explains how popular sentiment on political issues can be manipulated... [read more]
New Labour is the Problem, Not the Solution
After Labour’s dismal performance in Thursday’s election there have been a lot of theories on why it turned out to be such a terrible night for the party... [read more]
General Election disaster for working people as Tories stay in power
Big business and the fat cats of the City of London are celebrating the victory of their friends in the Tory Party... [read more]
Now for the Rise of the Republic of The North!
It’s not only the Scots who are disillusioned with Westminster politics. The 2015 election once again doomed the north to five more years under a leadership it hasn’t voted for... [read more]
The Kiev Junta: A study in the Anatomy of Fear and Ignorance
Dr Tomasz Pierscionek shows the apparent ease with which fear propagates ideas which might otherwise be rejected as absurd... [read more]
Absolutely Bloody Bonkers!
At a Badger Trust seminar a few days later a great debate took place between both pro and anti-cull experts... [read more]
Cultural Zoroastrianism: The Commonality amongst the South-Central-West Asians
The people of Zoroastrian faith, ethnically Persian, can be traced back in history for over 4,000 years... [read more]
Preaching rebirth and home; practicing death abroad
England’s Easter was the culmination of recent events which have brought the would-be great and good to their knees - and knee deep in hypocrisy... [read more]
English Heritage – with the UK’s general election ever closer, whose culture are we ‘celebrating’?
I fear the outcome of the general election; I fear the deals made by politicians desperate to stay in power, deals that will further harm the disadvantaged poor... [read more]
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Bomb?
My father once taught me how to withstand blackmail: imagine that the awful threat of the blackmailer has already come about. Then you can tell him: Go to hell... [read more]
Pakistan government shames itself over Israeli drone connection… no friend to Gazans
Last year July 2014, Mansoor Jaffar, a senior journalist for Al Arabiya, wrote a scathing article critcizing Pakistan for its “zombie-like response" to the Gaza killings... [read more]
Fateful Steps That Led to the Crisis in Ukraine (Part 2)
The borders of the Ukraine today are very different than they were before WWII... [read more]
An Iranian model of altruism, volunteerism, philanthropy and scholarship in the Diaspora
The devotion of one’s intellectual and material resources to the betterment of human society has been emphasized in Persian literature, culture and religions since the earliest times... [read more]
Penrose Inquiry: “Bad Blood”, biological terrorism and cover-up under a failed western democracy
The Penrose Inquiry, the public inquiry into the circumstances in which patients treated by the NHS in Scotland became infected with Hepatitis C, HIV, or both, through the use of blood or blood products published its Final Report on Wednesday, 25 March 2015... [read more]
The plausible normalisation of U.S.-Iran Diplomatic Relations: Who are the losers and winners?
The gains to all sides from a nuclear resolution and the strategically inevitable normalisation of relations between the U.S. and Iran will far outweigh the collective perceived losses... [read more]
For whom to Vote?
Uri Avnery discusses whom to vote for in the upcoming Israel elections... [read more]
Economic Policies for an Incoming Labour Government (Part 9 of 9)
Further Proposals and a Conclusion... [read more]
Economic Policies for an Incoming Labour Government (Part 7 of 9)
The Re-Establishment of British Banks Along Four Main Functional Lines... [read more]
Economic Policies for an Incoming Labour Government (Part 1 of 9)
The Coalition Government’s Failed Austerity Programme... [read more]
Education, Education, Deprivation
If you were a university student at any time from 1962 to 1989, you received a maintenance grant; it started off at a little under £400 p.a. and reached £1,430 in 1980... [read more]
Has Democracy Gone Missing? Or was it ever here?
People are suffering from a deficiency which is as unbalancing as a hormone or vitamin deficiency. What we are severely lacking in is democracy... [read more]
The Casino Republic
Money plays an ever-increasing role in politics. Election propaganda is made on television, which is very expensive... [read more]
Why Public Banks Outperform Private Banks: Unfair Competition or a Better Mousetrap?
In November 2014, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Bank of North Dakota (BND), the nation’s only state-owned bank, is more profitable than Goldman Sachs Group... [read more]
To pay or not to pay?
Joseph Stiglitz shows that a suspension of debt repayments can be beneficial for a country and its people... [read more]
The CIA, Torture, and American “Democracy”
The Senate report on CIA torture reads like a Stephen King novel, a transcript from the Nuremberg trials, or Josef Mengele’s notes from Auschwitz... [read more]
Half of Shas
The Shas party has split into two. Opinion polls show that both parts are hovering around the 3.12% threshold which is now necessary for entering the Knesset, after the minimum was raised by the last Knesset... [read more]
Dehumanisation in war
The murder of Baha Mousa springs to mind as a line in the sand where we may have publicly turned a corner for soldiers being exposed for abusing innocent civilians... [read more]
Niall Ferguson on Henry Kissinger's "World Order"
A good book review gives both the gist of the book and allows you to decide if it is worth reading... [read more]
The Plebiscite
Israelis are fed up with Binyamin Netanyahu. They are fed up with the government. They are fed up with all political parties. They are fed up with themselves. They are fed up... [read more]
Unpaid internships and the hypocrisy of capitalism
According to research conducted by the Sutton Trust, an educational charity based in the UK, almost a third of university graduate interns are being forced to work without pay, as a means of ‘getting their foot in the door’ of their respective careers... [read more]
The Pen Trumps the Sword Anytime (Part 1)
The first part of an 'Introduction' to an illustrated book of poetry by Dr Faysal Mikdadi. The collection, Painted into a Corner, appeared in the summer of 2014... [read more]
Deaths in detention: Defence of Human Rights group in Pakistan on a “high- risk” mission to Swat
Many innocent people have become victims of the state in Pakistan as successive governments assisted the US with its War on Terror operations after 9/11... [read more]
Western Bio- Terrorism: Struck off for “Islamic sectarian violence” but no action against doctors killing patients
Carol Grayson discusses different perceptions of the phenomenon of extremism... [read more]
‘Cleansing the stock’ and other ways governments talk about human beings
Those in power don’t speak of ‘people’ or ‘killing’ – it helps them do their job. And we are picking up their dehumanising euphemisms, writes George Monbiot.... [read more]
Decent Respect
Sweden, like Britain, was always considered a "pro-Israeli" country, loyally voting against "anti-Israel" resolutions in the UN. If such important Western nations are reconsidering their attitudes towards the policy of Israel, what does it mean?... [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]
Pakistan: Alleged target killer for ISI and Blackwater executed after “confessing” to assassinations during peace talks
In recent days the name of the firm “Blackwater” has reared its ugly head once again with the trial of four men, part of an assignment contracted by the US State Department to provide “security” in Baghdad during 2007... [read more]
Compassion Should Extend Beyond The Home
Former MP and member of the Labour shadow cabinet, Bryan Gould, provides a riposte to Roger Scruton’s piece in The Guardian... [read more]
The history and modern role of political Islam
After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the capitalist counter-revolution in China, an immense political vacuum opened up in ideology and politics on a world scale. Article by Dr Lal Khan... [read more]
Washington's madness in Ukraine
What is happening right now in Ukraine may not just be another conflict that will rumble on for a few years and then slowly end in a messy compromise... [read more]
Who is behind ISIS?
I have no idea where the Islamic State/ISIS/ISIL or whatever name it uses came from, and I'm just as baffled by the roots of its violent ideology... [read more]
Machismo underpins war and tyranny
A macho mindset is a psychological precondition for all oppression... [read more]
Monsanto’s Biotech Public Relations Makeover: Lubricating the Wheels of the GMO Trojan Horse
Monsanto believes it is having trouble getting its message across to the public. Last year, it began a makeover. It realised that it and GMOs have an image problem... [read more]
Bank abuses in the real estate sector and illegal foreclosures in the United States
Part 2 in the series by Eric Toussaint - The banks and the “too big to jail” doctrine'... [read more]
Interview with Robert Braun (Part 1 of 2)
Dr Robert Braun, veteran politician and senior member of Hungary’s opposition party, MSZP, speaks with Dr Tomasz Pierscionek about Hungary’s transition from Eastern Bloc state to neo-liberal democracy and describes the challenges currently facing the country... [read more]
The Dilemma of the Israeli Government in Gaza
The 72 hour cease-fire between Israel and Hamas did not last more than a few hours... [read more]
Stop the War in East Ukraine
Sweeping sanctions have been imposed by the European Union and the United States on Russia for its alleged involvement in East Ukraine.... [read more]
Meeting in a Tunnel
The Israeli media are now totally subservient. There is no independent reporting. "Military correspondents" are not allowed into Gaza to see for themselves, they are willingly reduced to parroting army communiqués, presenting them as their personal observations... [read more]
Lenin on the State and Revolution: The Paris Commune (1871)
Thomas Riggins reviews Chapter IV of Lenin's State and Revolution (1917)... [read more]
Climbing High: Samina Baig first Pakistani woman to achieve “seven highest peaks” challenge
Samina Baig from the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan has once again made the news becoming the first female to summit all seven highest peaks in the seven continents in just under eight months... [read more]
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Sound Science and the GMO Biotech Sector's Version of Science
Coming from the GMO biotech industry, or its political mouthpieces, the term “sound science” rings extremely hollow... [read more]
The Failure of Western Neoclassical economics - Invention without innovation results in increasing poverty
Many individuals in the Western nations are still great at invention, but innovation — defined as the transfer of these inventions to the factory floor — has generally failed in the West... [read more]
Comparison of the Washington, Berlin, and Tokyo Consensus Zones -Which one really works?
George Tait Edwards compares three separate economic systems presently operating around the world... [read more]
Update On Shimomuran Economics: The Day May Come
Western governments and their advisors can no longer continue to ignore the work of the master economist Dr Osamu Shimomura (1910-1989) who provided the insights which have produced the high growth of the China Sea economic zone... [read more]
The return of George Orwell and Big Brother’s war on Palestine, Ukraine and the truth
In his latest essay, John Pilger describes the liberal "one-way, legal/moral screen" behind which great power and its Orwellian propaganda ensure an impunity for war and deception, dependent on what Leni Riefenstahl called our "submissive void".... [read more]
The elixir of life – in a poisoned chalice?
Longevity science may divide us into treated and untreated: the first living ever longer, the second dying even younger than now, writes George Monbiot.... [read more]
Goal Moscow
The USA wants to turn Ukraine into a permanent area of crisis, keeping it just off the boil of war. In this way Russia will feel threatened... [read more]
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, A Thatcherite Revolution: “Free Trade”, Corporate Plunder and the War on Working People
Prior to the recent national elections in India, there were calls for a Thatcherite revolution to fast-track the country towards privatisation and neo-liberalism... [read more]
So, you think you know Iraq?
After the nearly decade long occupation of Iraq, you would have thought that some within British political circles would have learned about the country they sent troops to occupy back in 2003.... [read more]
The real enemies of press freedom are in the newsroom
The principal threat to expression comes not from state regulation but from censorship by editors and proprietors, writes George Monbiot.... [read more]
Scotland – Independently Great: an English view of the Scottish Referendum
While most of us are happy to trade, to buy products from other countries, to take part in what is now a “global community”, we want to do it on our own terms... [read more]
An Armed Ghetto
One side's terrorists are the other side’s freedom fighters. That is not simply a matter of terminology. It is a difference of perception, which has far-reaching practical consequences... [read more]
Police, Guns, Action – how safe were England’s pilot badger culls?
The British government’s policy to rid England’s cattle of bovine TB by culling badgers is unravelling writes Lesley Docksey... [read more]
Monsanto, Syngenta, Pioner et al: With Friends in High Places, the GMO Biotech Sector is Kicking Open the Door to Europe
The proposal to hand back some decision powers to member states of the European Union regarding GMO approvals is currently being discussed, writes Colin Todhunter... [read more]
The Day That Spanish Democracy Died
These are exciting times for Spanish royalists. They anticipate a new king, and it appears they are going to get one... [read more]
Tiananmen: the massacre that wasn't
What really happened 25 years ago in Tiananmen Square?... [read more]
Piketty, The Wall Street Journal, and Rational Conservatives
Thomas Piketty's book, Capital in the 21st Century, has almost had the effect of a tsunami on economic thinking in the United States, writes Thomas Riggins... [read more]
In Their Own Juice
According to press reports, President Barack Obama has decided to let Binyamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas “stew in their own juice.”... [read more]
Fast-tracking Neo-liberalism in India
Apparently, the results of the national general election in India mark a turning point. We are told that the nation has spoken and has given the new Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his BJP party a ‘landslide victory’... [read more]
Syria and Ukraine: Two Elections, Diplomatic Shenanigans, Double Standards and Insurgents
Thursday 15th May marked Nakba Day, Yawm an-Nakba, “Day of Catastrophe”: the onset of the displacement of perhaps 800,000 Palestinians... [read more]
Syria and Ukraine: Two Elections, Diplomatic Shenanigans, Double Standards and Insurgents
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On Democracy and Strike Ballots
Given the bloody nose Boris Johnson received from the well supported actions of RMT members in their dispute over the closure of ticket offices, it is not surprising that he should be lobbying Cameron to neutralise the union's opposition... [read more]
Capitulating To Monsanto And Wall Street: What Future India?
The Indian Oil and Environment minister has added fuel to the debate about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) by approving field trials of 200 GM food crops on behalf of companies like Monsanto... [read more]
Fascism Today
A friend reminded us on Facebook that today, 8 May, is the anniversary of the end of the War in Europe when Fascism was thankfully defeated... [read more]
Iraq: Sixty Nine Days In Fallujah General Hospital Emergency Department
Felicity Arbuthnot writes about the ongoing massacre in Fallujah, Iraq, as government forces continue to attack the city... [read more]
Common Factors in Cases of Economic Resurgence
Successive British Governments have persistently denied the importance of industry in the national economy, with some of ministers foolishly regarding industrial decline as inevitable writes George T Edwards... [read more]
Farage's demagoguery obscures UKIP's reactionary nature
Dr Tomasz Pierscionek discusses how UKIP seek to plug an electoral void that ought to be filled by a Labour Party offering a socialist programme... [read more]
Tony Blair, George W. Bush and David Cameron: Hijacking God?
There must be something in the water at Number 10 Downing Street, writes Felicity Arbuthnot... [read more]
In One Word: Poof!
Poor John Kerry. This week he emitted a sound that was more expressive than pages of diplomatic babble.... [read more]
Censorship double standards: State terrorism websites vs insurgent websites
Carol Grayson asks whether the CIA website should be banned as the organisation is implicated in torture and promotes violence... [read more]
Lenin on the Paris Commune (1871): An Heroic Uprising
Thomas Riggins discusses Lenin's take on the Paris Commune... [read more]
The People's Assembly- Building an Alternative
The People’s Assembly has the potential to become the successor to the popular fronts of the 1930s in uniting the broad left writes Dr Thabo Miller... [read more]
Hungarians believe their politicians are corrupt
When Transparency International issued its report on election spending on Monday the section that captured the headlines was that showing that Fidesz would spend over double the legal limit – and get away with it. Fidesz stayed quiet on this revelation but needless to say the opposition parties took to the social media immediately, writes David Eade.... [read more]
Give and take in the EU-US trade deal? Sure. We give, the corporations take
I have three challenges for the architects of a proposed transatlantic trade deal. If they reject them, they reject democracy, writes George Monbiot.... [read more]
Pakistan Taliban announce ceasefire and TTP commander Adnan Rashid writes on Mir Ali attack
My announcement of a one month ceasefire by the Pakistan Taliban on Twitter was cautiously welcomed by some... [read more]
Ukraine: a very Western coup
Dr Tomasz Pierscionek provides an analysis of the situation in Ukraine... [read more]
Captain Boycott Rides Again
It has always been a secret ambition of mine to have a Bagatz ruling bearing my name... [read more]
Terrorism or Heroism?
The International Brigades were hailed for bravery. But British citizens who fight in Syria are damned. If only they did it for the money, writes George Monbiot.... [read more]
Islamic Terrorist or Innocent Man?
Spaniards and Gibraltarians will remember well the case of Cengiz Yalcin. However as the British, French and USA secret services were claimed to be involved in his arrest, the case probably reverberated around the world... [read more]
Free Rolf Kaestel: The prisoner who blew the whistle on a prison blood scandal linked to Bill Clinton
Most of us have read how difficult it has been for whistleblowers Julian Assange and Edward Snowdon since exposing state secrets, now imagine blowing the whistle from behind bars of one of America’s most notorious penitentiaries... [read more]
The accessories to war crimes are those paid to keep the record straight
The BBC's Today programme is enjoying high ratings, and the Mail and the Telegraph are, as usual, attacking the corporation as left-wing... [read more]
Lenin's State and Revolution: Chapter One Parts 2&3
Still basing himself on Engels' work, Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, Lenin points out that the State is the first form of society exclusively to base itself on a given territory... [read more]
An Iraq war veteran's reflection
Before President Obama even began the State of the Union address, two people I knew in the audience, from two defining points in my life... [read more]
Return, Return oh Shulamit
Dina Dinur, the wife of the Holocaust-writer K. Zetnik, called to invite me to meet Pete Seeger... [read more]
Italy: the missed generation
The truth is that the situation in Italy is getting desperate. Amongst those under 25, unemployment is as high as 40% with many of those in work underpaid and on short term contracts... [read more]
Pakistan, terrorism and torture: How I was radicalised by the state
Mohammad Yahiya shares his personal experience of state terrorism and torture in this article... [read more]
Fighting FGM, Human Trafficking in Manchester, UK
On 18/1/2014, around two hundred people gathered in Manchester for a fundraising benefit to aid the cause of teenage asylum seeker, Olayinka, who faces the risk of Female Genital Mutilation, if forcibly returned to Nigeria... [read more]
The Imperator
In the middle of the 70s, Ariel Sharon asked me to arrange something for him - a meeting with Yasser Arafat... [read more]
Shimomuran Economics is the Most Significant Advance Ever Made in Economic Understanding and the West Still Doesn't Get It
Shimomuran economics is the name I have given to the collection of no-debt, high-growth economic understandings practised in post-war Japan and post-rapprochement China... [read more]
The Many Major Uses of Investment Credit Creation: A brief walk through the observed results so far, and the future possibilities made available through Shimomuran Economics
Money is the measure of all things and personal wealth sets the boundaries of what the individual and his or her family can afford... [read more]
Britain's Legacy in Palestine (Part 1 of 2)
Dr Faysal Mikdadi publishes an excellent account of Palestine's history, focusing on how the economic, racist, religious, nationalistic, commercial and orientalist attitudes of Britain shaped the land and its people (Part 1 of 2)... [read more]
Nelson Mandela: Lest we forget “Madiba” was supported from a Britain which is still riddled with prejudice and racial inequalities
When I heard of the death of Nelson Mandela (age 95) I was transported back to another era and some uncomfortable images from the past... [read more]
Forget Conspiracy Theories, The Truth Is Often More Shocking
Dr Tomasz Pierscionek shows how truth can be stranger and more shocking than fiction... [read more]
The JFK Conspiracy Theories and Why they Still Matter Today
It is now fifty years ago, come November 22nd, that John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas in an event that had a huge bearing on the course of history from that day on... [read more]
Schulz Fights For A Democratic Europe
I first heard Martin Schulz speak in Sofia in June at the PES Congress. He was then, as he is now, President of the European Parliament. He articulated a clear vision for reforming the EU which struck a chord... [read more]
Now you can vote for the next EC President
On Wednesday 6 November a very significant event took place in Brussels. Martin Schulz was confirmed as the Party of European Socialists candidate designate for the European Commission President. So how does this impact on you? The answer is in a very big way, writes David Eade.... [read more]
The farce of the Hinkley C nuclear reactor will haunt Britain for decades
We need nuclear power. But the government has plumped for outdated technology at the worst price imaginable, writes George Monbiot.... [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]
The problem with education? Children aren't feral enough
The 10-year-old Londoners I took to Wales were proof that a week in the countryside is worth three months in a classroom, writes George Monbiot.... [read more]
Causality and Necessity in Nature
Thomas Riggins explores Lenin's take on the theory of knowledge of dialectical materialism and of empirio-criticism... [read more]
Killjoy Was Here
Journalist and former Knesset member, Uri Avnery, reviews Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's speech at the United Nations... [read more]
USC cancels event with war criminal General David Petraeus one day after veteran-led protest announced
Former Iraq war veteran, Michael Prysner, explains how the anti-war movement has General Petraeus running scared, from LA to NYC... [read more]
De Blasio and the Sandinistas
According to a recent article in the New York Times two of the candidates running for mayor of New York have become alarmed about the worldview of Bill de Blasio, the front running candidate of the Democratic Party... [read more]
Britain can do better
This afternoon [Tuesday] Labour Leader Ed Miliband made his keynote speech to his party’s annual conference in Brighton. Speaking as is now usual for more than hour without notes Miliband set out his vision of how “Britain can do better” under Labour, writes David Eade.... [read more]
Flourishing in a Not-For-Profit World by 2050
Imagine waking up in a world where you feel good about going to work, no matter the nature of your job... [read more]
Socialism: an unarticulated reality
Cumbria Unison convenor Paul Lloyd argues that whereas Socialism may have lost its voice in the political arena, it is still present in our daily life... [read more]
Currently Mistaken Ideas in Western Economics and Their Suggested Corrections (preferably soon) Part 2
Economist George Tait Edwards straightens out some of the economic myths taught at Western universities (Part 2 of 2)... [read more]
Elections in Norway
Patrizia Bertini speaks with Norwegian Labour Party politician Rudolph Brynn about the general election next week... [read more]
Currently Mistaken Ideas in Western Economics and Their Suggested Corrections (preferably soon) Part 1
Economist George Tait Edwards straightens out some of the economic myths taught at Western universities (Part 1 of 2)
... [read more]
A Tale of Two Prime Ministers
George Tait Edwards comments on the comparisons and contrasts between the policies and personalities of Shinzo Abe, the Prime Minster of Japan, and David Cameron, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom... [read more]
What is behind this fracking mania? Unbridled machismo
Promoting extractive industries is seen by politicians as a proper, manly pursuit, even if it makes no sense, writes George Monbiot.... [read more]
Marx and the Muslim Brothers
How should one respond to the claim that Islamists such as the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt are "Marx's contemporary successors"?... [read more]
Who is killing the people of Iraq?
The United Nations recently warned that the ongoing turmoil inside Syria and Iraq has formed a situation where "the battlefields are merging” into one, writes Hussein Al-Alak... [read more]
Banks versus the People: The Underside of a Rigged Game! (Part 1)
Eric Toussaint looks at 2007-2012: Six years that shook the banking world... [read more]
Red Love – the story of an East German Family
John Green reviews Maxim Leo’s Red Love – the story of an East German Family... [read more]
It was the CIA that helped jail Nelson Mandela
Crocodile tears to mask US imperialism's role as the enemy of African liberation... [read more]
The Errors of the ‘Localism Act’: Tax, Growth and Urban Expansion
Elijah Pryor identifies several problems associated with the introduction of the Localism Act... [read more]
Iraq: Between Drug Dealers and Death Squads
Hussein al-Alak shows how drug addiction has taken hold across Iraq following the invasion a decade ago... [read more]
The Landed Mafia
Those of us who defend the planet are increasingly subject to abuse. It is the price we pay for confronting the power of money, writes George Monbiot.... [read more]
An Economic Policy For A Post Neo-Liberal World (Part 1 of 3)
Former Labour MP and member of the Shadow Cabinet, Bryan Gould, provides a road map for reviving Britain's ailing economy... [read more]
Not The Wharton Bill
When James Wharton stages his Canute-like attempt to prevent Labour from taking back Stockton South, then that party ought to put down an amendment declining to give the 'Daft Bill' a Second Reading in view of its entire failure to address some issues, writes David Lindsay.... [read more]
Darwinism versus Social Darwinism
Social Darwinism is a school of thought which used Darwin’s ideas to justify bourgeois ideology explains David Benbow... [read more]
Report on anti-G8 demonstration in Belfast
Conor reports on the anti-G8 demo that took place in Belfast last weekend... [read more]
The Origin and Spread of Investment Credit Economics
George Tait Edwards provides a brief timeline about the creation and spread of the new knowledge about how to make an economy grow with explosive force ... [read more]
From Ragged Trousered Philanthropists to Label Wearing Ostriches?
Frank Owen, the lead character in Robert Tressell’s novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, expressed his frustration at the dismissive response of his fellow workers to his arguments for a better society... [read more]
FDR’s American Economic Miracle 1938-44, or the First Economic Bomb - The USA from 1938 to 1944 (Part 1)
George Tait Edwards reveals the secret of America's economic boom during the the FDR years
... [read more]
Bulgaria elections: Widespread abuse but hope
I set off to Bulgaria after being selected by the Party of European Socialists to be part of the 100 plus team from all across the European Union to monitor the General Election. David Eade reports.... [read more]
Climate milestone is a moment of symbolic significance on road of idiocy
The only way forward is back: to retrace our steps and seek to return atmospheric concentrations to around 350ppm, writes George Monbiot.... [read more]
Repealing the Health and Social Care Act
The last ditch attempt by the House of Lords to stop wholesale privatisation of the NHS has failed... [read more]
Voting violations in an EU member state
Voting violations such as ballot rigging, vote buying and control are acts we associate with the shadier, non democratic nations of the world. However such practices are alive and well right here in the EU, writes David Eade.... [read more]
The End of Money
It’s Time to End Our Slavery to the Money-System declares Oliver Thompson
... [read more]
Venezuelan elections
John Green provides an analysis of and background to today's election in Venezuela... [read more]
My World Is Upside Down
What does the ordinary Arab man or woman in the street think about current events? Dr Faysal Mikdadi ponders... [read more]
Peter Tatchell - Margaret Thatcher: Extraordinary but heartless
Former British Prime Minister's fee market policies paved the way for current economic crisis and she legislated the UK’s first new anti-gay law in over 100 years: Section 28, writes Peter Tatchell, Director, Peter Tatchell Foundation.... [read more]
Political Barbed Wire
Why are 97 per cent of our rivers shut to the public? A millionaire minister’s amazing conflicts of interest give you a clue, writes George Monbiot.... [read more]
It Can Happen Here: The Bank Confiscation Scheme for US and UK Depositors
Confiscating the customer deposits in Cyprus banks, it seems, was not a one-off, desperate idea of a few Eurozone “troika” officials scrambling to salvage their balance sheets reveals Ellen Brown... [read more]
Unchangeable Constitution?
I find it incredible that ordinary US citizens believe that they have the right to keep and bear arms in this day and age writes Susan Walpole... [read more]
The Argo Deception: How Hollywood masks the ugly truth of Iran-US relations
Exiled Iranian journalist and documentary filmmaker, Lila Ghobady, talks about the fabrication of history through film... [read more]
The Booing of Churchill
Viewers of Ken Loach’s The Spirit of ‘45 are shocked to see Winston Churchill being booed and heckled during the 1945 General Election campaign. They ought not to be remotely surprised writes David Eade... [read more]
From Goulash Socialism to Hunger March
David Eade discusses Hungary’s answer to the Jarrow march... [read more]
Marching with the Neo-Nazis
On Saturday I attended the MSZP socialist party rally in Budapest. It was held at the national stadium dedicated to Ferenc Puskás, writes David Eade... [read more]
The Battle to Save Democracy
Last week I spent several days in Budapest at a conference organised by the Party of European Socialists (PES), David Eade reports... [read more]
“Ich bin ein Bil’iner!”
This does not happen every day: a Minister of Culture publicly rejoices because a film from her country has NOT been awarded an Oscar. And not just one film, but two.
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Federal IDs for All US Workers: A Trial Balloon?
According to an article in last Thursday's Wall Street Journal, the Senate is considering a bipartisan plan to require all working people in the US to carry a biometric ID card. Thomas Riggins reports... [read more]
Secrets of the Rich
Billionaires are hiding behind a network of “independent” groups, who manipulate politics on their behalf, writes George Monbiot.... [read more]
Lessons and Conclusions from Lenin's Left-Wing Communism: an Infantile Disorder
Thomas Riggins concludes his analysis of Lenin's 'Left-Wing' Communism: an Infantile Disorder and looks at what conclusions can be drawn from the book's previous nine chapters... [read more]
Andalucía High Court backs workers’ champion
If you have an image of a person who is an old school Communist mayor and trade unionist in Andalucía the chances are you would come up with a description of Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo, writes David Eade.... [read more]
Change of Pope must bring change of policies
The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI brings an opportunity to reform Catholic doctrine on human rights issues, writes Peter Tatchell, Director of the Peter Tatchell Foundation.... [read more]
Assimilation or Separatism?
Susan Walpole argues that the problems facing Christians, Muslims, Jews and other religions today appear to be firmly rooted in their ideologies of identity... [read more]
The Shame and Duty of a Paranoid State
The rise of neo-Zionism in Israel goes against everything Jews have struggled against for centuries, explains Oliver Thompson ... [read more]
Welcome to the Shammies, the media awards that recognise truly unsung talent
There are awards for everyone. There are the Logies, the Commies, the Tonys, the Theas, the Millies ("They cried with pride") and now the Shammies, writes John Pilger... [read more]
Brutal executions of Kurdish women activists in Paris - an attempt to derail the peace process that won’t succeed
David Morgan reports on the execution of three leading Kurdish activists in Paris... [read more]
The year we did our best to abandon the natural world
Emissions are rising, ice is melting and yet the response of governments is simply to pretend that none of it is happening, says George Monbiot.... [read more]
The day my inner anarchist lost out to the bourgeois me
A winter's day, some years back: a fall on the ice landed George Monbiot in A&E – and that's when he met the man with tattoos on his neck and knuckles.... [read more]
Ensuring Scottish sovereignty
Ellen Brown discusses options for economic development in a future independent Scotland... [read more]
Hard-working families. Aincha just sick of them?
Felix McHugh shines a spotlight on the propaganda spread by the mainstream parties that seeks to demonise those made unemployed or those who are too ill to work... [read more]
Australia and Asylum Seekers: Media Perspectives
The issue is not 'boat people' but imperialist expansion explains Finn Bowen
... [read more]
Obituary: Colonial officer, overseas aid administrator and champion of the oppressed who advanced the cause of gay people in the Civil Service'
Richard Kirker remembers Ian Buist: the quintessential Civil Service mandarin, but also a doughty proponent of social progress. He had a fearless determination to champion the rights of the victims of injustice, minorities and the marginalised.... [read more]
Obituary: Colonial officer, overseas aid administrator and champion of the oppressed who advanced the cause of gay people in the Civil Service'
Ian Buist: Ian Buist, CB, colonial officer, overseas aid administrator and champion of human and gay rights, was born on May 30, 1930. He died on October 19, 2012, aged 82, remembered by Richard Kirker.... [read more]
The Kurds and Human Rights
David Morgan asks what the Kurdish people have to celebrate as International Human Rights’ Day 2012 approaches... [read more]
Palestine and Israel: A Modest Suggestion for Peace (Part 2)
Faisal Mikdadi discusses the origins of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and presents a road map for achieving peace between all peoples and factions that reside in these lands (Part 2)... [read more]
As Gaza is savaged again, understanding the BBC's historical role is vital
We must understand the BBC as a pre-eminent state propagandist and censor by omission, says John Pilger.... [read more]
Lies, damned lies, and PMQ’s (without the statistics or mandate)
Nathaneal Sansam comments on two elections that took place on the same day: the Corby by-election and election of a Police and Crime Commissioner in Humberside... [read more]
Police & Crime Commissioners and the Tories
The chaotic and rambling drumbeat of the Tory march has been laid bare for the questioning ears of the world once more, says Karl Davis... [read more]
Call Mr Robeson – a Life with Songs
John Green writes about the life and work of one of America’s greatest singers who was ‘disappeared’ from public life and airbrushed out of the history books... [read more]
Struck Dumb
Despite hurricane Sandy, neither Barack Obama nor Mitt Romney will speak about global warming. The danger this poses is huge, writes George Monbiot.... [read more]
Who Needs an Unstable Middle East?
Being a supporter of Palestinian statehood used to be a more lonely road than it is now. It was difficult to mention Palestine in public because it was such a 'dirty' word, Susan Walpole writes... [read more]
The teratoid of US foreign policy
Since the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776, the US has struggled with its foreign policy and its perceived role within global politics. Finn Bowen discusses the past, present and future of US foreign policy... [read more]
Review - Health Care Reform and Globalisation: The US, China and Europe in Comparative Perspective
David Lane reviews a book which illustrates the global nature of developments in healthcare: Health Care Reform and Globalisation: The US, China and Europe in Comparative Perspective... [read more]
Rhetorically Speaking: US Elections and the Middle East
US elections are manifestly linked to the Middle East, at least rhetorically. In practical terms, however, US foreign policies in the region are compelled by the Middle East’s own dynamics and the US’ own political climate, economic woes, or ambitions, writes Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
Empty Promise
George Monbiot asks if scientists have got the impacts of climate change on food supply wildly wrong?... [read more]
Growth Comes with Jobs, Innovation and Access to Credit
David Eade talks to Parti Socialiste MP Axelle Lemaire about French President François Hollande budget for 2013... [read more]
The Liberal Democrats: Liberalism in the European sense only
After months of activity and apologies, the message from Nick Clegg to the left of centre voter was this: "We are not the party for you." At least, this was the message I took away with me. Not just from the Lib-Dem conference but also from the New Statesman article by Richard Reeves, Clegg's former director of strategy, writes Nathaneal Sansam.... [read more]
The Empire Trapped: The US’ Unpromising Role in the New Middle East
Since the Second World War, US foreign policy has been largely predicated on military adventures, by severely punishing enemies and controlling ‘friends’. Diplomacy was often the icing on the cake of war, writes Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
US War Agenda: Coke or Goldman Sachs, What's Your Poison?
Colin Todhunter asks who in their right mind would be prepared to fight and die for Shell, Chevron or Coca Cola?... [read more]
Whose truth is it anyhow?
Dr Faysal Mikdadi remembers the Sabra and Shatilla massacre in 1982 and examines the findings of the Kahan Commission which found that responsibility lay with former Israeli Defence minister, Ariel Sharon... [read more]
The US government is promoting corruption in Malawi
Ben Chiza takes a look at the newly installed government of President Joyce Banda in Malawi... [read more]
The Mind Thieves
The evidence linking Alzheimer’s disease to the food industry is strong and is growing, writes George Monbiot.... [read more]
Decoding Assange
John Green reports that Julian Assange is the new bête noir, the man to be vilified, smeared and slandered. In all the media hysteria about the rape allegations made in Sweden against Assange by two women he slept with, the real issue is being conveniently buried.... [read more]
Hooked On Treachery
Edward Bernays is known as the father of modern advertising/propaganda. Colin Todhunter emphasises and how we must and indeed can break free of the addictions and fears being promoted daily.... [read more]
Pussy Riot- the voice of the band members
In an exclusive, the LPJ has been provided with statements from each member of the Russian Band ’Pussy Riot’ prior to their sentencing ... [read more]
Shifting Truths in Sinai: Who Stands to Gain from the Carnage?
Two Toyota Land Cruisers filled with well-built gunmen in ski masks and all-black outfits appear seemingly out of nowhere. They approach a group of soldiers huddled around a simple meal as they prepare to break their Ramadan fast. The gunmen open fire. This is not an opening scene of a Hollywood action movie. The massacre actually took place at an Egyptian military post in northern Sinai, writes Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
Lurking Danger: Palestinian Refugees in Syria
Palestinian refugees in Syria cannot expect to exist outside a paradigm of danger and unpredictability. Their brethren in Lebanon learned the same lesson years ago, writes Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
From Nehru to Mao: India's Tryst with Destiny
In 1947, Nehru spoke about a tryst with destiny. Free from the shackles of British colonialism, India was on course for a bright new future. Fast forward and witness the not so glittering outcome that Nehru didn’t have in mind, writes Colin Todhunter.... [read more]
Democracy and Slaughter in Burma: Gold Rush Overrides Human Rights
The widespread killings of Rohingya Muslims in Burma – or Myanmar - have received only passing and dispassionate coverage in most media. What they actually warrant is widespread outrage, says Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
Is this the Sudanese summer?
Omar Zaki explores the recent protests taking place across Sudan and the implications for the government of President Omar Al-Bashir... [read more]
Girl Model
David Morgan brings to light a deeply worrying trend that exists within the Japanese modelling agency ... [read more]
Passage to Ecuador: Chomsky, Assange, sham justice, sham democracies
The mainstream corporate media has been fooling the public for decades. It fails to shine a light on important decisions that are made behind closed doors by unaccountable corporate players, senior politicians and unelected bureaucrats, writes Colin Todhunter.... [read more]
Anniversary of Gaza Blockade: A State of Siege, and Normalcy
Condemning Israeli rights violations in Palestine by leading human rights and humanitarian organizations is nothing new. Unfortunately, such calls are rarely followed by any organized political campaigns, writes Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
More than just a Game: football as the modern opium of the masses
The spectacle of sport, like the 2012 Euro Cup, is the primary medium through which nations and national identities are imagined, writes Ilia Xypolia.... [read more]
The Resurgent Aristocracy
Rural policy is once again the preserve of the elite, and wildlife and people suffer as a result, writes George Monbiot.... [read more]
French Canadian battles to speak for London in Paris
France may have a new President but the electoral contest is far from over, reports David Eade... [read more]
Redefining the ‘Arab Spring’: Is Chaos Overtaking Revolution?
The age of revolutionary romance is over. Various Arab countries are now facing hard truths. Millions of Arabs merely want to live with a semblance of dignity, free from tyranny and continuous anxiety over the future, writes Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
The Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples
Tomasz Pierscionek writes about Cuba's internationalist outlook following discussions with a representative of the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples and his own observations in Havana... [read more]
Who are the benefit thieves?
Lord Freud, Welfare Reform Minister, recently said: "We always push for the strongest possible punishment for benefit thieves who are stealing money from the people who need it the most".If David Freud did not exist it would be necessary for a left-wing writer to invent him, writes Felix McHugh.... [read more]
A Putsch Against War
Uri Avnery reveals that in Israel senior military officers and intelligence chiefs are speaking out against President Binyamin Netanyahu's calls for war with Iran. However, Netanyahu ignores their warnings and carries on regardless... [read more]
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]
Murdoch, Mensch and a new England Manager
The London Progressive Journal gives its take on current events in the latest editorial... [read more]
Struggle over Iran: Tumultuous Israeli Politics Will Not Usher Peace
Israel is currently experiencing the kind of turmoil that may or may not affect its political hierarchy following the next general election. However, there is little reason to believe that any major transformations in the Israeli political landscape could be of benefit to Palestinians, says Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
I am the President of the youth of France
David Eade reports from Paris on the outcome of the French Presidential elections... [read more]
CIA and MI5 linked to assassinations in the Congo in sixties
Shortly after progressive Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba was overthrown by a Western backed coup in 1960, the former UN secretary general, Dag Hammarskjöld, died in mysterious circumstances. John Green asks if the two events were in any way connected.... [read more]
Illegal Settlements Bonanza: Israel Plots an Endgame
Israel’s colonization policies are entering an alarming new phase, comparable in historic magnitude to the original plans to colonize Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem following the war of 1967, writes Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
Alternative music
Pop dinosaurs head up Britain’s Eurovision challenge and the Olympic jamboree. New seasons of X Factor and Pop Idol are being spawned in some modern marketing womb of entertainment hell. They are destroying Britain’s reputation as an alternative music powerhouse, writes Miles Caston.... [read more]
The Rest is Hasbara: Jenny Tonge’s Victory over the Lobby
Baroness Tonge, spoke at the House of Lords in January 2009 of the "impotence of the international community, not just in Gaza, but…over 40 years of occupation of Palestine by Israel," Ramzy Baroud explains further.... [read more]
Is the BBC middle class enough?
Are our national media outlets the domain of the middle class, or is the truth even worse...? Felix McHugh discusses... [read more]
The Last to Fall (the life and letters of Ivor Hickman – an International Brigader in Spain)
John Green reviews a book by John L. Wainwright about the life of international brigader Ivor Hickman... [read more]
Spying an opportunity
Stephen Gilbert argues that surveillance over the whole population involves an erosion of our basic liberties. We give away our rights at our own peril.
... [read more]
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank: Nathan Englander
Emmeline Ravilious reviews Nathan Englander's latest book... [read more]
What Marwan Barghouti Really Means to Palestinians
Marwan Barghouti, the prominent Palestinian political prisoner and Fatah leader, is a unifying figure among Palestinians, last week he called on Palestinians to launch a “large-scale popular resistance” which would “serve the cause of our people,” writes Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
Defend victimised students! Defend education!
The victimisation of a Cambridge University student has caused anger and outrage amongst the wider student body. Thus far, 2800 Cambridge students have signed a petition condemning the University’s decision to suspend the individual concerned... [read more]
Theresa May and Al-Qaeda's ''Assurances''
Hussein Al-Alak reflects on Teresa May seeking assurances that Abu Qatada not be tortured if deported to Jordan... [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]
The Elephant is Still in the Room
The Republicans have no one to blame but themselves if they appear to be careering to electoral defeat, writes W Stephen Gilbert.... [read more]
Back to Basics in Palestine: Redefining Our Relationship to a People’s Struggle
Palestinians are governed by laws without internationally recognizable legal frame of reference, a situation that allows Israel to justify the detention of Gaza patients seeking medical treatment outside their besieged area, writes Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
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]
The Florence Anderson Row
Patrick Cawkwell brings attention to the unfair suspension of a Labour Party Councillor... [read more]
A Rebel’s guide to Rosa Luxemburg:
Dr Tomasz Pierscionek reviews a book on the life and ideas of revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg... [read more]
Between Politics and Principles: Hamas’ Perilous Manoeuvres
Despite all of Hamas’ assurances to the contrary, a defining struggle is taking place within the Palestinian Islamic movement, writes Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
The problem with ‘Workfare’
Karl Davis discusses the unfairness and flaws inherent to the Workfare scheme... [read more]
News International Wapping Exhibition closes as Sun on Sunday is launched
David Eade reviews the News International Wapping – 25 Years on exhibition that has been touring around the UK... [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]
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
... [read more]
Lucy Parsons: labor activist, writer and revolutionary- A Liberation Black History Month profile
Women of every oppressed nationality are often at the helm of revolutionary movements. Unfortunately, the contributions of women are frequently dismissed or forgotten... [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]
Ain't football great
In the first LPJ sports column, Felix McHugh gives a rundown of events in the world of football... [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]
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]
Militarism mixed with empty liberal rhetoric
Richard Becker dissects Obama's 2012 State of the Union address and shows that the 'CEO of the imperialist ruling class is carrying on with business as usual... [read more]
Is Ed making a balls of it?
David Eade reflects on Ed Balls' recent speech at a Fabian Society conference and asks whether the Shadow Chancellor is more of a hinderence than a help to his own party... [read more]
How Can We Save the British Economy from Third Rate Status?
Following the decline of the manufacturing sector, in recent years, Dr Jonathan Feldmann discusses ways in which Britain could go about redeveloping its industrial base... [read more]
Economic democracy – The next big social reform?
Peter Tatchell says democratising economic decision-making is the key to a fairer society and a more stable economy... [read more]
Waiting for False Prophets: The Puzzling Matter of the Israeli Liberals
Regardless of who may rule Israel, little change ever occurs in the country’s foreign policy, writes Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
Why I’m Right and Everyone Else is Wrong
Emmeline Ravilious reviews Tom Harris - Why I'm Right and Everyone Else is Wrong, a collection of the MP's blogs and more... [read more]
Protest Movement or tourist attraction?
David Eade contrasts the Occupy movement in the UK with the 15-M movement in Spain... [read more]
Damned Scroungers
Dr Tomasz Pierscionek reviews a book challenging one of the last remaining forms of prejudice deemed ‘socially acceptable’ in modern Britain. (This book is now free to download from this review.)... [read more]
From Kim Jong Il to Kim Jong Un
Reece Ferguson provides a detailed report of the funeral of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il... [read more]
New beginnings
John Green asks whether we need a mass party to represent the unions and the left and to advance the interests of the entire working class (Part 2)... [read more]
A new year
The London Progressive Journal gives its take on current events in the latest fortnightly editorial... [read more]
Shukran, Israel
If Islamist movements come to power all over the region, they should express their debt of gratitude to their bête noire, Israel, states Uri Avnery
... [read more]
Bankers’ Oligarchy spells the end of democracy
A qualitative change is taking place within the European Union where it is crystal clear that national independence and democracy are being dumped without formal procedure or public announcement, says John Boyd.... [read more]
Light and fluid warriors
In the second of her interviews using the 'Lego Serious Play' method, Patrizia Bertini meets Ollie, a young occupier at the OccupyLSX camp... [read more]
Palestine: Those Who Inspired Us in 2011
2011 had its share of tragedy. Human lives were lost in Palestine. But hope was also sustained by the sacrifices of numerous ‘ordinary’ people, says Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
Once in Unreal David's (Big) Society
Stephen Gilbert asks whether Britain is a Christian country and whether Cameron's coalition government lives up to the Christian values he professes... [read more]
Masked in Gaza: The Untold History of Palestinian ‘Militancy’
It really doesn’t take much to kill a ‘militant’ in Gaza, argues Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
The call for a UK amendment on the EU
There is a rising tide of Euroscepticism within mainstream political parties and on the floors of national Parliaments throughout the European Union, says David Lindsay.... [read more]
Assassinating Egyptian Dreams
Ahmed Amr reveals how the Egyptian military are suffocating the spirit of the Tahrir square revolution... [read more]
The Struggle Continues
Despite David Cameron's attempt to brush the November 30th strike under the carpet and continue with his attacks on the poorest, John Wight predicts that strong resistance to the cuts will continue.... [read more]
Transcendental argument
Through a mist of tears, I caught up with the conclusion of 'My Transsexual Summer', Channel 4’s four-part fly-on-the-wall series, says W Stephen Gilbert.... [read more]
The Terrifying Prospect of Becoming Something You Loathe.
Deborah X ponders over a dilemma... [read more]
Weimar Revisited
Uri Avnery explains how the three main pillars of Israeli democracy - the courts, the media and the human rights organisations - are under threat from the political right. ... [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]
A violent double standard
Phil Bates cast an eye on David Cameron's hypocrisy and the recent threat of rubber bullets being used by police... [read more]
Voters swing behind the PCE on its 90th anniversary
David Eade recounts the history of the Communist Party of Spain and shows that the party still has influence in Spanish politics... [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]
The Son of Africa claims a continent’s crown jewels
John Pilger denounces American imperialist strategy in Africa ... [read more]
Empty words from Israel?
Uri Avnery casts a close eye on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\'s threat of an attack against Iran... [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.
... [read more]
Wealth Destroyers
The Corporation of the City of London has harmed you more than you know, says George Monbiot.
... [read more]
Angry, broke and Homeless
As the Spanish general election approaches, David Eade shows how a protest movement, led by the homeless, will be campaigning out on the streets.... [read more]
Local communities bear the brunt of the Con-Dem agenda
Deborah X provides a personal view of the effect of the coalition’s policies on single parents, their children and the communities in which they live... [read more]
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]
Mental Health in the Workplace
Hussein Al-Alak shows how the Equality Act (2010) provides added employee protection for veterans suffering mental health conditions... [read more]
The Health and Social Care Bill and the Negation of Democracy
Colin Leys discusses the profound impact that the Health and Social Care Bill will have upon the publically owned National Health Service... [read more]
Facing up to Trauma
Hussein Al-Alak reveals the scale of mental health trauma amongst soldiers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan... [read more]
Venceremos Brigade challenges travel ban, promotes exchange
Mike Chrisemer reflects on his experiences of being a member of the Venceremos solidarity brigade on a recent trip to Cuba.... [read more]
Why I think students fees are a good thing...
In an ideal world (one in which The X Factor is but a terrible dream, foisted upon us by a vengeful Satan), students wouldn't have to pay tuition fees, says Chris Mason-Felsing.... [read more]
The Reluctant Revolutionaries
Hussein Al-Alak talks about the origins of Combat Stress- a charity that has cared for the mental health of veterans since the First World War.... [read more]
'Social justice' requires ending Israeli apartheid
Sarah Carlson looks at the growing social protest movement in Israel and discusses the need for the Israeli working class to combat not only the economic policies of their government but also its colonialist policies.... [read more]
The Truth About the Situation in Libya
As Colonel Gaddafi’s regime enters its final days, Brian Becker looks at NATOs involvement in bolstering the rebel movement and the truth behind the so called campaign of ‘humanitarian intervention’ ... [read more]
UK Riots: Crackdown will solve nothing
As expected the state is warming to the task of cracking down hard, as they like to put it, on looters/rioters past, present and future. Cameron and May have been strutting around talking tough about what they are going to do. ... [read more]
Leon Panetta in Iraq: More lies, more war
Michael Prysner, reveals how the newly appointed American Secretary of Defence, Leon Panetta, is bringing back Bush-era rhetoric and pushing to extend the occupation of Iraq.... [read more]
The fall of an empire
Jeremy Corbyn reflects on the rise of Murdoch media empire and the years of shameless and blinkered journalism that have been a feature of the newspapers controlled by the media mogul.... [read more]
Even the most powerful man in the world is not above a pie in the face
When media magnate Rupert Murdoch was summoned before the Commons select committee on 19th July, one man tried to ensure he would not walk away untarnished. Jonathan May Bowles, famed as the individual who threw a shaving foam pie at Murdoch, explains his actions.... [read more]
African history: the need for its teaching in UK schools
Madeleine Louise Fry reflects on the Anglo-centric nature of history teaching in the UK's schools.... [read more]
Understanding Imperialism - Then As Now
From JA Hobson's re-published classic to Doug Stokes and Sam Rafael's lucid contemporary critique, understanding imperialism is key to achieving a fairer and more sustainable world, writes Nathaniel Mehr.... [read more]
The Changing Face of the Egyptian Media
Iqbal Tamimi considers the challenges facing the Egyptian media in light of the recent political upheaval in that country. ... [read more]
Medics Resist Tory NHS Plans
Tomasz Pierscionek looks back on last month's demonstration against Tory plans to privatise the National Health Service.... [read more]
The Egyptian Revolt is Coming Home
John Pilger reflects on Egypt and the revolution and what it means to leaders in the west.... [read more]
Any Egyptian Demonstration Must Be A Riot
Ahmed Amr relates his experience from the front line of the anti-Mubarak demonstrations and considers culpability of the US in what happened. ... [read more]
Jody McIntyre: Victim of Police Brutality and Media Distortion
The case of Jody McIntyre typifies the hypocrisy of the media discourse on political violence, writes Ben Maisky.... [read more]
Introducing ... British Government Plc
John Green on the growing preponderance of unelected advisors from the business sector in senior government roles. ... [read more]
Miliband: The Knives are Already Being Sharpened
Now that the dust has settled on Ed Miliband's surprise victory in the Labour leadership election, Michael Prior considers the challenges facing the new leader as he seeks to move the party away from Blairism.... [read more]
Clinton Revises Colombia’s Drug History to Justify US Military Role in Mexico and Central America
Garry Leech reflects on the Orwellian distortions in Hillary Clinton's recent comments on the history of US involvement in Central America.... [read more]
An Age of Consent of 14?
Peter Tatchell argues education, not criminalisation, is the best way to protect children when it comes to sexuality.... [read more]
Mervyn King Comes to Town
Rob Sewell considers the significance of Mervyn King's address to the TUC in Manchester.... [read more]
End of Recession is Imminent Says Venezuela’s Planning Minister
Venezuela's Planning and Finance Minister has announced a positive forecast for the country's economy, as James Suggett reports.... [read more]
A Pint of Blood for a Glass of Milk: the Other Side of China’s Economic Ascendancy
The rise of China is almost universally hailed as a great success story. Ted Sprague considers the largely unreported human cost of China's forward march.... [read more]
Smoke on a Bridge: Lebanon Awaits a Verdict
Ramzy Baroud reports from Lebanon on the thoughts of one of its citizens on the future of the country.... [read more]
Venezuela Breaks Relations with Colombia
The long-running tensions between Colombia and Venezuela have escalated this week after further provocation by the Colombian government, writes Eva Golinger.... [read more]
Saudi Sheik's Obsession with Sex Fatwas
Iqbal Tamimi on how the Muslim religious edict, or fatwa, has been used to control women.... [read more]
Defending the NHS Against Privatisation: John Lister talks to London Progressive Journal (Part Two)
The second part of Tomasz Pierscionek's discussion with prominent anti-privatisation campaigner John Lister.... [read more]
ALBA Backs Struggle for Honduran Democracy on Anniversary of Coup
Latin America's left-wing governments have rallied to support democracy in Honduras, writes Steven Mather.... [read more]
Anti-Palestinism Is Hate Speech
Ahmed Amr examines the acceptable bigotry that pervades the mainstream debate on Israel-Palestine.... [read more]
Budget for Bosses: Workers under Attack
Socialist Appeal's Steve Jones reflects on George Osborne's emergency budget.... [read more]
The Middle East is Changing, and Ankara Knows It
Ramzy Baroud reflects on the Turkish response to Israel's murderous assault on an aid flotilla two weeks ago.... [read more]
Election 2010: A First-Time Voter's View
Chris Mason-Fielding voted in his first election on May 6th. He reflects on an entertaining and eventful campaign.... [read more]
Chavez Launches Interactive Blog
The Venezuelan president has launched his own personal website, as Kiraz Janicke reports.... [read more]
Worker Self-Management Introduced in Guayana, Venezuela
Tamara Pearson on a bold Venezuelan government initative to radically democratise a number of state-owned industries.... [read more]
Karzai’s Washington Visit: The War Awaiting Kandahar
Ramzy Baroud on who's really behind the puppet regime in Afghanistan.... [read more]
Election 2010: Media Gets it Wrong ... Again
Nathaniel Mehr considers the UK media's skewed coverage of the post-election political landscape. ... [read more]
The Cleggameron Coalition Comes to Power; the New Labour Era Ends.
Socialist Appeal's Rob Sewell reflects on the historic events of the past few days at Westminster.... [read more]
Italian Elections: More of the Same
Samuele Mazzolini reflects on an election that has consolidated the dominance of Silvo Berlusconi's centre-right bloc, and the continuing malaise of the Italian left.... [read more]
Morality Policing
The police treat protests and festivals as a threat to their power, writes George Monbiot.... [read more]
Talking Politics with Hratche Koundarjian
First-time voter Chris Mason-Felsing met with Labour's Hratche Koundarjian to discuss Labour's Gernal Election prospects.... [read more]
My Children, Ralph Nader and the South China Sea
Ramzy Baroud reflects on the determined and seemingly innate compassion of children, which gives cause for hope and optimism.... [read more]
The Greeks are Fighting for Us All
The Greek crisis is merely the first stage of a wider global backlash against neoliberal economics, argues Steven Colatrella.... [read more]
The Useless Logic of Round Numbers
The media fixation with pointless symbolic milestones serves to trivialise the everyday misery of victims of US violence, argues Ramzy Baroud. ... [read more]
Zionists Outraged as Holocaust Memorial Day Recognises Other Genocides
A number of recent initiatives have sought to place the narratives of Armenian, Rwandan and other genocide victims alongside the memory of the Jewish Holocaust. A vocal hardcore of Zionist bigots has reacted in predictable fashion, as Amanda Sebestyen explains.... [read more]
What Good is Charity?
The humanitarian crisis in Haiti has brought into sharp focus the injustice of neoliberal economic exploitation; Greg Sharzer argues that charity alone cannot pull Haiti out of its desperate plight. ... [read more]
British Stars Stand up for Haiti
A concert in London, jointly organised by the Cuba Solidarity Campaign and the TUC, will raise funds for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti.... [read more]
Violent Clashes Shake Venezuela
A new law prohibiting Venezuela's corporate media from inciting violence against the Chavez government has prompted violent demonstrations from right-wing student groups, as James Suggett explains.... [read more]
Soldiers for Hire
Melanie Macdonald on the dangerous and disturbing proliferation of neo-colonial private militias.... [read more]
Return to Family Values is Way Out of Crisis say the Tories
The Conservative Party started their election campaign on familiar ground, as John Green explains.... [read more]
Workers' Participation is Necessary for Final Push in Iran
If the unrest in Iran is to culminate in a radical upheaval, Iran's workers will have to take centre-stage, argues Maziar Razi.... [read more]
Venezuela Says Colombia Planning Attack in Venezuelan Territory
Hugo Chavez believes the Colombian government is planning to fabricate a pretext for a cross-border military attack, as James Suggett reports.... [read more]
UK Libel Law Needs Reforming
Two high-profile cases in 2009 have highlighted the desperate need for reform of the UK's libel laws, as Demetrius Notice explains.... [read more]
The Lobby Within
A just and peaceful solution to the protracted Palestinian-Israeli conflict will only be possible when the US ceases to block every move made towards it, argues Ramzy Baroud. ... [read more]
Chavez: Morales’ Electoral Victory is a Victory for Latin America
The Bolivian president Evo Morales achieved a landslide election victory on Sunday, as Kiraz Janicke reports.... [read more]
In Mourning for the Victims of War
Remembrance Day events should be a commemoration of the dead on both sides, not just our own, writes Symon Hill.... [read more]
Book of the Month: George Lansbury's 'Miracle of Fleet Street'
This month's recommended read is a passionate and intriguing account of the early life of the Daily Herald newspaper, as Matt Genner explains.... [read more]
Champions of the Overdog
Local papers are vanishing. George Monbiot asks: Does it matter? ... [read more]
Chavez: Venezuela Will Defend Itself
Hugo Chavez has warned the US and Colombia that any aggression against Venezuela will be met with firm resistance, as James Suggett explains.... [read more]
US Military Documents Show Colombia Base Agreement Poses Threat to Region
Garry Leech on the increasing international concern at US moves to consolidate and expand its military presence in Colombia.... [read more]
The Looming Threat of Terror that Comes From the Far Right
The threat comes not only from jihadis but 'neo-Nazis' out to kill black people, Jews and gays, says Johann Hari.... [read more]
Surrogates: Who's Behind the Attacks in Iran? (part one)
In the first of a two-part essay examining the background to the recent terrorist attack in Iran, Daniel Pye looks at the US government's employment of proxy armies or 'surrogates' in its bid for strategic control of the Middle East. ... [read more]
The Global Struggle for Queer Freedom
Delivering the 2009 Caroline Benn Memorial Lecture, human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell hailed the ongoing defiance of the world's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the face of deeply-entrenched homophobic prejudice.... [read more]
Ousted: US Diplomat Who Wanted Inquiry into Afghan vote
US representative Peter Galbraith was recalled by the United Nations after a row over the disputed Afghan election, as Rupert Cornwell explains.... [read more]
Obama’s Test: Democracy or Chaos in Latin America
Will the Obama administration break with tradition and provide US support for democracy in Latin America? Probably not, if the Honduras coup is anything to go by, says Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
Interview: Malalai Joya Talks to London Progressive Journal
Steven Littlewood spoke with prominent Afghan pro-democracy campaigner Malalai Joya about elections, imperialism and the turmoil in Afghanistan.... [read more]
Obama: Progress Towards Fulfilling Manifesto Commitments
Chris Vasey reckons it's been a promising first few months in the White House for Barack Obama. ... [read more]
Exorcising the Ghosts of Paramilitary Violence: Reclaiming Liberty in Libertad
Garry Leech on how the Colombian community of Libertad has struggled to free itself from the brutal violence of Colombia's paramilitary forces.... [read more]
I am Not Yet Born, Forgive Me!
Hussein al-Alak examines the widespread incidence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among soldiers and workers involved in the Iraq war.... [read more]
Al-Megrahi: Media Hype Obscures Question Marks Over Lockerbie Conviction
In the wake of the highly politicised media storm over the release of the 'Lockerbie bomber', Adrian Cruden reflects on a number of unanswered questions about the Pan Am bombing.... [read more]
Tories and Cuts: The Dangers Ahead
Whatever David Cameron may be saying publicly, massive public sector cuts will be a certainty if the Tories win the next election, as Steve Jones explains.... [read more]
Vestas: “You Don’t Have to Just Sit and Take It. You Can Stand Up and Fight”.
Socialist Appeal's Adam Booth says the Vestas closure is just another manifestation of an economic system which prioritises private interests over the public good.... [read more]
Fatah: A New Beginning or an Imminent End?
The 'pragmatism' of the Fatah Congress threatens to derail the Palestinian national project,as Ramzy Baroud explains.... [read more]
South American Leaders Concerned Over Colombia - US Military Plan
Governments across Latin America are expressing growing unease over the militarism of joint US-Colombian policy in the region, as Kiraz Janicke explains.... [read more]
Yes, You Can!
Barack Obama faces a historic challenge in the Middle East, as Uri Avnery explains.... [read more]
Venezuela Reviews Relations with Colombia as More US Bases Established
Kiraz Janicke on how the increasing US presence in Colombia is causing friction between Colombia and Venezuela.... [read more]
No Matter Who Runs the Islamic Republic of Iran, They Would Stone Me to Death
Lila Ghobady outlines why Iran's 'reformist' candidate does not represent a real alternative to the repressiveness of the incumbent regime.... [read more]
Venezuelan Opposition Deny Honduran Coup
Tamara Pearson on the Venezualan corporate media's backing of the military coup in Honduras.... [read more]
Genetic Modification: A Pandora's Box
Tomasz Pierscionek dissects the arguments on both sides of the GM controversy.... [read more]
Venezuela Investigates Private TV Station Globovision for Inciting Assassination
James Suggett on the Venezuelan government's response to the ongoing anti-Chavez campaign being pursued by the country's corporate mass media.... [read more]
Chávez Cancelled Trip to El Salvador Due to Assassination Threat
Tamara Pearson on the rumours that CIA-backed terrorists are plotting to remove Venezuela's left-wing president.... [read more]
Shell Accused of Human Rights Abuses
Christopher Vasey on a lawsuit which could potentially have far-reaching consequences for corporate accountability.... [read more]
Political Crisis Deepens in Britain
Rob Sewell picks apart the media furore over the MPs' expenses scandal which has rocked British politics over the past fortnight.... [read more]
Thank You, Mayor Luzhkov
Peter Tatchell reports on the successful rallying, against all the odds, of an anti-homophobia campaign in Moscow.... [read more]
Captive Knowledge
The funding for academic research has been taken over by business, says George Monbiot.... [read more]
Pakistan: Civilians Paying the Price for the 'War on Terror'
Assed Baig on the humanitarian tragedy resulting from join US-Pakistani military actions in the border regions of Pakistan.... [read more]
Cops Must Face Law
Liz Davies says some pressing questions need to be answered about the way in which London's police conducted themselves during the G20 protests.... [read more]
Cross Your Fingers and Carry On
George Monbiot asks: Why does the UK government refuse to make contingency plans for peak oil? ... [read more]
Israel Investigated, But Will It Repent?
Ramzy Baroud issues a call for justice for the victims of Israeli violence.... [read more]
G20 Riot Police Kill Bystander
In the wake of the unprovoked - and ultimately fatal - attack on bystander Ian Tomlinson at last week's G20, Daniel Read calls for an end to police brutality and the culture of police cover-ups. ... [read more]
Circles of Crisis
Michael Prior examines the political crisis at the heart of the UK slowdown.... [read more]
Making the Case for Equality
Matt Genner considers a recent Equality Trust report on the societal benefits of social equality.... [read more]
Scrap It
Environmental campaigner George Monbiot tears into the UK government's proposals for stimulating the motor industry.... [read more]
Convention of the Left: Challenging the Two-Party System
With mainstream politicians apparently unable to find a way out of the present financial mess, Michael Prior believes now is a critical time for the left to mobilise.... [read more]
Ethical Investment Campaigning at UCL Pays Off for Students
University College London student Craig Griffiths on how relentless campaigning forced the issue on ethical investment at UCL.... [read more]
Book of the Month: "Beyond Bogota" by Garry Leech
This month's recommendation is a work of great courage, insight and journalistic integrity, as Matt Genner explains.... [read more]
MI5 Engaged in ‘Outsourcing’ the Torture of Terror Suspects
Christopher Vasey on the high-profile committee report which has drawn unwanted attention to the UK secret services' involvement in the torture of alleged terrorist suspects. ... [read more]
Interview: Greg Maughan, Campaign for a New Workers' Party
Cristina Brooks spoke to Greg Maughan of the Campaign for a New Workers' Party about his views on recent developments in the economic sphere.... [read more]
Enter the Matrix...
Examining mainstream media coverage of recent international conflicts, Tomasz Pierscionek argues that the nearly all-encompassing false reality of the Hollywood sci-fi classic "The Matrix" is merely an example of art immitating life.... [read more]
Government Watchdog Report Highlights Need for Asylum Reform
With a woefully inefficient asylum system letting down applicants and taxpayers alike, Sara Hall makes the case for much-needed reform.... [read more]
Big Brother is Watching You Masturbate
In the week that a controversial new law on pornography came into force, Symon Hill outlines his concerns about the implications for sexual freedom, and civil liberties more broadly.... [read more]
Report from a Refugee Camp in Kashmir
As India and Pakistan engage in sabre rattling troops have been moving towards their forward deployments, Assed Baig asks: What about the victims of this age-old rivalry?... [read more]
Crisis: The Worst Since the 1930s
Michael Roberts argues the present economic slump is merely the first stage of a long-term deflationary depression.... [read more]
Gaza and the World: Will Things Ever Change?
Reviewing the events of the past fortnight in Gaza, Ramzy Baroud condemns the failure of Arab governments to provide meaingful support for the Palestinian people.... [read more]
Violent Opposition Student Protests Shut Down Venezuelan City and University
James Suggett on the violent confrontations initiated by anti-Chávez demonstrators in Venezuela.... [read more]
Zimbabwe: Why the International Community Must Intervene
Examining the legal framework of humanitarian intervention, Alexa Van Sickle calls on the international community to act now to prevent a humanitarian tragedy in Zimbabwe.... [read more]
Ecuador Pushing to Break Free from the Cycle of Debt
Samuele Mazzolini examines a bold new intiative from the Ecuadorean government, aimed at establishing a coordinated transnational policy among debtor nations with respect to the crippling debt burdens that are stifling progress in the developing world.... [read more]
US Electorate Votes on Social Policy Issues
Major upheavals at the national level have overshadowed local developments in much of the US election coverage. Demetrius Notice rounds up a number of important state-level ballot measures pertaining to various aspects of social policy.... [read more]
‘Justice’ Cut to the Bone
Rob Ray considers the effect of budget cuts across the criminal justice system.... [read more]
Congressional Candidate and Anti-war Campaigner Michael Prysner Takes on Workers' Issues
Ahead of next week's big vote in the United States, Jon Peter Daly reviews the valiant efforts of a minority party - the Party for Socialism and Liberation - to mount a progressive challenge to the mainstream parties.... [read more]
Venezuela Advances Integration and Shares New Satellite with Ecuador
James Suggett on the latest development in the ongoing Venezuelan-led initiative for greater Latin American integration in the face of the world economic crisis.... [read more]
Colombia: Displacement, Disappearances and Extrajudicial Executions Increase Under Uribe
Garry Leech reflects on the rise in state-sponsored violence in Colombia under the presidency of Alvaro Uribe.... [read more]
Cuba's Healthcare Policy Shows the True Meaning of Humanitarianism and Internationalism
As part of our ongoing series of articles marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Cuban revolution, Tomasz Pierscionek examines Cuba's exemplary record on healthcare. ... [read more]
Congress Confronts Its Contradictions
George Monbiot on why it's ordinary taxpayers who will pay the price for the incompetence of big finance.... [read more]
US Democrats Yet to Convince Working Class America
Richard Scorer on how the current economic crisis presents a challenge to the Democrats' cosy relationship with big business and finance.... [read more]
The New Labour Brand is Now Toxic
John Cruddas MP on why the Labour Party's present crisis calls for a rejection of the ethos of selfish individualism which defined the New Labour project.... [read more]
Venezuela and China Expand Joint Oil and Investment Accords
James Suggett on the strengthening of trade ties between China and Venezuela. ... [read more]
On 5th November: Say "No" to the Commercialisation of Education
A new international campaign is aiming to halt the commercialisation of public education.... [read more]
Protect and Survive
George Monbiot on how Peter Mandelson is bullying the world’s poorest nations into following a development route that can’t work. ... [read more]
Hypocrites Unite!
George Monbiot on Julie Burchill's ill-informed diatribe against environmentalists.... [read more]
Coal Scuttled
George Monbiot on why we should all support this week's Climate Camp demonstration.... [read more]
Labour Must Endorse Living Wage Campaign to Win Back Popular Support
Matt Genner argues that committing itself to a national living wage would help restore Labour's credentials as the mainstream party most committed to social justice. ... [read more]
Why David Cameron Blames the Poor
Peter Taylor-Gooby argues that the Conservative party's latest attempt to scapegoat the poor reflects the extent to which Thatcherite individualism has poisoned British society after over a decade of New Labour in power.... [read more]
Venezuela Bridges Diplomatic Fissures and Polishes Alliances in European Tour
James Suggett on the latest phase of Hugo Chávez's tour of Europe.... [read more]
Heathrow AirTrack Scheme to Ease the Burden on Commuters
Demetrius Notice argues that BA's new Airtrack railway project will benefit commuters.... [read more]
Venezuela Increases Oil Financing for Petrocaribe Nations
James Suggett on how Venezuela is taking a lead in strengthening economic links between Latin America and the Caribbean.... [read more]
Hedge Funds, Speculation and Capitalism
With market speculation very much in the news at the moment, Mick Brooks examines the phenomenon of the hedge fund, and its role in the current economic malaise.... [read more]
Ingrid Freed: Justice For Colombia statement
A statement from the campaign group Justice for Colombia on the release of Ingrid Betancourt... [read more]
Push-Polling (Continued): The Appearance of Ethics, And the Same Old Same Old
Following on from last week's article, Sven Eric Balabanoff continues his look at the role of "Push-polling" in this year's US elections. ... [read more]
Ecuador Seizes Banking Firms
Samuele Mazzolini on the bold steps taken by Ecuador's President Correa as he bids to bring financial stability and security to the country.... [read more]
Dying for a Coke
Kacie Morgan on the campaign to expose the Coca-Cola company's links with right-wing paramilitary violence.... [read more]
No Evidence of Iranian Nuclear Threat: Bush Administration to Proceed Regardless
Professor David Rahni considers the background to the lastest round of US sabre-rattling on Iran.... [read more]
Asylum Seeker Wins Judicial Review Against Deportation
Sara Hall on some good news in the case of Cameroonian asylum seeker Guy Njike.... [read more]
It’s Time to say Thank You to our Immigrant Communities
Parmjit Dhanda MP on the continued success of immigration in Britain.... [read more]
BBC Faces Challenge Over Ecuador Distortions
Samuele Mazzolini examines the misleading BBC documentary that has caused outrage among some of London's Ecuadorean community.... [read more]
Is Gender-based Violence the Greatest Barrier to Equality?
Amnesty International's Lucy Wake on the ongoing worldwide struggle against gender-based violence.... [read more]
We Must Escape the Neverland of Market Fundamentalism
Neal Lawson, Chair of the campaign group Compass, believes the Labour party must free itself from New Labour's fixation with market fundamentalism and return to social democratic values.... [read more]
The End of "The End of History"
David Brandon examines the discredited view that world history came to an end when the Berlin Wall came down.... [read more]
Coca-Cola Paralysed by Ex-Fleet-Workers in Venezuela
James Suggett on the induestrial dispute disrupting Coca-Cola distribution in Venezuela.... [read more]
Justice Undone
George Monbiot reflects on his bold attempt to effect a citizen's arrest of John Bolton.... [read more]
The Failure of New Labour was to Ignore Society
Compass's Jonathan Rutherford believes New Labour has lost touch with society.... [read more]
RMT Ballot 17,000 Network Rail Workers
With strike action apparently looming, Rick Grogan outlines the basic demands underpinning the present rail dispute.... [read more]
"Stop the Arms Trade Week" Comes to London
CAAT will hold its annual event in Islington this week, to draw attention to the murderous multi-million pound arms trade.... [read more]
Venezuela’s Only Contacts with FARC were for Humanitarian Exchange Says Minister
Venezuela's foreign minister has refuted US-sourced allegations that Hugo Chavez has been financing the Colombian rebel group FARC.... [read more]
Students and the Struggle for Human Rights in Colombia: An Interview with Colombian Student Leader Numa Paredes
Campaign group "Justice For Colombia" interviewing Colombian student leader Numa Paredes.... [read more]
Nothing Left to Fight For
The most rightwing government Britain has had since the Second World War does not deserve to be re-elected.... [read more]
Election Analysis from the Left List
Left-wing coalition group Left List offer their verdict on the local elections.... [read more]
Is Bolivia’s “Pink Tide” Being Forced to Turn?
Joanna Allan on the elite-led autonomist rebellion which threatens to undermine unity and progress in Bolivia.... [read more]
Ecuadorean Journalist Paul Fierro Deported After Brutal Raid
Samuele Mazzolini on the police raid which has shaken London's Latin American community.... [read more]
Local Election Failure Shows the New Labour Project is in Decline
Darrell Goodliffe believes Labour's flop at the polls shows they have lost the confidence of the public.... [read more]
Paraguay's "Red Bishop" Takes Over
Nathan Morrison on the rise of Fernando Lugo in Paraguay.... [read more]
How Iraq’s Once Effective Healthcare System Was Sold Down the Nation’s Two Rivers
On top of one million dead, war has shattered an Iraqi healthcare system already decimated by sanctions.... [read more]
We're Still Too Fixated On Oil
Labour MP Michael Meacher on the ongoing obsession with oil.... [read more]
Is Peace Possible in the Western Sahara?
Joanna Allan on the ongoing struggle of the Saharawi people.... [read more]
A Sporting Chance: Why the Olympics is a Perfect Arena for Protest
Alexa Van Sickle on the significane of the Olympic protests.... [read more]
Polish Community Hits Back At Daily Mail
Chris Bath on the Daily Mail's crass xenophobia.... [read more]
Uribe's Reckless Aggression Sparks Latin American Crisis
Much of Colombia has rejoiced at the assassination of leading FARC member Raul Reyes. Samuele Mazzolini considers the wider implications of Colombia's reckless approach to counter-terrorism.... [read more]
In Like Flint...
Anthony Healy considers proposed changes to the council housing system.... [read more]
Nigeria: Corruption Pays
Ian Broughton compares the situation in Kenya with recent history in Nigeria.... [read more]
