Monday, December 31, 2007

A turbulent 2008 beckons

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The coming year is certain to be one of the most turbulent for a generation in terms of economic, social and political instability, particul...
Friday, December 21, 2007

The other Bethlehem story

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The Palestinians of Bethlehem, which according to the Gospels is the birthplace of Jesus of Nazareth, have waited and struggled a long time ...
Thursday, December 20, 2007

Cultural apartheid

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Disbelief all around has greeted the announcement that the Arts Council of England (ACE) is axing a fifth of the organisations it helps to f...
Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Throwing good money after bad

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The government certainly has got its priorities right at this time of giving. Forget those on disability benefits or older people struggling...
Tuesday, December 18, 2007

The Afghan debacle

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Gordon Brown claims that recent fighting at Musa Qala is a turning point in the six-year war against the Taleban in Afghanistan. The truth i...
Monday, December 17, 2007

'Road map' with no destination

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Environment secretary Hilary Benn and other ministers gathered at the Bali climate talks fell over themselves in the rush to declare the con...
Friday, December 14, 2007

Time to cook Electrolux

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The closure announced today of the Electrolux cooker factory in County Durham with the loss of 500 jobs is an opportunity for the trade unio...
Thursday, December 13, 2007

Central bankers go for broke

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The unprecedented intervention in the financial markets by the world’s five largest central banks is the most dramatic illustration yet of t...
Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Police anger mounts

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Apart from Sir Ian Blair, the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, is there any other copper who likes this government? Not many, judgin...
Tuesday, December 11, 2007

March on Wall Street

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The jailing of press baron Conrad Black for defrauding shareholders has captured the headlines this morning. Black’s $32 million theft is si...
Monday, December 10, 2007

Consumerism from cradle to grave

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Not so long ago, I was amazed to find that my neighbour’s six-year-old boy knew more brand names than I did, as he swept around identifying ...
Friday, December 07, 2007

Basic rights reduced to a lottery

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For this government, civil liberties are something to be subjected to a kind of lottery. You draw a number out of the hat and that becomes t...
Thursday, December 06, 2007

Who killed Sajida Khan?

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As the World Bank plans its launch of a new carbon fund at the United Nations climate conference in Bali, activists worldwide will pay tribu...
Wednesday, December 05, 2007

The emperor has no clothes

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In the four months since the advent of the credit crunch in the global financial markets caught Northern Rock with its pants down, the choru...
Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Miners in challenge to ANC

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Not a lot has changed for South Africa’s 500,000 miners since the end of apartheid. Most days, a miner is killed as he labours in unsafe con...
Monday, December 03, 2007

Stalemate in Venezuela

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The narrow 51%-49% defeat for Hugo Chavez in a referendum on the constitution is a potentially dangerous moment for Venezuela’s Bolivarian r...
Friday, November 30, 2007

“Fire-storm” warning for global economy

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A World to Win’s view of the capitalist economy is often pooh-poohed by those who tell us that the system is unchallengeable. We are told th...
Thursday, November 29, 2007

Planetary emergency appeal

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In the run up to the December crisis meeting on global warming, a call has gone out to world governments meeting in Bali to make a global en...
Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Dangerous and unpredictable times

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The crisis of the Brown government has a self-destructive logic, taking us into politically uncharted and dangerous waters. There is heady a...
Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Two states no solution for Palestinians

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Palestinian leaders meeting the Israelis in Annapolis, Maryland, today will be offered nothing. Instead, they will be asked to sacrifice the...
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