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.
A Shameful Chapter
May 4, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
How would the US react to a declaration that the Palestinians would not conduct negotiations with an Israeli government that includes semi-fascist parties?
UK: Prime Minister Finds God, Bans Bishops, Priests, the Poor – and Crutches
May 3, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
When Prime Minister David Cameron pulls a stunt, or indeed, announces a "ground breaking" new policy, it is pretty well guaranteed to back fire. Indeed, his coalition government policy U-turns are heading for encyclopaedic
Chemical War: The Ties That Bind
May 1, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Few countries in the Middle East have experienced the same level of chemical attacks as the Iraqi people writes Hussein Al-alak
The emergence of separatist movements in Pakistan
May 1, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
We have undergone two martial law regimes since the National Assembly adopted the 1973 Constitution. The 1973 Constitution failed to transform Pakistan into an economic success
This cash for grouse scandal shows how Britain has become a plutocrats’ paradise
April 30, 2014 8:20 am Leave your thoughts We subsidise the landed gentry and their shotguns. While the poor are plunged into brutal insecurity, the rich are untroubled, writes George Monbiot.
Betrayal Tinged with Greed and Stupidity
April 27, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
When, last July, an Israeli friend sent me a message about the news of John Kerry's declaration of the resumption of the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, both she and I were not particularly hopeful.
Iraq: General Mark Kimmitt’s Easter Day Mistruths and “The Sound of Freedom.”
April 26, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts In 2003, a month into the invasion, Easter Day fell on the same day as this year, 20th April, as Iraqis of all denominations and none, died, were incarcerated, tortured, found with their heads drilled or no heads, thrown on garbage piles
Capitalism and crisis
April 24, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Nelson Wan provides an overview of Marx's explanation for why capitalism goes into crisis, discussing the inherent contradictions within the capitalism system