Democratic Deficits
17 Dec 2007
Gordon Brown is urging a debate on Britishness. But Britain is an essentially imperial project sustained today by subservience to the US, argues David Beetham, and judging by the new green paper on governance a democratic Britain is not about to be born. read more

Manufacturing Threats – Sudan, Iran and the War for Civilisation
17 Dec 2007
Media Lens analyse how the mainstream media create threats that don’t exist to further the official agenda, noting that the media’s apparent concern for human rights in places like Darfur and Afghanistan is in fact driven by the demands of power. read more

Left for dead by New Labour, liberal Britain must urgently fight back
17 Dec 2007
Blair and his cult have wrecked the very beliefs millions thought they were voting for. The time for direct action is now, writes John Pilger. read more

In London, the World Gathers Against War
16 Dec 2007
Derrick O’Keefe reports on the World Against War conference, organised by Stop the War Coalition. read more

We’ve been suckered again by the US. So far the Bali deal is worse than Kyoto
16 Dec 2007
America will keep on wrecking climate talks as long as those with vested interests in oil and gas fund its political system, writes George Monbiot. read more

How the Anglo-American elite shares its ‘values’
16 Dec 2007
An organisation seeking to promote shared Anglo-American “values” of rapacious power and wealth to upcoming leaders in British society appears to have a worrying amount of influence, writes John Pilger. read more

Defeat By Any Other Name
15 Dec 2007
The British ‘withdrawal’ to Basra airport signifies defeat, and nothing less. The Morning Star reminds us of some of the details. read more

Stop Taking it out of the Ground
15 Dec 2007
George Monbiot responds to questions from Sonali Kolhatkar on Bali, climate change, and environmental greenwash. read more

Working Stinks
15 Dec 2007
Reducing unemployment is now just a moneyspinner for the private sector, writes SchNEWS. read more

Growing Political Row Over ?Imposition? of New EU Chemicals Boss
14 Dec 2007
Andy Rowell on the imminent appointment of the head of the European Chemicals Agency. read more

First Woman Convicted Under Terrorism Act
14 Dec 2007
On December 6, Samina Malik, a 23-year-old from Southall, West London, became the first woman in the UK to be sentenced under the Terrorism Act 2000, as Liz Smith reports. read more

The Iraqi Holocaust: 90 Years of Imperial Genocide
14 Dec 2007
When it comes to the debate on the “new imperialism”, writes Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, the historical realities of Western involvement in Iraq are carefully ignored. What we have perpetrated, and continue to perpetrate, is no less than a protracted 90-year Holocaust. read more

Poisonous and Dangerous
14 Dec 2007
The constant regurgitation by the media of Muslim-baiting ‘research’ by right-wing think tanks misleads the public and is driven by a neocon political agenda, writes Seumas Milne. read more

A Protest of Love
13 Dec 2007
Mark Wallinger, this year’s Turner prize winner, writes about State Britain, liberty, Newspeak and crimethink. read more

Act of Gross Dishonesty
13 Dec 2007
The EU Treaty represents constitutional change. It should be put to a referendum, as New Labour originally promised it would be. The Morning Star reports. read more

Guantnamo Britons To Be Released: A Mixed Result
12 Dec 2007
Andy Worthington explains why news that four British residents are to be released from Guantnamo provides grounds for cautious celebration, but also points out that two British residents will not be coming home. read more

Tainted Hands Across the Water
12 Dec 2007
The values we share with America are those of rapacious power and wealth, writes John Pilger. read more

Recapture of Afghan town highlights crisis of US, NATO occupation
12 Dec 2007
The protracted battle for control of Musa Qala underscores the tenuous nature of the US-led occupation of Afghanistan in the face of widespread popular hostility, writes Peter Symonds. read more

Help Me Put Gordon in Jail
12 Dec 2007
If MPs pass ridiculous laws to limit our freedom, they should be forced to abide by them too, writes Mark Thomas. read more

The reality of my desires
12 Dec 2007
Rebecca Gordon Nesbitt with a provocative review of ‘Realizing the Impossible: Art Against Authority’, ‘Do it Yourself: A Handbook for Changing our World’, ‘Rebel Alliances: The Means and Ends of Contemporary British Anarchisms’, exploring the critical urgency and shortcomings of the creative dissent they express. read more

Contempt Returned
12 Dec 2007
Does Gordon Brown ever listen to himself to hear what utter tripe he is trotting out?, asks the Morning Star. read more

?Worst humanitarian crisis in the world? largely missing from the UK media
12 Dec 2007
The British media have largely ignored the humanitarian crisis in Somalia and the latest human rights developments in Chad, writes Richard Keeble. read more

Murdoch’s Imminent Demolition Job
11 Dec 2007
Nicholas Jones comments on Rupert Murdoch?s demand for an easing of the rules which require radio and television services to be politically impartial in their news and current affairs output. read more

Bethlehem: Media Coverage & Deception
11 Dec 2007
Every now and then, particularly around Christmas, the odd commentator in the British press attempts to deny Israel’s responsibility for the demise of Bethlehem and the suffering of its residents. This year that honour falls to The Times’ Michael Gove, write Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi and Guy Gabriel. read more

Spin Doctors and the Iraq War
10 Dec 2007
A Tory MP challenges the government to come clean about the role spin doctors played in sexing-up the case for war, writes Chris Ames read more