Requiem for a Crowded Planet
December 25, 2009 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
George Monbiot's analysis of the failure of the climate talks.
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The ‘Copenhagen Accord’ – All Hot Air
December 25, 2009 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
National self-interest and capitalist pragmatism condemned the Copenhagen talks to failure, says Adam Booth.
Venezuela Says Colombia Planning Attack in Venezuelan Territory
December 25, 2009 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Hugo Chavez believes the Colombian government is planning to fabricate a pretext for a cross-border military attack, as James Suggett reports.
Muslims Must Not Pay Price for Europe’s Identity Crisis
December 25, 2009 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Ramzy Baroud condemns the scapegoating of Muslims by European politicians who are unwilling to address their countries' most pressing social problems.
UK Libel Law Needs Reforming
December 25, 2009 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Two high-profile cases in 2009 have highlighted the desperate need for reform of the UK's libel laws, as Demetrius Notice explains.
Chavez Calls for Systemic Change to Save Planet
December 18, 2009 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Hugo Chavez has accused the world's powerful countries of lacking the political will to take serious action on climate change, as Kiraz Janicke reports.
The Nightmare in Afghanistan Worsens
December 18, 2009 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Following the 100th British death of 2009 in Afghanistan, Steve Jones argues that the unwinnable war in Afghanistan can never deliver social and economic progress to the Afghan people.
Justice for Western Sahara
December 18, 2009 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Joanna Allan on the high-profile campaign to draw international attention to the plight of the people of the Western Sahara at the hands of the brutal Moroccan occupation.
The Lobby Within
December 18, 2009 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
A just and peaceful solution to the protracted Palestinian-Israeli conflict will only be possible when the US ceases to block every move made towards it, argues Ramzy Baroud.
Muslim Women Find Expression Through Cartoons
December 18, 2009 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Iqbal Tamimi on how some Muslim women have overcome cultural marginalisation to express themselves through popular art.