Poor’s show

December 11, 2011 7:49 pm Leave your thoughts

Ever since the decline of European Socialism in the 1980s and the collapse of the Soviet Union in the '90s, capitalism has considered itself king of the world and has behaved accordingly, says W Stephen Gilbert.

The King’s speech

December 11, 2011 12:00 am Leave your thoughts

Uri Avnery discusses the implications of a parliamentary bill that would seek to push the Palestinian population out of the West Bank and into Jordan

No2VAG’s request falls on deaf ears

December 6, 2011 9:42 pm Leave your thoughts

No2VAG has a legitimate right to be heard by the NLWA, as Ellen Graubart explains. The campaign group has requested a hearing at the Authority's meetings, and three times the group has been refused.

The Struggle Continues

December 6, 2011 9:28 pm Leave your thoughts

Despite David Cameron's attempt to brush the November 30th strike under the carpet and continue with his attacks on the poorest, John Wight predicts that strong resistance to the cuts will continue.

Good and Evil

December 3, 2011 9:40 am Leave your thoughts

What happened to considerations of good and evil? This is the question that Jean Claude van Itallie ponders.

Transcendental argument

December 3, 2011 9:36 am Leave your thoughts

Through a mist of tears, I caught up with the conclusion of 'My Transsexual Summer', Channel 4's four-part fly-on-the-wall series, says W Stephen Gilbert.