A National Hero
May 16, 2014 2:13 am Leave your thoughts
Just before Israel's 66th Independence Day, the country acquired a new national hero, writes Uri Avnery
President Obama Receives “Ambassador for Humanity” Award (Not Satire)
May 14, 2014 2:48 am Leave your thoughts
"It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets." (Voltaire, 1694-1778).
Common Factors in Cases of Economic Resurgence
May 14, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Successive British Governments have persistently denied the importance of industry in the national economy, with some of ministers foolishly regarding industrial decline as inevitable writes George T Edwards
Ukraine: US Ambassador to Moscow’s 2008 Cable: “Nyet, Means Nyet – Russia’s NATO Engagement’s Red Line.”
May 13, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Headlines in the mainstream Western media, and Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague, obediently echo White House propaganda
Lenin on State and Revolution: The Paris Commune (1871) – Replacing the Bourgeois State
May 12, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
The form of state prevalent in the developed capitalist world at the time of the Commune was a state that functioned to support the bourgeoisie in its war against the working class
Capitulating To Monsanto And Wall Street: What Future India?
May 11, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
The Indian Oil and Environment minister has added fuel to the debate about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) by approving field trials of 200 GM food crops on behalf of companies like Monsanto
Fascism Today
May 8, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
A friend reminded us on Facebook that today, 8 May, is the anniversary of the end of the War in Europe when Fascism was thankfully defeated
Iraq: Sixty Nine Days In Fallujah General Hospital Emergency Department
May 8, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Felicity Arbuthnot writes about the ongoing massacre in Fallujah, Iraq, as government forces continue to attack the city
Iraq and Syria, the need for a new Nuremberg
May 8, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Over one thousand people are dying each month in Iraq as a result of foreign Jihadists exploiting the borders with neighbouring Syria
Welcome to Britain, the new land of impunity
May 7, 2014 7:18 am Leave your thoughts
No matter the criticisms made or damage done, fat cats and politicians seem able to cling on. Often their efforts are rewarded, writes George Monbiot.