Monday, June 04, 2012

Obama plays God

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When pro-establishment media start to be concerned about the excessive powers of the US president, it’s time for all of us to be on extra...
Friday, June 01, 2012

Relief for the rich but council workers to suffer

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Jeremy Hunt’s appearance at the Leveson inquiry yesterday was obviously a good day to bury bad news, and not just on the part of the gover...
Thursday, May 31, 2012

Climate change window closing fast

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The chance to prevent runaway climate change is slipping away. Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil-fuel combustion reached a...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Signals at red as wrecking crew take over

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Trying to find an image that conveys the gravity of the global economic crisis is proving a real challenge. Since its far from being a nat...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Roma made scapegoats for the crisis

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As unemployment rises and austerity measures bite, the scapegoating of minorities is growing across Europe . High up in the firing line ar...
Monday, May 28, 2012

EU-IMF blackmail aimed at Ireland and Greece

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The principle of self-determination of nations may, to some, appear irrelevant in the context of the eurozone crisis. The 17 countries sig...
Friday, May 25, 2012

Giving Please Release Me a new meaning

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This weekend some 125 million viewers will be settling in for the finals of the Eurovision Song Contest being held in Baku , Azerbaijan ...
Thursday, May 24, 2012

Stop land grabbing!

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The New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, launched at the G8 summit, is yet another business-driven initiative that will fail to t...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

“Double meltdown” warning for Europe

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Today the leaders of the 27 countries that make up the European Union meet in Brussels . Their desperate aim is to keep the debt crisis in...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

A big “no” to academy status

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Teachers from Downhills Primary School , in Haringay, north London are on strike today against plans by the government to force them to ...
Monday, May 21, 2012

John Carlos is the real Olympic spirit

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As the Olympic flame makes its way around the country amidst scenes of celebration and excitement, it is an appropriate moment to welcome ...
Friday, May 18, 2012

Facebook riches show how obscene the system is

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As people wander the towns and cities of Greece and Spain today looking for work, food and simply the means of survival, in California ...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Historic showdown builds in Europe

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Two of surely the most delusional people on the planet strolled down the red carpet in Berlin last night, talking about growth and keep...
Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Phone hacking saga to run and run

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The charging of former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice in connection wi...
Monday, May 14, 2012

Iran targets trade unionists as defiance grows

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On May Day, in Sanandaj, Kordestan Province, north-west Iran, scores of workers — men and women — gathered and chanted, “We are workers; w...