Gough Whitlam – It’s Time to Rest In Peace
October 26, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Edward Gough Whitlam ("Gough Whitlam"), a former Labour prime minister of Australia, passed away on 21st October, 2014 at 98 years of age
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Muhammad, Where Are You?
October 25, 2014 5:43 pm Leave your thoughts
About a month ago, on the eve of the Jewish New Year, the government statistical office published a set of interesting items about the population of the state
Why climate ‘uncertainty’ is no excuse for doing nothing
October 25, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Former environment minister Owen Paterson has called for the UK to scrap its climate change targets
Piketty for Progressives: Part 4
October 25, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Thomas Riggins continues to guide us through Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Has the Swedish Left Lost Again?: The 2014 Electoral Implosion, Civilian Deindustrialization and the Swedish Dilemma
October 24, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Part 3 of Jonathan Feldman's analysis of the recent Swedish general election
‘Cleansing the stock’ and other ways governments talk about human beings
October 22, 2014 1:57 pm Leave your thoughts
Those in power don't speak of 'people' or 'killing' - it helps them do their job. And we are picking up their dehumanising euphemisms, writes George Monbiot.
On gloves, rubber and the spatio-temporal logics of global health
October 22, 2014 12:12 am Leave your thoughts
Over the last decades and not least through the UN's Millennium Development Goals, health initiatives have received unprecedented attention and funding
Decent Respect
October 18, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts 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?
Has the Swedish Left Lost Again?: The 2014 Electoral Implosion, Civilian Deindustrialization and the Swedish Dilemma
October 18, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts Part 2 of Jonathan Feldman's analysis of the recent Swedish general election
IMT Statement: Kobane threatened with massacre: Fight imperialism! Defend the Kurds!
October 13, 2014 11:32 pm Leave your thoughts
The forces of ISIS are closing in on the besieged town of Kobane on the Turkish-Syrian border