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Cameron’s Contagion

October 29, 2012 8:13 am Leave your thoughts

There couldn't be a clearer case of shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted. For the past three years there have been clear and unequivocal warnings that ash die-back could come to Britain, writes George Monbiot.

Review: The Master

October 28, 2012 6:37 am Leave your thoughts

OK, I saw "The Master." Now I know what the fuss is about. I don't pretend to know the film's "message" but I walked out afterward seeing/feeling the world from its point of view, writes Jean Claude van Italie.

Ash Cloud

October 24, 2012 10:20 am Leave your thoughts

There was a time when conservatism meant what the word suggests. It was an attempt to keep things as they are: to arrest economic and social change, to defend the position of the dominant class. Today conservatism has become a nihilistic festival of destruction, writes George Monbiot.

Australia’s Julia Gillard is no feminist hero

October 23, 2012 1:50 pm Leave your thoughts

The Guardian's description of Australia's opposition leader Tony Abbott as "neanderthal" is not unreasonable. Misogyny is an Australian blight and a craven reality in political life. But for so many commentators around the world to describe Julia Gillard's attack on Abbott as a "turning point for Australian women" is absurd, writes John Pilger.

Rhetorically Speaking: US Elections and the Middle East

October 23, 2012 8:00 am Leave your thoughts

US elections are manifestly linked to the Middle East, at least rhetorically. In practical terms, however, US foreign policies in the region are compelled by the Middle East's own dynamics and the US' own political climate, economic woes, or ambitions, writes Ramzy Baroud.