Free the Unborn! A Proposal for Slowing Down Politics
October 24, 2008 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
George Monbiot on why the struggle against climate change is being undermined by political short-termism.
Obama Highlights Colombia Trade Union Deaths in US Presidential Debate
October 24, 2008 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Campaign group Justice For Colombia reports on Barack Obama's recent expression of concern over the appalling human rights record of Uribe's Colombia.
Venezuela to Propose Reduced Oil Production at OPEC Meeting
October 24, 2008 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
James Suggett on how Venezuela is reacting to the world financial crisis.
Unprecedented!
October 24, 2008 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Michael Roberts on why the present economic crisis demonstrates the vulnerability of "free market" capitalism.
Venezuelan Newspaper Editor Investigated for Inciting President’s Assassination
October 17, 2008 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
James Suggett on the latest episode in the Venezuelan corporate media's compaign against Hugo Chávez.
Gordon Brown and “Light Touch” Regulation
October 17, 2008 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Mick Brooks on how Gordon's policies left the UK unprepared for the present financial crisis.
Remembering Professor Kulthum Odeh (1892 -1965)
October 17, 2008 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Reviewing the life of Kulthum Odeh, the first woman in the Arab world to hold a professorship, Iqbal Tamimi considers the all-pervading ignorance about Palestine.
Talk of “Progress” in Iraq is a Smokescreen as Sectarian Militants Target Christian Community
October 17, 2008 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
As violence continues unabated in "free" Iraq, Hussein Al-Alak questions the convenient myth that there is something inherently natural about sectarian violence in Iraq.
Two Years On: Remembering Anna Politkovskaya
October 17, 2008 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
The trial of three men accused of murdering the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya began in Moscow this week. Sara Hall looks back on the circumstances surrounding her death, and considers the bleak prospects for freedom of speech and human rights in Russia today.
Difficult Times Ahead For Ecuador’s Progressive New Constitution
October 17, 2008 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Samuele Mazzolini on why Ecuador's new constitution is threatened by the vested economic and political interests of neoliberalism which have dominated Latin America for the past twenty years.