Challenges to the rights of sexual minorities in Africa
August 6, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
A Ugandan Catholic priest analyses the reasons for the existence of homophobia in Africa
Gaza: Middle East “Peace Envoy” Tony Blair Parties as Gaza Burns
August 5, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
The Fourth Geneva Convention is specific in prohibiting attacks on civilian hospitals, medical transport and of course designates collective punishment a war crime
Lenin on the State and Revolution: The Paris Commune (1871)
August 5, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Thomas Riggins reviews Chapter IV of Lenin's State and Revolution (1917)
The Dilemma of the Israeli Government in Gaza
August 4, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
The 72 hour cease-fire between Israel and Hamas did not last more than a few hours
Stop the War in East Ukraine
August 3, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Sweeping sanctions have been imposed by the European Union and the United States on Russia for its alleged involvement in East Ukraine.
Meeting in a Tunnel
August 2, 2014 9:30 am Leave your thoughts
The Israeli media are now totally subservient. There is no independent reporting. "Military correspondents" are not allowed into Gaza to see for themselves, they are willingly reduced to parroting army communiqués, presenting them as their personal observations
God’s Promise
August 2, 2014 9:22 am Leave your thoughts A work by the Palestinian poet, writer and artist, Dr Faysal Mikdadi
Rethinking Economics The Washington Consensus vs the Tokyo Consensus Background
August 2, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
On Tuesday 6 May 2014, I published a blog about "Shimomuran Economics and the Rise of Japan"
A sea-change
July 29, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Steve Richards is right to say that next year's election will not, and should not, be decided by personality politics. So what will determine the voters' preferences, asks former MP and member of the Labour shadow cabinet, Bryan Gould
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Sound Science and the GMO Biotech Sector’s Version of Science
July 29, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Coming from the GMO biotech industry, or its political mouthpieces, the term "sound science" rings extremely hollow