Thursday, July 04, 2013

Egyptian revolution at the crossroads

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The Egyptian revolution has reached a critical point, with the weakness and lack of strategy of the opposition leadership allowing a once-d...
Wednesday, July 03, 2013

The rise and fall of Brazil's No.1 tycoon tells you a lot about the global economy

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Rio ’s Maracana stadium was the centre of attention on Sunday, as protestors clashed with police outside over the billions spent on prepara...
Tuesday, July 02, 2013

He who pays the piper doesn't always call the tune

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The unseemly row between the Unite trade union and Labour over the selection of a parliamentary candidate could bring to a head the increas...
Monday, July 01, 2013

Egypt's second revolution for 'bread, freedom, justice'

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The second Egyptian revolution which is firmly under way has swept millions into the new uprising against the presidency of Mohamed Morsi, ...
Friday, June 28, 2013

Memo to McCluskey: you can't fight the ConDems with hot air

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The second wave of austerity without end, if not halted, will mean the end of many public services, a huge increase in unemployment and hug...
Thursday, June 27, 2013

Obama's greenwash won't wash

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President Obama's much-publicised climate change speech this week was simply a smokescreen for the forthcoming decision to allow the sec...
Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Food sovereignty goal is a fight for the commons

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For humans as for all living beings, nothing is more important than food. So the people who produce it fulfil a supremely important role in...
Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Secret police show how rotten the state is

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The revelation by former Met officer turned whistleblower Peter Francis that he was ordered to find dirt on the Stephen Lawrence family in ...
Monday, June 24, 2013

Assemblies can become the new democratic politics of the people

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The People’s Assembly Against Austerity, the first major rally against the ConDems’ austerity programme since last autumn’s TUC demonstrati...
Friday, June 21, 2013

Brazilians join the global revolt

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When a million people take to the streets in 100 cities in self-organised, angry demonstrations against the ruling elites and their failure...
Thursday, June 20, 2013

GM crops: bad science, big profits

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You would think that someone holding the post of environment secretary would actually have concerns about, well, the environment. Such is o...
Wednesday, June 19, 2013

EU-US trade deal threat to food safety

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The launch of EU-US negotiations on a new trade deal should set alarm bells ringing for food producers and consumers throughout Europe . If...
Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Memories are made of this

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Anyone who has had the nerve-wracking experience of a hard-drive breakdown or losing or damaging digital devices will be only too aware of ...
Monday, June 17, 2013

People's Assemblies can move beyond resistance

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The powerful response to the call for the People’s Assembly against Austerity on June 22 confirms that the build-up of opposition to the Co...
Friday, June 14, 2013

More of the same won't solve the food crisis

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An intensifying global climate and farming emergency is threatening the security and affordability of food while leading international agen...
Thursday, June 13, 2013

Living standards crash as recession cuts deep

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The living standards of British workers are being progressively destroyed, during the longest slump in the modern age as the capitalist rec...