An Extended Review of “Princes of the Yen” by Professor Richard Werner
February 18, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
George Tait Edwards reviews "Princes of the Yen", the latest book written by Professor Richard Werner
‘Good’ and ‘Bad’ war – and the struggle of memory against forgetting
February 17, 2014 6:48 pm Leave your thoughts
The regime that Washington created in the South, the "good" Korea, was set up and run largely by those who had collaborated with Japan and America, writes John Pilger.
Terrorism or Heroism?
February 17, 2014 6:39 pm Leave your thoughts
The International Brigades were hailed for bravery. But British citizens who fight in Syria are damned. If only they did it for the money, writes George Monbiot.
Islamic Terrorist or Innocent Man?
February 15, 2014 12:11 am Leave your thoughts
Spaniards and Gibraltarians will remember well the case of Cengiz Yalcin. However as the British, French and USA secret services were claimed to be involved in his arrest, the case probably reverberated around the world
Three Women
February 14, 2014 11:55 pm Leave your thoughts
This is a declaration of love. Three loves, actually
Bum Rap for the Rapa Nui
February 14, 2014 3:33 pm Leave your thoughts
A new report details a re-evaluation of the view that the native inhabitants of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) were responsible for the collapse of their population
Italy: the missed generation
February 10, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
The truth is that the situation in Italy is getting desperate. Amongst those under 25, unemployment is as high as 40% with many of those in work underpaid and on short term contracts
The accessories to war crimes are those paid to keep the record straight
February 9, 2014 9:09 pm Leave your thoughts The BBC's Today programme is enjoying high ratings, and the Mail and the Telegraph are, as usual, attacking the corporation as left-wing
The Logic of War Crimes in a Criminal War
February 8, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
When U.S. marines carried out the savage and systematic execution of Iraqi families and small children in Haditha [in November 2004], it was initially reported as a "battle" with "insurgent casualties."
Lenin’s State and Revolution: Chapter One Parts 2&3
February 6, 2014 2:34 am Leave your thoughts
Still basing himself on Engels' work, Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, Lenin points out that the State is the first form of society exclusively to base itself on a given territory