Great fuel robbery
4 Jan 2008
The huge price increases for gas and electricity announced by Npower, which will be mimicked or even exceeded by the rest of the energy privateers, are a further argument for taking these utilities back into public ownership, argues the Morning Star. read more

The commons, the state and transformative politics
4 Jan 2008
Hilary Wainwright examines how new technology and new forms of organisation are coming together to transform the left and labour movements, political representation and democracy read more

Caste-Ridden Britain
4 Jan 2008
Observations on caste discrimination in the UK, by Jastinder Khera. read more

E.ON Should Be Turned Off
3 Jan 2008
Britain’s first coal-fired power station in 30 years has come a step closer to being built. To allow it to go ahead would be shameful, writes Joss Garman. read more

Selfish capitalism is bad for our mental health
3 Jan 2008
The growth in relative materialism over the past 20 years is taking a heavy toll on the wellbeing of English-speaking nations, writes Oliver James. read more

US Prepares Basra Operation Following UK’s Withdrawal
1 Jan 2008
There are signs that the US military and the Iraqi government are preparing a new operation to shatter Shiite fundamentalist influence in the city and its surrounds, writes James Cogan, including the oil industry and the country?s only port, Umm Qasr. read more

Success in Iraq and Afghanistan?
1 Jan 2008
Harvey Thompson on the reality behind Britain?s claims of military success in Iraq and Afghanistan. read more

Looking Ahead in 2008
1 Jan 2008
2008 is going to be another eventful year for green and civil liberties campaigners, writes Sian Berry. read more

A divided Britain
31 Dec 2007
If the Labour Party fails to tackle the growing problems of inequality and social injustice, it will not only continue to let down Britain’s working people but will throw away its grip on government, writes the Morning Star. read more

How Britain became party to a crime that may have killed a million people
31 Dec 2007
Not having a written constitution allowed Blair and his advisers to go to war without reference to parliament or the public, writes George Monbiot. read more

Bradford BNP on the brink
28 Dec 2007
One of the British National Party?s most important branches is on the verge of collapse, writes Nick Lowles. read more

And a Prosperous New Year?
28 Dec 2007
James Buchan on the pursuit of luxury, the lack of happiness and the possibility of valuing what cannot be measured in monetary terms. read more

A Man’s World
28 Dec 2007
If a woman’s sexuality is still defined by the male experience, asks Zoe Margolis, how can this be deemed sexually liberating or empowering? read more

The Bosses Want to Buy Politics Wholesale
27 Dec 2007
Simon Basketter looks at the links between political lobbying, the ‘free’ market and corruption. read more

EU Sends Mission to Kosovo
25 Dec 2007
Last week, the European Union (EU), under pressure from the United States, sent a 1,800-strong ?rule of law? mission?the largest in the bloc?s history?to replace the United Nations mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). The EU mission?s job, writes Paul Mitchell, is to reform the police, prisons and judiciary and pave the way for Kosovan independence, which the US wants the provincial government to declare early next year. read more

A Voice for a Different Europe
25 Dec 2007
The defeated EU Constitution has been repackaged as the Reform Treaty, which does not say a single word about social Europe. Rejecting it is crucial to save democracy, says Susan George. read more

Musa Qala: The Return of the Censor
25 Dec 2007
News from Afghanistan is tightly managed by the MoD, writes Dave Crouch. As a result, this is indeed Britain?s forgotten war. read more

Looking Back at 2007
25 Dec 2007
It is meaningless to compare our lifestyles today with those of a zero carbon future ? as the most recent science has demonstrated, life as it is now will change – like it or not. More useful, writes Paul Allen, is the comparison between a future where we have been proactive and acted ahead of events, with a future where we have let events overtake us. read more

Debating Immigration
25 Dec 2007
One thing that debates about immigration throughout the past half century have had in common is that they have not really been about immigration at all, argues Kenan Malik. read more

Tax Resistance
25 Dec 2007
Joe Jenkins reports on the the Peace Tax Seven, a group of conscientious objectors seeking a judicial review of the war tax policies in Britain. read more

In Europe, Where’s the Hate?
23 Dec 2007
The main threat to democracy isn’t “Islamofacism”, writes Gary Younge, but plain old fascism, with mostly white Europeans terrorizing minorities in the name of racial, cultural or religious superiority. read more

Climate of suspicion
23 Dec 2007
People who would have no problem recognising anti-semitism as a form of racism still claim Islamophobia is about ideology, not ethnicity, argues Seamus Milne. read more

Iraq?s Danger Signals
22 Dec 2007
The narrative of progress in the “war on terror” is belied by immediate events and longer-term trends in Iraq, Afghanistan and Algeria, writes Paul Rogers. read more

Forget the Stereotypes:
22 Dec 2007
Teenage crime cannot be solved by alienating teenagers, argues Mahta Hassanzadeh. read more

Children?s Plan…
22 Dec 2007
Terry Wrigley looks at some elements of the government’s new ‘Children’s Plan’. read more