I am the President of the youth of France
May 9, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
David Eade reports from Paris on the outcome of the French Presidential elections
A Monstrous Proposal
May 8, 2012 10:05 am Leave your thoughts
Extending transparency laws to the private sector would make the likes of News International think twice before misbehaving, writes George Monbiot.
Democracy is licking its wounds but the fight for social justice is gathering momentum
May 8, 2012 7:40 am Leave your thoughts
Sadly, the resounding feature of the 2012 local elections is one of a weak democracy. It's true that of the 32 per cent of people who decided to vote, more voted Labour than any other party. But the dominant characteristic of 2012 is that almost seven in every 10 people decided that the election wasn't worth the walk to the polling station writes Alfie Stirling.
Trade unions in Cuba and the emergence of a private sector
May 8, 2012 3:13 am Leave your thoughts
Recently returned from a study tour of Cuba, Dr Tomasz Pierscionek recounts his meeting with Jesus Montera, an international relations officer of the CTC
Paying by the mile
May 7, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Sam Hunt lets off steam as he tallies up the cost of running a car these days
New smells, old smells
May 4, 2012 5:12 pm Leave your thoughts
In the 60's I assigned myself the meditation of walking extremely slowly down 14th Street, Greenwich Village's northern border, to Union Square, allowing my senses to notice acrid smells, loud sounds, crowded store windows - but not letting my mind grab for any of it, says Jean Claude van Itallie.
CIA and MI5 linked to assassinations in the Congo in sixties
May 4, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Shortly after progressive Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba was overthrown by a Western backed coup in 1960, the former UN secretary general, Dag Hammarskjöld, died in mysterious circumstances. John Green asks if the two events were in any way connected.
Illegal Settlements Bonanza: Israel Plots an Endgame
May 2, 2012 7:07 pm Leave your thoughts
Israel's colonization policies are entering an alarming new phase, comparable in historic magnitude to the original plans to colonize Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem following the war of 1967, writes Ramzy Baroud.
Obama’s Afghan Pledge is Grossly Misleading
May 2, 2012 9:17 am Leave your thoughts
As the US President hints at a withdrawal from Afghanistan, R.M. Harrison wonders whether he has taken heed of the old saying "those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it".
Empire of Capital
May 1, 2012 7:52 am Leave your thoughts A one-sided justice sees weaker states punished as rich nations and giant corporations project their power across the world, says George Monbiot.