The Unholy City
November 22, 2014 11:44 pm Leave your thoughts
In its long and checkered history, Jerusalem has been occupied by dozens of conquerors. Uri Avnery's weekly article
Testament For Truth
November 22, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
A poem by Geoffrey Heptonstall
When Europe’s bill on Britain’s doormat lands
November 20, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
A poem by John Gohorry
Growth: the destructive god that can never be appeased
November 19, 2014 7:52 am Leave your thoughts
The blind pursuit of economic exapansion stokes a cycle of financial crisis, and is wrecking our world. Time for an alternative, writes George Monbiot.
Wine, Blood and Gasoline
November 15, 2014 10:52 pm Leave your thoughts Kafr Kanna, a village near Nazareth, is probably the place where Jesus - according to the New Testament - turned water into wine. Now it is the Arab village where the Israeli police is turning stones into blood
The Imminent Prospect of a US-Iran Breakthrough worries the Hawks
November 15, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
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
State and Revolution: Chapter 5 – Withering Away the State
November 14, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Thomas Riggins continues to guide us through chapter 5 of Lenin's State and Revolution
Interstellar: magnificent film, insane fantasy
November 12, 2014 11:53 am Leave your thoughts Movies about abandoning Earth reflect the political defeatism of our age: that adapting to climate breakdown is preferable to stopping it, writes George Monbiot.
Is ISIS Coming?
November 7, 2014 6:08 pm Leave your thoughts If ISIS had approached the borders of Israel this week, nobody in the country would have noticed. Israel was riveted to a court-room drama
My journey from Christianity to Humanism
November 7, 2014 3:03 pm Leave your thoughts
Peter Tatchell explains how he made the transition from dogma & superstition to rationalism