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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]
Capitalism and crisis
Nelson Wan provides an overview of Marx's explanation for why capitalism goes into crisis, discussing the inherent contradictions within the capitalism system... [read more]
Coming to Grips with Zizek
Two new books by Slavoj Zizek have recently been reviewed by John Gray in the The New York Review of Books, here Thomas Riggins reviews Gray's article.
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Modern Pauperism and its Consequences: A Dissenting View on the Riots in England (Part I of II)
The first part of an essay by Matthias Dapprich in which he adopts a class based analysis of the recent London riots.
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Beyond Violence and Non-Violence: Resistance as a Culture
Political resistance is not simply gratuitous violence - is a collective response to oppression, writes Ramzy Baroud.... [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]
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]
Review: VJ McGill on Russell's Critique of Marxism
In the "The Philosophy of Bertrand Russell" volume in the Library of Living Philosophers (1944) VJ McGill (1897-1977) published a detailed critique of Russell's political and economic philosophy... [read more]
Manipulating History: The Different Faces of ‘Popular Resistance’ in Palestine
Apparently, ‘popular resistance’ has suddenly elevated to become a clash of visions or strategies between the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah and its rivals in Gaza, underscoring an existing and deepening rift between various factions and leaderships, writes Ramzy Baroud.... [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]
Nowruz, the Persian New Year at the spring vernal equinox
Nowruz in Persian literally means the first day [of the New Year]. It is the most prominent seasonal celebration of the solar calendars... [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]
Iran as the Historical Tri-Continental Bridge, and Ireland? An Ethno-Cultural and Etymological Interconnectedness
Over forty years ago, a number of Irish professors visiting the University of Tehran disseminated their research findings that there is a firm anthropological connection between Iran and Ireland from the distant past... [read more]
Two Natanz-es? The One I Eternally Adore Is . . . Real!
Natanz is the name of the ancient and tranquil township whose otherwise noble name has been excessively abused by the Western and US media circus in the past decade... [read more]
Nowruz, the Persian New Year at the spring vernal equinox
Nowruz in Persian literally means the first day [of the New Year]. It is the most prominent seasonal celebration of the solar calendars... [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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
GMOs, Corporatocentrism And Economic Plunder: The Right To Challenge And Refuse
The recently leaked report by India's Intelligence Bureau - ‘Impact of NGOs on Development’ - accuses certain activists and civil organisations of working against the national interest by colluding with foreign interests to undermine development and growth... [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]
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]
Not Michael Gove's Misbegotten Shambles
Michael Gove is a neoconservative member of Denis MacShane’s Henry Jackson Society, and thus also an admirer of Tony Blair and of George W Bush, neither of whom would have got any of the jokes in Blackadder... [read more]
The Banks, Fragile Giants
Part 5 of Eric Toussaint's series Banks versus the People: the Underside of a Rigged Game shows that big banks continue playing with fire, because they are persuaded that governments will save them whenever necessary... [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)
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The Shimomuran Economics Solution to the Western Economic Crisis
George Tait Edwards explains how investment credit creation could resurrect Western economies... [read more]
Treasure hunt in Wendish Lusatia
Tomaš Kappa tells a story about Germany’s biggest secret and a scandal, its treatment of the Sorbian people ... [read more]
The Four Keynesian Cornerstones of Shimomuran Economics (or Investment Credit Economics)
In the General Theory Keynes made four key comments that presage the practice of Shimomuran investment credit economics writes George Tait Edwards... [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]
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]
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]
Our psychology makes us neglect the victims of climate change
Psychologist Billy Larsson looks at how our human psychology prevents us from stepping up to the mark and dealing with the imminent problem of climate change... [read more]
Iran and the imminent prospect of another unilateral war waged by Israel in the Middle East
Israel, presumably due to its longstanding failure to reach amicable peace with Palestine and the Arab neighbors since 1967, is imminently determined to wage a unilateral war on Iran while struggling to divert internal dissent from its lingering economic and socio–political challenges and international isolations, writes Freeman Ure. ... [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]
Bullying and Hijacking Muslim Women’s Voices in the UK Live on Air
Iqbal Tamimi reflects on a gross incident of on-air sexist bullying on the UK Arabic TV channel, Alhiwar.... [read more]
Behind the Israeli Wall: A Lesson in Reality
Rich Whiles' timely new book takes a refreshingly honest look at the experiences of the victims of Israeli apartheid, writes Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
From Gaza to Lebanon: Beware the Iron Wall, the Coming War
Israeli military strategists are planning for a new offensive against Lebanon, as Ramzy Baroud explains.... [read more]
Students - Join the Fight for Socialism
As the academic term begins in earnest, Socialist Appeal's Dan Morley outlines why students should join the struggle for socialism.... [read more]
The Victorious Delusional Three in Damascus
The US, UK, and France launched a 30 minute attack on Syria for an alleged chemical attack by the Syrian military on Islamist militants in the small city of Douma, just 9km away from the capital Damascus... [read more]
Joining The Labour Party
In September 2016 I did something I never believed I would ever do. I joined the Labour Party.... [read more]
Donald Trump Marks America’s “Heavy Toll of War” - From Vietnam
“One day while I was in a bunker in Vietnam, a sniper round went over my head. The person who fired that weapon was not a terrorist, a rebel, an extremist, or a so-called insurgent. The Vietnamese individual who tried to kill me was a citizen of Vietnam, who did not want me in his country. This truth escapes millions.” (Mike Hastie, Former U.S. Army Medic, Vietnam 1970-71)... [read more]
North Korea - As Trump Threatens, the Nation Still Struggles with America’s Lethal Legacy
“Throughout the world, on any given day, a man, woman or child is likely to be displaced, tortured, killed or ‘disappeared’ … More often than not, the United States shares the blame.” (Amnesty International, 1996) ... [read more]
Iraq: Will Tony Blair Finally Stand Trial for His Part in the “Supreme International Crime”?
Perhaps, at last, justice may have a chance, one which might set a precedent and also deter any politician or leader from embarking on the “supreme international crime”, ever again. Here’s fervently hoping.... [read more]
Eminent Psychiatrists Express Deep Concern at President’s “dangerousness”, “instability”, and “unpredictability.”
The insane threats also come from a man who achieved five draft deferments during the Vietnam war, thus has no knowledge even of what one bullet can do, let alone the vapourising monstrosities he seems to think he has divine power to unleash on a whim.... [read more]
The Most Moral Army
A few days ago I happened upon an excellent British movie, "Testament of Youth", based on the memoirs of Vera Brittain. The movie brought me back to the affair of Elor Azaria... [read more]
America Polarized in Turmoil
United, we must take back our country from the ultra-supremacists in the White House... [read more]
Happy Holiday Season…
Most Iranians are believers and practitioners of the single golden rule of treating others as you would expect to be treated... [read more]
The War on Weed Part II: Monsanto, Bayer, and the Push for Corporate Cannabis
California’s “Adult Use of Marijuana Act” (AUMA) is a voter initiative characterized as legalizing marijuana use... [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]
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]
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]
Humans, Dancers, Travel and Fight Club
Air travel is one of humanity’s main technological advancements thus far, but does it make us more or less ‘human’?... [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]
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]
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]
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]
Grexit or Jubilee? How Greek Debt Can Be Annulled
The crushing Greek debt could be canceled the way it was made – by sleight of hand... [read more]
Governments submit to “Too Big to Fail” banks (part 2)
Governments make gifts galore to private banks... [read more]
"There Are Still Judges…"
This week I won a dubious distinction: a groundbreaking Supreme Court judgment has been named after me. It is an honor I would have gladly dispensed with.... [read more]
Fateful Steps That Led to the Crisis in Ukraine (Part One)
The crisis that struck Ukraine last year was the result of problems that had been festering, not only in Ukraine but all along the former frontiers of the USSR since the end of the cold war... [read more]
Nowruz, the New Year at the spring vernal equinox
Nowruz in Persian literally means the first day... [read more]
For whom to Vote?
Uri Avnery discusses whom to vote for in the upcoming Israel elections... [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]
Iraq Invasion: The “Six Wise Men” Tony Blair Ignored
“Nothing justifies killing of innocent people.” Tony Blair, CNN, 15th January 2015... [read more]
Where trade agreements are a risk to sovereignty
A nation's sovereign right to determine matters within its borders is put at risk where its government signs a trade agreement which includes a dispute resolution clause known as an Investor State Dispute Settlement ('ISDS') clause... [read more]
Menace on the Menu: Development and the Globalization of Servitude (Part 2)
Me-first acquisitiveness is now pervasive throughout the upper strata of society... [read more]
How the world was saved from a nuclear catastrophe
In 1983 the world stood on the brink of a nuclear holocaust. War between NATO and the USSR was prevented by a high ranking NATO official secretly working for the GDR foreign intelligence service... [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]
Lenin: State and Revolution: Withering Away the State
Thomas Riggins reviews the first part of Chapter V of Lenin's State and Revolution (1917)... [read more]
Challenges to the rights of sexual minorities in Africa
A Ugandan Catholic priest analyses the reasons for the existence of homophobia in Africa... [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]
Who is Winning?
Uri Avnery asks what history would look like if it were written in the style of the "Solid Cliff (a.k.a. Protective Edge) operation?... [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]
An economy ruled by the mob
It is not easy for any of us to get our heads around the complexities of modern economics. Many capitalists themselves and certainly most politicians no longer understand how the system really works... [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]
Women, Fertility and the Rise of Modern Capitalism: Review
Thomas Riggins reviews an article by Alberto Alesina from the Harvard Economics Department - Women, Fertility and the Rise of Modern Capitalism... [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 Different Sources of Unemployment, and the Economic Remedy for Each of These
Unemployment is a complex phenomenon. The ultimate roots of all large-scale unemployment is the lack of an adequate economic understanding by a country’s professional economic advisors and its politicians... [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]
China’s All-Inclusive Economic Miracle: The Third Economic Bomb
George Tait Edwards explains China's recent economic success by examining its past history... [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]
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]
Shooting down Helicopters
Money is the lubricant that permits the economic system to work. Goods and wealth that are produced, distributed, circulated, used and owned do so because of money... [read more]
Elections in Norway
Patrizia Bertini speaks with Norwegian Labour Party politician Rudolph Brynn about the general election next week... [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]
EU Urgently Needs To Put Its Democracy In Order
David Eade argues that democracy is under threat across the entire European Union... [read more]
Socialism and Christianity
David Benbow compares the tenets of Christianity with Socialist theory... [read more]
Reading Lenin: Materialism and Empiro-criticism
Part 2 of Thomas Riggins' analysis of Lenin's Materialism and Empiro-criticism... [read more]
Money for the People: Grillo's Populist Plan for Italy
Comedian Beppe Grillo was surprised himself when his Five Star Movement got 8.7 million votes in the Italian general election of February 24-25th... [read more]
Proportional Representation in the UK
After the disaster that was Nick Clegg's attempt at electoral reform it appears that reforming the voting system may be off the agenda for at least a generation, longer if the two main parties have their way, writes Bobby Gant.... [read more]
Social Constructionism Applied to Working Class Educational Attainment
Elijah Pryor looks into the origins, definitions and theory of Social Constructionism and explains inequalities faced by working class children in education... [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]
Why capitalism likes us to behave irrationally
It’s a great irony that although human beings, as distinct from other animals, are characterised by their ability for rational thinking, so much of our behaviour is irrational, argues John Green.... [read more]
Global Development: Aid the myth of Western support
Elijah Pryor shows the true effect of Development Aid on poor countries... [read more]
Modern Pauperism and its Consequences: A Dissenting View on the Riots in England (Part II of II)
The second part of an essay by Matthias Dapprich in which he adopts a class based analysis of the recent London riots.... [read more]
The Roma of Iraq- a forgotten community
Iqbal Tamimi considers the fate of the Roma women of Iraq: from dancing and prostitution before the US invasion of Iraq to harassment and begging on the streets afterwards.... [read more]
Rebranding Iraq: Playing with Numbers and Human Lives
As the US troop withdrawal begins in earnest, Ramzy Baroud asks: who won? And is the war really over?... [read more]
Facebook and Muslim Outrage: Gleaning the Wrong Lesson, Again
Ramzy Baroud bemoans yet another controversy about Muslim intolerance towards 'blasphemous' artistic output.... [read more]
'Urgent Threats' of Yesteryear
In the second article in his series, 'Contextualising the Threat of Islam', Richard Greeman looks back on the US government's long history of constructing official enemies to justify foreign aggression and domestic repression alike.... [read more]
A Paradigm Shift in Singapore: Yet Apec Offers No Clear Answers
Ramzy Baroud on the high-profile international summit held in Singapore this week.... [read more]
Scoundrel with Permission
Uri Avnery on how a spate of brutal murders by recent Jewish immigrants to Israel has focused attention on the country's controversial Law of Return.... [read more]
Matter of the Heart
Uri Avnery looks back over the first 100 days of Binyamin Netanyahu's second term as Israeli Prime Minister.... [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]
Bush's Last Bullet: Why the US Attacked Syria
In the aftermath of the appalling US raid on Syria, Ramzy Baroud examines the familiar double-standard in the mainstream discourse on what constitutes unacceptable policy and aggression.... [read more]
Financial Meltdown Deepens
In the wake of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Michael Roberts examines the present financial slump. ... [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]
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]
Building Ships to Die For
Seven Agir on the murderous consequences of competitiveness in Turkish shipbuilding. ... [read more]
"Unfashionable" Balkan Nationalism?
Victor Petroff on the rise of right-wing populism in Bulgaria.... [read more]
Arms Spending Dwarfs Commitment to Development Goals
World leaders struggle to meet development goals; military spending remains sky-high.... [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]
From Afghanistan to Anantnag via Abbotabad (Part 1)
The death of twenty people on April 1 between Indian security forces and armed Hizbul Mujahedin militants in Anantnag district in Indian-controlled South Kashmir is a stark reminder of a criminal legacy of the anti-colonial religious-nationalism that has its modern roots in the Afghan jihad... [read more]
Neither Juggler nor integral
Kashmir: The bleeding wound of British imperialist legacy... [read more]
Leaders of the world
In years gone by it never bothered me too much who was leading what country or international organisations because there were so many good leaders about who knew how the world worked... [read more]
When Is there Going to be Accountability for US Wars and Aggression?
US makes new claims of WMD in Syria... [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]
Why I am Angry
In today's Israel, the antagonism between Mizrahim and Ashkenazim is growing stronger from year to year, with vast political and social repercussions... [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]
Iran: the Historical Cradle of Civilization, the Origin of Human Diversity, and the Bastion of Humanistic Tolerance
An article by Davood Rhani... [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]
Regulation Is Killing Community Banks – Public Banks Can Revive Them
Crushing regulations are driving small banks to sell out to the megabanks, a consolidation process that appears to be intentional. Publicly-owned banks can help avoid that trend and keep credit flowing in local economies.... [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]
North Korea and Trump’s Reality Free Zone - Tweeting About Armageddon
Currently, in addition to the massive war games, the US has been overflying North Korea with B-52 bombers, with further excercises taking place in and with South Korea and in the last days also with Japan... [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]
Not Feeling But Falling
With extraordinary candour Theresa May has admitted that the case for the free market is not the given she believed it to be... [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]
Crusaders and Zionists
Caesarea was built by King Herod some 2000 years ago and named after his Roman master, Augustus Caesar. It once again became an important town under the Crusaders, who fortified it.... [read more]
North Korea an Aggressor? A Reality Check
The mention of one tiny country appears to strike at the rationality and sanity of those who should know far better... [read more]
London Bridge Attack – Hypocrisy, Double Standards and Double Dealing
When she spoke after Manchester’s tragedy: “May’s speech did not address allegations that in 2011, while she was Home Secretary, Libyan Islamists previously under surveillance in Britain were given back their passports and helped by the government to fly to Libya to fight Muammar Gadaffi’s administration.... [read more]
Greetings for Diana Buttu
A few days ago, a not so well-known Palestinian woman received an unusual honor... [read more]
Silver Foxes
Tally and also Ho! Sound the horn, unleash the hounds. We must arise and protest that flimsy Tory manifesto. Not because it goes too far. Nope, it just doesn't go far enough.... [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]
The Zoroastrians’ Future? A religion deemed in decline but a vibrant culture now gone global burgeons and thrives!
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Donald Trump and Theresa May - Partners in Planning Armageddon?
Prime Minister May’s endlessly repeated mantra “Brexit means Brexit” (Britain leaving the European Union) takes on a whole new meaning: she is prepared to trigger the UK departing the planet.... [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]
How to defeat war-mongering America
The recent actions by Trump are a futile attempt to regain the waning global influence of American imperialist hegemony... [read more]
Danegeld
It was just over a thousand years ago that the King of England shook his piggy bank and found it full of twigs and trinkets. He needed dosh and he needed it fast.... [read more]
President Kong
The real sad fact is that in every single speech since the inauguration, the main theme – indeed, almost the only theme - of President Donald Trump is I – I – I.... [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]
The Italian Banking Crisis: No Free Lunch—or Is There?
It has been called “a bigger risk than Brexit”– the Italian banking crisis that could take down the eurozone... [read more]
The Call of the Nation
A dark wave is submerging democracies all over the Western world.... [read more]
Trump’s $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan: Lincoln Had a Bolder Solution
Central banks have been pumping money into the global economy without a whole lot to show for it... [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]
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]
Funding California Schools: Proposition 51 Versus a State-owned Bank
There is a much cheaper way to fund this $9 billion school debt... [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 Kissinger Story
Kissinger achieved his goal. The Soviets lost the Arab world to the United States. Until Vladimir Putin came along... [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]
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]
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]
Banning Paralympic Athletes to Bash Russia
Last Sunday it was announced that the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) had decided to ban the entire Russian team from the upcoming Paralympics to held in Rio in September... [read more]
Turkey’s Attempted Coup - Cui Bono?
“The individual is handicapped by coming face to face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists.” (J. Edgar Hoover, Elks Magazine, August 1956).... [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]
What the Hell
What the hell has happened to them? Have they gone crazy? The British, of all people?... [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]
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]
The Center Doesn't Hold
"The best lack all convictions, while the worst are full of passionate intensity!"... [read more]
Self, Celebrity, Debt And Sport
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority it is time to pause and reflect" Mark Twain... [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]
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 Zoroastrian Americans of the New York Tri-States Inugurates their Newly Built Cultural Community Center
... [read more]
A True Defence of European Ideals Demands Opposition to the Corrupted Power Alliance of the EU
Washington is eagerly awaiting the result of the British referendum on the European Union and is openly seeking to influence the vote... [read more]
Obama, Putin and the US Election
Why is Obama deliberately stirring up old Cold War tensions with Russia by ordering saber rattling by the Pentagon and our puppet military alliance NATO?... [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]
Iraq: US, UK Fabricated WMD Threat
The scorched earth onslaught of 2003 and subsequent years of bombings brought further radioactive pollution in orders of magnitude. The US is now bombing again.... [read more]
Optimism of the Will
Optimistic? Today? When the Israeli peace camp is in deep despair? When home-grown fascism is raising its head and the government is leading us towards national suicide?... [read more]
Yemen’s Plight and Britain’s “creative clout” - Arms Sales and Advice on Killing
In spite of the UN stating that civilians are being disproportionately killed in Yemen, arms sales rose to over one billion pounds... [read more]
The big private banks run on LTRO
Part 6 of the series 'Too Big to Fail' by Eric Toussaint... [read more]
Replacing reality by fantasy
John Green tales a look at the recent, much-hyped German series Deutschland 83... [read more]
Yalda: the winter solstice
Winter solstice has been celebrated by many human communities throughout the millennia... [read more]
Cacoethes Loquendi
Poem composed on the occasion of The United Nations International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People - Sunday 29 November 2015.... [read more]
Iraq – Did Tony Blair’s Regime Order Legal Advice of Illegality “Burned”?
Given the ongoing revelations on the extent of Tony Blair’s duplicitous collusion in the illegal bombing and invasion of Iraq, it seems the “bunker busters” and Cruise missiles are finally coming home to roost... [read more]
Adolf, Amin and Bibi
It is not very pleasant when serious people around the world – historians, psychiatrists, diplomats – ask themselves if my prime minister is completely sane... [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]
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]
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]
US Wars: Russia’s Fantasy “Stray Missiles” - America’s Real Ones
"Any time bombs are used to target innocent civilians it is an act of terrorism." (Barack Obama 15th February 2013)... [read more]
The “Sacrificial” Annual Mass Killing of Muslims in Mecca
The recent stampede incident, that has been repeated over the past many years during Hajj, has devastingly resulted yet again in thousands killed, maimed and injured.... [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]
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]
Time for the Nuclear Option: Raining Money on Main Street
Predictions are that we will soon be seeing the “nuclear option” — central bank-created money injected directly into the real economy... [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]
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]
The Molten Three
In 2009, the three leading ministers – Netanyahu, Barak and Lieberman – decided that the time had come to attack Iran... [read more]
Iraq Inquiry – Five Year, £10 Million Whitewash of Blair Regime?
Bereaved UK families who lost sons and daughters in the illegal invasion of Iraq have now threatened legal action against Sir John Chilcot... [read more]
The Greek Coup: Liquidity as a Weapon of Coercion
In the modern global banking system, all banks need a credit line with the central bank in order to be part of the payments system... [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]
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]
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]
Gaza: The hijacking of The Marianne by “The Pirates of the Mediterranean”
In the early hours of the morning of 29th June, three Israeli Navy ships intercepted and hijacked a Swedish flagged ship... [read more]
Reflections on China’s South Sea Trouble Thomas Riggins
Lying in the South China Sea between Indochina and the Philippines is a collection of 700 or so small islands collectively known as the Spratly Islands... [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]
The War of Fools
A few days ago, Israeli TV Channel 10 broadcast an investigative story about the 2006 Israeli attack on Lebanon, known as "Lebanon War II"... [read more]
The American role in reshaping the future of the Middle East
The imminent prospect of a comprehensive accord between Iran and the P5+1... [read more]
Governments submit to “Too Big to Fail” banks (part 1)
Since 2007, the major Central Banks of the most industrialised countries have lent massively to private banks at very low interest rates in order to avoid their failure... [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]
How America Became an Oligarchy
According to a new study from Princeton University, American democracy no longer exists... [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]
California Water Wars: Another Form of Asset Stripping?
In California’s epic drought, wars over water rights continue, while innovative alternatives for increasing the available water supply go untapped... [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]
Iraq: The Destruction of Nineveh’s History – Murdering Mesopotamia
March 19th commemorates the twelfth anniversary of the beginning of the destruction of Iraq... [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]
Tony Blair’s Save the Children Award: An Inadequate Apology
On the evening of 19th November 2014, the charity Save the Children "recognized" Tony Blair - whose government enjoined in the ending of the fledgling lives of children on an industrial scale in Afghanistan and Iraq - with their “Global Legacy Award.”... [read more]
Extremism is prevailing in Eurozone Negotiations
The negotiations between the newly elected Greek Government and the other Eurozone states have been a battle between pragmatism and extremism... [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]
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]
Over Bottled
Everybody knows what the Israeli elections are about. The choice is stark: on the one side, the dream of a Greater Israel "from the sea to the river"; on the other side, an end to the occupation and peace... [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 Origin of Islamic fundamentalism and possibilities for its eradication
The global resurgence of violent Islamic fundamentalism can only be circumvented with a full comprehension and acknowledgment of what has historically gone wrong... [read more]
Niall Ferguson on Kissinger's 'World Order' [Part Two]
"Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet, seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace." (Alexander Pope, Essay on Man)... [read more]
What GMOs Are Really About: Profits, Power and Geopolitics
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are not essential for feeding the world... [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]
The Pen Trumps the Sword Anytime (Part 2)
The second 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]
Tony Blair, Infanticide Endorser Rewarded by Save The Children
When the Orwellianly name “Middle East Peace Envoy” Tony Blair was named “Philanthropist of the Year” by GQ Magazine in September for “his tireless charitable work” there was widespread disbelief... [read more]
Piketty for Progressives - Part 5
Thomas Riggins continues with his analysis of Piketty's book Capital in the 21st Century... [read more]
The Imminent Prospect of a US-Iran Breakthrough worries the Hawks
The international community grapples once again with the imminent prospect of a “nuclear deal” between the US (P5+1) and Iran before the extended deadline of November 24 arrives... [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]
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]
Piketty for Progressives: Part 4
Thomas Riggins continues to guide us through Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century... [read more]
It's time to shout stop on this war on the living world
Our consumption is trashing a natural world infinitely more fascinating and intricate than the stuff we produce, writes George Monbiot.... [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]
Conservatism in a nutshell
It’s not enough to defeat Tory ideology. We also have to defeat the Tory propaganda machine that brainwashes people with their slogans and catch-phrases... [read more]
Pakistan Air Force: Could “retirement” and detention cases have a link to drone policy?
A letter received by the author earlier this year may shed some light on the strange case of officers allegedly being penalized after seeking to take early retirement from the Pakistan Air Force and refused their requests... [read more]
NATO weakness in the epoch of geo-political turbulence and instability
The main outcome of the NATO summit that took place in Newport, Wales on 4th-5th September appears to have been the decision to launch a new ‘spearhead’ rapid response task force... [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]
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]
Reading Lenin: Materialism and Empirio-Criticism Thomas Riggins
Thomas Riggins talks us though the rest of Chapter 4 of Lenin's book Materialism and Empirio-Criticism ... [read more]
The Collective Conscience of Humanity Is Seriously Undermined as the Israeli-Palestine Once Again Conflict Intensifies
... [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]
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]
Iraq: US: Insurgents Have Chemical and Nuclear Material – “Minimal Risk.”
On 11th and 12th June, ISIS gained control of the Al Muthanna former chemical weapons complex where, in the 1980s, Iraq developed weapons believed to be on par with, then, the US and the former Soviet Union... [read more]
Sovereignty of Self-Governed Cities and Abolition of National States and Capitalism
The second in the series of articles by Steven Colatrella titled 21st Century Cosmopolis: Constitution for a Better World... [read more]
A Civilisation based on self-governed cities and townships and universal access to citizenship
The first in the series of articles by Steven Colatrella titled 21st Century Cosmopolis: Constitution for a Better World... [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]
Sisyphus Redeemed
If there is a God, he surely has a sense of humor. The career of Shimon Peres, who is about to finish his term as President of Israel, is clear evidence... [read more]
The War on Democracy
Dr Tomasz Pierscionek describes how yet another nation has fallen victim to 'Shock and Awe' ... [read more]
A Coup? Nonsense!
Journalist and former member of the Israeli parliament, Uri Avnery, describes how the Israeli Defence Force is held on a pedestal... [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]
Tiananmen: the massacre that wasn't
What really happened 25 years ago in Tiananmen Square?... [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]
President Obama Receives “Ambassador for Humanity” Award (Not Satire)
“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.” (Voltaire, 1694-1778).... [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]
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]
UK: Prime Minister Finds God, Bans Bishops, Priests, the Poor – and Crutches
When Prime Minister David Cameron pulls a stunt, or indeed, announces a “ground breaking” new policy, it is pretty well guaranteed to back fire. Indeed, his coalition government policy U-turns are heading for encyclopaedic... [read more]
The emergence of separatist movements in Pakistan
We have undergone two martial law regimes since the National Assembly adopted the 1973 Constitution. The 1973 Constitution failed to transform Pakistan into an economic success... [read more]
Banks: Fudged health report
The final part of the series by Eric Toussaint - Banks versus the People: the Underside of a Rigged Game!... [read more]
The myths about Marxism
The past two decades have witnessed a barrage of propaganda against Marxism and its revolutionary heritage from the mainstream media... [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]
Lenin on the Paris Commune (1871): An Heroic Uprising
Thomas Riggins discusses Lenin's take on the Paris Commune... [read more]
New York City Settles Fire Department Discrimination Case
New York City settlement of fire department discrimination is a blow against racism but panned by ultra-right New York Post ... [read more]
To Smash or be Smashed? Lenin's Theory of the State
In Chapter Two of State and Revolution, Lenin discusses the lessons of the European revolutionary movement of 1848-51... [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]
God Bless Putin
Binyamin Netanyahu is very good at making speeches, especially to Jews, neocons and such, who jump up and applaud wildly at everything he says, including that tomorrow the sun will rise in the west... [read more]
What can we do with what Thomas Piketty teaches us about capital in the twenty-first century?
Part 1 of Eric Toussaint's review of Thomas Piketty book Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Part 1 of 2)... [read more]
An Extended Review of "Princes of the Yen" by Professor Richard Werner
George Tait Edwards reviews “Princes of the Yen”, the latest book written by Professor Richard Werner... [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]
Return, Return oh Shulamit
Dina Dinur, the wife of the Holocaust-writer K. Zetnik, called to invite me to meet Pete Seeger... [read more]
In Defence of Lenin
Following the 90th anniversary of Lenin's death, Rob Sewell reviews his legacy... [read more]
State and Revolution: Chapter One: Class Society and the State
Thomas Riggins explains how, according to Lenin, the State is a product of the irreconcilability of class antagonisms
... [read more]
Angel Face
Seeing her face on the TV screen, one is struck by her beauty. It is the face of an angel, pure and innocent... [read more]
Lenin on Freedom and Necessity
Thomas Riggins Analyses The Next Two Parts Of Lenin's Materialism and Empirio-criticism... [read more]
The Theory of Knowledge of Dialectical Materialism and of Empirio-Criticism
Thomas Riggins continues to lead us through Chapter 3 of Lenin's book Materialism and Empiro-criticism ... [read more]
Banks versus the People: the Underside of a Rigged Game! (Part 3) - The greatest offensive against European social rights since the Second World War
We should not underestimate the capacity of the elites to make the most of a crisis situation writes Eric Toussaint... [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]
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]
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]
The Failure of Innovation in the Anglo-Saxon Economies
George Tait Edwards examines the role of innovation in economic development... [read more]
For Whom the Cock Crows
Thomas Riggins discusses Marx's 1844 article on Hegel's philosophy of law... [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]
Stop and Frisk: What Mayor Bloomberg Really Thinks About Minority Youth
New York City Mayor Bloomberg tries to defend the NYPD's massive stop and frisk program directed against minority youth... [read more]
A Critique of the analysis of Karl Marx within the BBC’s ‘Masters of Money’ Series
David Benbow critiques the BBC's ‘Masters of Money’ episode, aired last year, that focused on the economic theories of Karl Marx... [read more]
CCS sidelined by tenuous financing
Energy Consultant, Jeffrey Michel, discusses the problems with using CCS technology to reduce global warming... [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]
There is a war on ordinary people and feminists are needed at the front
The problem with media-run "conversations" on gender is not merely the almost total absence of male participants, but the suppression of class, writes John Pilger.... [read more]
Materialism and Empiro-criticism (Part 9)
Thomas Riggins discusses Lenin's take on the views of two materialist philosophers, Feuerbach and Dietzgen... [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]
Eight Questions for Western Government Economic Advisors
Economist George Tait Edwards MBE asks Western economists eight direct questions... [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]
Universal Credit: UC what U want 2C
The Major Projects Authority has serious doubts about the prospects for Iain Duncan Smith’s pet project, the Universal Credit, says Felix McHugh... [read more]
Right Wing Conservative Political Elite Engineer an Electoral Comeback in Pakistan
Dr Amjad Ayab Mirza provides analysis on the recent elections in Pakistan... [read more]
The writing out of the Radical tradition
Regular readers are aware of my view of Winston Churchill. On the five pound note, he will replace Elizabeth Fry, whom Michael Gove also wants to remove from the National Curriculum along with Robert Owen... [read more]
Materialism and Empiro-criticism [Part 6- Did Nature Exist Prior to Man?]
Thomas Riggins guides us through the next part of Lenin's Materialism and Empiro-criticism... [read more]
Reading Lenin: Materialism and Empiro-criticism [Part 5]
Thomas Riggins continues to guide us through Lenin's Materialism and Empiro-criticism... [read more]
Together, We Can Save Our Post Office
For 20 years, central government has been privatising the postal service by stealth. In reaction, the idea of mutualisation does the rounds, writes David Lindsay.... [read more]
Together, We Can Save Our Post Office
For 20 years, central government has been privatising the postal service by stealth. In reaction, the idea of mutualisation does the rounds says David Lindsay... [read more]
The Economy: Happy Days Are Here Again! For Whom?
Last week the stock market made a great leap forward. "Dow Leaps to Record" the Wall Street Journal blazoned on its front page. Thomas Riggins shows that the resurrection and coming again of the Dow is only one expression of the economy... [read more]
A Capitalist Command Economy
Forcing schools into the hands of unelected oligarchs is the latest contradiction of everything the market fetishists claim to stand for, writes George Monbiot.... [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.
... [read more]
A Telling Silence
They parasitise us from above. But landowners and the Tory party's idle rich are spared the fairest and simplest of taxes, writes George Monbiot.... [read more]
Waiting 17 months for an appeal (Part 2)
Felix McHugh reveals the outcome of Paula’s appeal... [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]
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]
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]
“It was so bad you just wanted to laugh”
LPJ French political affairs correspondent, David Eade, comments on the recent leadership election within France’s Conservative opposition party, the UMP... [read more]
Palestine and Israel: A Modest Suggestion for Peace (Part 1)
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 1)... [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]
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]
The internet- Plutocracy's Achilles' Heel?
Ironically Capitialism's well founded fear of unfettered public access to matters of vital importance stems from the advent of the internet, writes Jim Handley... [read more]
The Majority of Israelis and Palestinians Want Peace
Susan Walpole discusses how the majority of Jews and Muslims wish to live in peace... [read more]
Turkey’s Policies at a Crossroads: From Zero-Problems to a Heap of Trouble
It seems that media consensus has been conclusively reached: Turkey has been forced into a Middle Eastern mess not of its own making; the ‘Zero Problems with Neighbours’ notion, once the foreign policy centrepiece of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), is all but a romantic notion of no use in realpolitik, writes Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
Eric Hobsbawm – towering above his critics
Naturally there have been many glowing tributes to Eric Hobsbawm following his death at the age of 95, but there have also been some extremely ungenerous slights and grotesque attacks on his integrity as an individual and as an historian, writes David Morgan... [read more]
Principal Stages in the History of Bolshevism 1905-1917 and their Relevance Today
Lenin, in his book "'Left Wing' Communism: An Infantile Disorder," written in 1920, maintained that lessons from the Russian Revolution were of interest to those outside Russia. Thomas Riggins provides an analysis. ... [read more]
Mass media directing the masses
Luke Innes looks at the effect of mass media on the working class in Britain... [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]
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]
Genetic Memories
Doreen Carvajal writes in the New York Times about the possibility that our genes carry some memories of our ancestors' experiences and 'unfinished business'. Dr Faysal Mikdadi wonders whether this is beneficial, now and for a future generation. ... [read more]
The Children Are Still Dying: Violence is Not News
Somewhere in my home I have a set of photo albums I rarely go near. I fear the flood of cruel memories that might be evoked from looking at the countless photos I took during a trip to Iraq, writes Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
Genetic Memories
Needs editing pre publication... [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]
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]
Bosnia and Croatia: What is the tie with Iran?
Professor David Rahni uses etymology to explain how different cultures may have more in common with each other than they think... [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]
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]
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]
Girl Model
David Morgan brings to light a deeply worrying trend that exists within the Japanese modelling agency ... [read more]
Bad Sight of the Week
At the weekend, I sent a letter to The Observer via email. So sure am I that the paper will not run it this coming Sunday that I breathe life into it by reproducing it here below... [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]
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]
Off the Agenda: The Unresolved Question of Egypt's Economy
A new Egypt demands a new constitution and president. Many pressing questions also need to be addressed, including the religious-secular divide, the value of Sharia in the making of law, citizenship, minority rights, the rule of civil society, foreign policy, and much more, says Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
High Quality Healthcare- Competition brings Quality?
Tomasz Pierscionek sheds light on the recent High Quality Healthcare conference organised by pro free market think tank Reform ... [read more]
The Politics of Truth
Politicians are easy targets and scoring points off aunt sallies is a national sport. Stephen Gilbert discusses the chasm between the accountability of political columnists and that of MPs... [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]
Mere insults should not be criminal offences
Peter Tatchell says Section 5 of the Public Order Act is a menace to free speech and the right to protest... [read more]
The anniversary of the Catastrophe
John Wight provides a detailed account of al-Nakba, known to Palestinians around the world as 'the catastrophe'... [read more]
Unmanned Drones- the future of warfare?
The London Progressive Journal gives its take on current events in our editorial column... [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]
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]
When will the Palestinians revolt?
After six decades of occupation, Israeli government strategists are yet to realize that the Palestinian people are not a singular body of blind followers who can be easily manipulated and controlled, 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]
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]
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]
The future for Tunisia
Thomas Riggins examines the background and ideology of the Ennanah Party, now heading the governing alliance in Tunisia following the overthrow of President Ben Ali ... [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]
Goodbye homophobia. Hello sexual diversity
Peter Tatchell gives his thoughts on what a post homophobic society might look like... [read more]
A manager's dog
‘I am his Highness’ dog at Kew;
Pray, tell me sir, whose dog are you?'
( Alexander Pope, Epigram Engraved on the Collar
of a Dog which I gave to his Royal Highness)... [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]
Saudi judge demands extreme action against female journalist
Following her description of the religious police as "ex-convicts and drug addicts", a Saudi judge has demanded withdrawing the nationality of a female journalist, writes Iqbal Tamimi.... [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]
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]
On Freedom and Imperialism: Arab Spring and the Intellectual Divide
The so-called ‘Arab Spring’ is creating an intellectual divide that threatens any sensible understanding of the turmoil engulfing several Arab countries, says Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
Telling the Players with a Scorecard
How politics is manifested as economics and economics as politics should concern us right now, argues Steven Colatrella.... [read more]
The War on Libya: Behind Appearances - Part 3
An in-depth critique and analysis of the beginnings of the civil war in Libya and what was at stake for all parties involved in the final conflict, split into three parts. (Part 3)... [read more]
''You are fed up with him?''
Uri Avnery gives his opinion on a recent leaked conversation between Presidents Obama and Sarkozy... [read more]
Gaza Boats Seized, but ‘Freedom Waves’ Will Continue
Despite the Israeli government’s continued aggression towards humanitarian aid ships sailing to Gaza, Ramzy Baroud shows how the aid flotillas show no sign of giving in to intimidation.
... [read more]
Everybody\'s son
Uri Avnery comments on the recent Israel-Palestine prisoner swap and the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit... [read more]
The tilted scales of justice
Dr Tomasz Pierscionek looks at how the state reacts when it feels its authority being usurped.... [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]
United in our Heritage
In response to comments made by David Cameron, Hussein Al-Alak takes a look at the origins of ‘Britishness’... [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]
Welcome to Gaza: Revolution and Change at the Rafah Border
Ramzy Baroud on how the new Egyptian government is signifying a welcome change to the border with Gaza.... [read more]
‘From the Gulf to the Ocean’: The Middle East is Changing
Ramzy Baroud on the future of Egypt and the Middle East now that revolution has come.... [read more]
Tunisia: How We Got Here and the Task Ahead
Ramzy Baroud reflects on the causes of the popular uprising and where we go from here.... [read more]
Such is the Peace Process: Obama as a Salesman
Ramzy Baroud reflects on the mood of pessimism emanating from the latest round of peace talks in the Middle East.... [read more]
‘Dying to Win’: Newt Gingrich’s ‘Terrorism’
Bush may be gone, but right-wingers in the US are still exploiting public fears of terrorism to pursue their foreign policy agenda, as Ramzy Baroud explains.... [read more]
Obama’s Dangerous Escalations **NOT EDITED YET**
The fourth part in Richard Greeman's series, 'Contextualising the Threat of Political Islam' ... [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]
Thatcher and the Last Tory cuts
Eric Hollies puts today's coalition government in historical perspective by looking back on the brutal public spending cuts imposed by the Thatcher government.... [read more]
A Clash of Fundamentalisms
In the third article in his series, 'Contextualising the Threat of Islam', Richard Greeman compares Islamic Fundamentalism with the U.S. regime's own brand on fundamentalist politics.... [read more]
The Palestinian Authority: Redundant but Dangerous Language
Ramzy Baroud takes a critical look at the language used by Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority in their pronouncements on possible talks with Israel.... [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]
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]
‘The Internet is a Game Changer’
With news coverage gradually moving towards a 'paperless world' in the internet age, Ramzy Baroud considers the implications for political journalism.... [read more]
Fighting Corruption or Persecuting Political Opponents in Venezuela? A Response to the New York Times
James Suggett picks apart the New York Times' claims about alleged political persecution in Chavez's Venezuela.... [read more]
Bosses' Pay - the Worse They do, the More They Want!
Enormous compensation packages are keeping bosses happy amid the misery of economic stagnation, writes Dan Morley.... [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]
Flexible Afghanistan War Objectives: And the Agony Grinds On
As the war in Afghanistan grinds on with no end in sight, Ramzy Baroud pours scorn on the various attempts to rationalise and justify this disastrous campaign.... [read more]
Western Media, Not Israeli Hasbara
Despite the best efforts of the mainstream media to play down the barbaric assault on Gaza, Israel cannot win the public relations war, argues Ramzy Baroud.... [read more]
Our Hollowed Out Democracy
Thus far, the Tory and Labour election campaigns have been a showcase of the hypocrisy at the heart of British politics, writes Richie Nimmo.... [read more]
The Greek Crisis and the Threat to the Euro
Can the EU afford to let Greece withdraw from the Eurozone? Socialist Appeal's Mick Brooks considers the significance of the Grek Crisis.... [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]
Turkey: Working Class Resistance Rebuilding Itself
Ekrem Ekici and Ceren Türkmen on how Turkey's labour organisations are fighting back against privatisation and attacks on labour rights. ... [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]
Berlusconi: Europe's Real Pandemic
The enormous popularity of Italy's right-wing demagogue is a reflection of the corrupt cynicism of contemporary mass culture, argues Paolo Mossetti.... [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]
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]
Muslim Women Find Expression Through Cartoons
Iqbal Tamimi on how some Muslim women have overcome cultural marginalisation to express themselves through popular art.... [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]
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]
Globalization Unchecked: How Alien Media is Suffocating Culture
Ramzy Baroud considers the cultural impact of global economic integration in 'third world' societies. ... [read more]
No Emergency Summits for Arab Human Development Crisis
Ramzy Baroud calls on Arab governments to do more to provide for their peoples' basic educational needs.... [read more]
Economic Crisis and Political Alienation
Lack of popular participation in the political process is both a cause and an effect of the present crisis, as Rick Wolff explains.... [read more]
War, Negation and Muslim Identity Revisited
Ramzy Baroud on the reductionist caricatures which underpin the supposed 'clash of civilizations' between the West and Islam.... [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]
The Great Cop-Out
Impeded by Gordon Brown, the G20 has decided that bankers won’t be properly regulated, as George Monbiot explains.... [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]
Yes, You Can!
Barack Obama faces a historic challenge in the Middle East, as Uri Avnery explains.... [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]
Gaza and the Language of Power
The Israeli assault on Gaza his slipped off the radar of mainstream news coverage, as Ramzy Baroud explains.... [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]
Beyond Politics: People for Sale in a Hungry World
Ramzy Baroud reviews the findings of a US State Department report on human trafficking.... [read more]
Genetic Modification: A Pandora's Box
Tomasz Pierscionek dissects the arguments on both sides of the GM controversy.... [read more]
Book Review: Judith Butler, 'Frames of War'
Nathaniel Mehr reviews Judith Butler's thought-provoking examination of the ways in which identity and culture are manipulated in the interests of imperialism.... [read more]
Should There Be a European Criminal Record?
Alexa Van Sickle examines the implications of a controversial new European Union initiative.... [read more]
War Without Context: Fatah, Hamas and Flawed Language
Ramzy Baroud on the sinister manipulation of language which characterises the mainstream discourse on the Israel-Palestine issue.... [read more]
Budget: Where’s Our Bail-out?
As New Labour announces its new budget, Socialist Appeal's Mick Brooks provides his assessment of the British economic malaise.... [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]
Interview: Ilan Pappe talks to London Progressive Journal
Tomasz Pierscionek spoke with prominent Israeli academic and activist Ilan Pappe.... [read more]
Civil Servants or Arms Dealers?
Selina Larsen on the cosy relationship between the UK government and the international arms trade.... [read more]
No Freedom Here
John Pilger on how Britain is sleepwalking into an Orwellian nightmare of surveillance, secrecy and militarism.... [read more]
An Important but Risky Victory for Venezuela and for Socialism
Gregory Wilpert assesses the implications of Hugo Chávez's referendum victory.... [read more]
You Stand for Nothing But Election
George Monbiot sets a few things straight in an open letter to government minister Hazel Blears.... [read more]
Book Review: "Israel and the Clash of Civilisations"
Gavin O'Toole reviews Jonathan Cook's insightful book about the thinking behind US Middle East policy.... [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]
Book Review: Frank Ackerman, "Can We Afford the Future?"
Matt Genner on a new book which debunks the economic myths around global warming.... [read more]
Iraq's US Security Charade
As the mainstream media complacently celebrate the security pact which purports to confer independence upon the puppet regime in Baghdad, Ramzy Baroud provides a withering assessment of what the agreement really means.... [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]
World Capitalism Looks Into the Abyss
Socialist Appeal's Terry McPartlan on how the present economic crisis could enhance class consciousnous and provide the impetus for far-reaching social change.... [read more]
Unprecedented!
Michael Roberts on why the present economic crisis demonstrates the vulnerability of "free market" capitalism. ... [read more]
Remembering Professor Kulthum Odeh (1892 -1965)
Reviewing the life of Kulthum Odeh, the first woman in the Arab world to hold a professorship, Iqbal Tamimi considers the all-pervading ignorance about Palestine.... [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]
The Credit Cruch - One Year On
Twelve months on from the beginning of the current economic crisis, Socialist Appeal's Michael Roberts examines the causes and effects of the so-called "Credit Crunch".... [read more]
Coal Scuttled
George Monbiot on why we should all support this week's Climate Camp demonstration.... [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]
Back to Boom and Bust
Eric Hollies on the self-fulfilling prophecy of the global economic downturn.... [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]
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]
Saying Sorry: Does it Ease the Pain?
Now that the Australian government has apologised for the pain it caused to its Stolen Generation, Vanessa Stevens asks: What does the apology really mean for Australia? ... [read more]
Green Belt – A False Blessing
Anton Howes believes affordable housing and environmentally-friendly urban living provides a more viable long-term solution to climate change than the false utopianism of the "Green Belt".... [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]
The Sean Bell Verdict: Another Mockery of Justice for Black America
New York poet Erica Cardwell believes the Sean Bell verdict shows black life is cheap in the US justice system. ... [read more]
Yes He Can
New York poet Erica Cardwell wants American voters to be brave and choose Obama.... [read more]
How To Solve A Problem Like Auschwitz
The British government plans to educate children about the horrors of mass murder by sending them to visit the Auschwitz death camps.... [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]
Interview: George Monbiot Talks to London Progressive Journal
London Progressive Journal's Haseeb Khokhar spoke to prominent climate change campaigner George Monbiot.... [read more]
