Tag Archive: Global

Struck Dumb

November 6, 2012 9:40 am Leave your thoughts

Despite hurricane Sandy, neither Barack Obama nor Mitt Romney will speak about global warming. The danger this poses is huge, writes George Monbiot.

Rhetorically Speaking: US Elections and the Middle East

October 23, 2012 8:00 am Leave your thoughts

US elections are manifestly linked to the Middle East, at least rhetorically. In practical terms, however, US foreign policies in the region are compelled by the Middle East's own dynamics and the US' own political climate, economic woes, or ambitions, writes Ramzy Baroud.

Empty Promise

October 22, 2012 6:54 pm Leave your thoughts

George Monbiot asks if scientists have got the impacts of climate change on food supply wildly wrong?

The Spectre of Communism

October 10, 2012 1:26 am Leave your thoughts

The eulogies in the media for the late Marxist historian, Eric Hobsbawm, praise his historical insight yet express bemusement at his adherence to the Communist cause. Why is there a lack of understanding as to why so many of his generation remained loyal to the cause of their youth? John Green explains.