Tuesday, May 03, 2011

Hang on to your vote on May 5

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At last year’s general election, we argued that a vote for any of the major parties would be a wasted vote. Subsequent events proved we were...
Monday, May 02, 2011

Blair's 'gratitude' sums it up

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The killing of Osama Bin Laden may satisfy America’s lust for revenge but ordinary people have paid a massive price in the hunting down of ...
Thursday, April 28, 2011

High stakes for Bolivia's Mother Earth Ministry

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The discovery of vast new natural gas deposits in Bolivia’s Chaco region raises the political stakes in the country just as it is about to f...
Wednesday, April 27, 2011

The real price of cost cutting

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A scientific report on last year’s ash cloud from the Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption in Iceland shows that air traffic controllers were r...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011

A message from the Palace

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One does not normally speak to my people at this time of the year but in the light of the splendid marriage between my grandson Prince Willi...
Thursday, April 21, 2011

Shale gas will increase emissions

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Supported by governments and floating on a raft of dubious claims, shale gas is the new global fossil fuel of choice for the corporations. E...
Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Bond markets have the United States in their sights

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Assessing the significance of credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s historic decision to downgrade the debt outlook for the USA is comp...
Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Obama - defender of the status quo

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As President Obama starts looking towards a second term in the White House, the realisation is growing among would-be supporters that he is ...
Monday, April 18, 2011

Assad in the firing line on the road to Damascus

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The turmoil that has been sweeping Syria since January, when demonstrators caught the fever of the Arab spring revolutionary movement, is re...
Thursday, April 14, 2011

Ai Weiwei's 'guilt' is speaking out

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If, as the brutal Chinese police claim, the artist Ai Weiwei is beginning to “confess” to alleged crimes, one can only imagine the horrors h...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011

An epitaph for Bretton Woods

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More than 300 economists, policymakers and academics, and a smattering of the politicians who presided over the events leading to the great ...
Tuesday, April 12, 2011

In praise of Yuri Gagarin

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When, on this day 50 years ago, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to orbit the earth, it seemed to many observers that the Soviet ...
Monday, April 11, 2011

Assemblies taking off

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The People’s Assembly Network (PAN) event held in London at the weekend took place against a dramatic background of mass actions against exi...
Friday, April 08, 2011

Portugal: another triumph for the bond dealers

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As Portugal declares state bankruptcy, after its Socialist Party government failed to get an austerity package through parliament, it’s anot...
Thursday, April 07, 2011

Radiation sickness is not a myth, George

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The nuclear industry exudes confidence when setting out its business plans and tying down government subsidies – but when it all goes wrong ...
Wednesday, April 06, 2011

It's deeper than tax avoidance

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Supporters of UK Uncut, a relative newcomer to the world of protest, in common with millions of others, are justifiably angry about the sava...
Tuesday, April 05, 2011

AV is no miracle cure for broken political system

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To listen to the supporters of the Alternative Vote (AV) system, you would think that a “Yes” vote in the May 5 referendum would lead to a m...
Monday, April 04, 2011

Breaking out of the logjam

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Meetings around the country are discussing where the anti-cuts movement can go from here. Despite the massive turnout, the TUC’s March for ...
Friday, April 01, 2011

Big Society's sinister school policing plan

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News that the government plans to involve school students in policing their playgrounds and local neighbourhoods confirms the sinister inten...