Justice for Western Sahara
December 18, 2009 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Joanna Allan on the high-profile campaign to draw international attention to the plight of the people of the Western Sahara at the hands of the brutal Moroccan occupation.
The Lobby Within
December 18, 2009 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
A just and peaceful solution to the protracted Palestinian-Israeli conflict will only be possible when the US ceases to block every move made towards it, argues Ramzy Baroud.
Muslim Women Find Expression Through Cartoons
December 18, 2009 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Iqbal Tamimi on how some Muslim women have overcome cultural marginalisation to express themselves through popular art.
We Need an Index of Human Rights
December 11, 2009 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Measuring and ranking every country's observance of human rights would give nations an incentive to raise their game, argues Peter Tatchell.
The Real Climate Scandal
December 11, 2009 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
A scandal over faked evidence has been a boon to climate change deniers. George Monbiot looks to redress the balance.
Chavez: Morales’ Electoral Victory is a Victory for Latin America
December 11, 2009 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
The Bolivian president Evo Morales achieved a landslide election victory on Sunday, as Kiraz Janicke reports.
Pension Rights And Wrongs
December 11, 2009 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Socialist Appeal's Eric Hollies on how Britain's bosses and directors continue to prosper while the financial crisis takes its toll on the rest of the nation.
The Hypocrisy of Al-Demoqratia
December 11, 2009 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
A rising tide of official anti-Muslim paranoia in continental Europe is exposing the hypocrisy of Western democracy, writes Ramzy Baroud.
“‘And A Little Child Shall Lead Them”
December 4, 2009 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Barack Obama has weakly capitulated to Binyamin Netanyahu over Israeli settlement-building in the heart of the Arab community in East Jerusalem, says Uri Avnery.
Book of the Month: Slavoj Žižek’s ‘First As Tragedy, Then As Farce’
December 4, 2009 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
This month's recommendation is a thoughtful critique of the complacency of contemporary political culture, reviewed by Nathaniel Mehr.