London Progressive Journal Issue 51

Stop Israel's Massacre in Gaza!

Two years after the Israeli ‘Defence’ Forces indiscriminately slaughtered over a thousand Lebanese civilians in the quaintly-titled Operation Just Reward, Israel has turned its attention to Gaza, in the form of Operation Cast Lead. Stripped of its innocuous-sounding name, this operation become...

Interview: Manuel Yepe talks to London Progressive Journal

<i>AS: The 1996 Helms-Burton Act under Bill Clinton, and eight years of the Bush Administration has seen the US embargo against Cuba tightened- there have been restrictions on educational exchanges, the import of medicine and so-called 'dual-use' materials. What immediate action, if any...

Unscripted: Green Zone Theatre and the Shoe Drama

The plot, so unexpectedly, thickened in Iraq on a Sunday like no other. The two main actors - US President George W. Bush, and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki – took to the stage to perform another well-rehearsed press conference. The scripts were ever so predictable: Bush to tout the ‘pro...

The Open Veins of Wales

A strange thing has happened to me over the two years since I moved to Wales. I have become susceptible to a novel and disturbing sensation: pride in my adopted country. England, the land of my birth, means nothing to me. The same goes for Britain. I despise nationalism. But I have been overta...

New Site Design and Features

The design of London Progressive Journal has seen a number of changes over the course of its first year, though most of these were minor tweaks to the design. When I created the site I had intended to include (among other things) a full search page and the ability to publish the letters of our...