The Guantnamo Britons
22 Dec 2007
Andy Worthington looks at the poor case for extradition to Spain of the recently returned Guantanamo detainees. read more

Cluster Bombs Are An Evil We Must Ban Outright
21 Dec 2007
Children are particularly fond of picking them up, writes Johann Hari, since they look like brightly-coloured toys. read more

The Carbon Cost of Christmas: and How to Beat it
21 Dec 2007
Christmas has become a frenzy of mass consumption; but the New Economics Foundation argue for a climate friendly Christmas that also increases people?s well-being. read more

Northern Rock crisis deepens
21 Dec 2007
What began as a crisis of liquidity for one bank has become a major political crisis for the British government, writes Ann Talbot. read more

The Hidden Costs of Going Back to Work
21 Dec 2007
Liz Main on the often exorbitant costs faced by those with mental health difficulties on returning to work. read more

Africa Says No ? And Means It
21 Dec 2007
Ignacio Ramonet on Africa’s rejection of Economic Partnership Agreements. read more

Atlantic Capitalism: One World or More?
21 Dec 2007
While there is no deliberate strategy to establish an autonomous European imperialism, the transatlantic axis may break apart accidentally, argues Ingo Schmidt. In case of financial crisis, the American and the European central bank might be unable to coordinate their policies to prevent financial meltdown. read more

Damsels in Distress?
20 Dec 2007
The west should stop using the liberalisation of Muslim women to justify its strategy of dominance, writes Soumaya Ghannoushi. read more

A tide of bland imagery tells girls that sexy is everything
20 Dec 2007
Pre-teens are increasingly being deluged with the message that an alluring appearance ought to be their ultimate goal, writes Libby Brooks. read more

“Dog Eat Dog” Society Damns Children
19 Dec 2007
New Labour’s latest plan to improve education misses the elephant in the room by failing to address the unequal and fiercely competitive society that has had such a disastrous impact upon Britain’s children, writes the IWCA. read more

Britain?s Defence: All at Sea
19 Dec 2007
There is an argument over the size of Britain’s military budget, writes Paul Rogers. The real issue is its purpose. read more

Cameron must rein in these toxic neocon attack dogs
19 Dec 2007
The exposure of faked evidence for a thinktank report is a warning of the dangers of Britain’s anti-Muslim media campaign, writes Seamus Milne. read more

Europe Should Put Its Mouth Where Its Money Is
18 Dec 2007
This week’s pledge of $2 billion of Palestinian aid by European countries would best be balanced by direct diplomatic activism by the Europeans, writes Rami G. Khouri. read more

Tate That
18 Dec 2007
A festive protest at a key London art gallery raises the profile of poor pay in one of the richest cities in the world, writes Sian Berry. read more

Babes Without Spice
18 Dec 2007
Laurie Penny explains what it means to have hopes dashed twice, first by the Spice Girls and second by Blair?s Babes. read more

Scottish human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar prosecuted
18 Dec 2007
Scottish lawyer Aamer Anwar is due to appear before the High Court in Edinburgh in January 2008 on charges of contempt of court, relating to statements he made following the conviction of his client on terrorism charges in September, reports Niall Green. read more

UK water companies fined millions after fiddling accounts
18 Dec 2007
Companies supplying water to more than half the population in England and Wales have been fined millions of pounds this year, after fiddling their accounts and cheating customers, writes Mark Daqua. read more

The Massacre of Musa Qala
17 Dec 2007
Richard Keeble on how the the hi-tech barbarism of the assault on the Afghan town of Musa Qala has been domesticated and trivialised by the media. read more

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