The magnitude of Corbyn's victory today represents an irreversible seismic shift in British politics, writes Oliver Tickell. Finally the Tories face serious, principled opposition that will reveal them as the far-right ideologues they truly are. The reverberations will echo far, wide, long and deep, including to the US where the socialist Bernie Sanders is well on his way to winning the Democratic nomination.
… Victory! Corbyn's political earthquake will resound long and … Oliver Tickell | 12th September 2015 News Politics Energy War UK USA Trade Finance … an irreversible seismic shift in British politics, writes Oliver Tickell. Finally the …
Since 1948 Jordan has taken in millions of refugees from Palestine, Iraq and most recently Syria, writes Doug Weir. Politically and economically the country has proved astonishingly resilient - but the population increase has caused huge damage to its fragile environment. Ecological degradation, pollution and resource scarcity may cause political instability unless more is done to tackle the problems.
… and most recently Syria, writes Doug Weir. Politically and economically the country has … pollution and resource scarcity may cause political instability unless more is done to … of the Syrian conflict is creating huge political and logistical challenges for …
In trying to evaluate charitable interventions in 'value for money' terms, the movement for 'Effective Altruism' has lost its moral compass, Sam Earle & Rupert Read. The real changes the world needs are profound, systemic and political. There is no better example than the refugee crisis: the problem is not insufficient aid, but structural inequality, too many weapons, and too much war.
… 5th April 2016 Comment Society Economics War Politics greece-beach-cut.jpg In trying to … the world needs are profound, systemic and political. There is no better example than the … year on year for decades to come, owing to political instability and man-made climate …
Honduras has endured six years of violence and land grabs after the 2009 US-backed military coup made the country a playground for Hillary Clinton's billionaire friends, write Eric Draitser & Ramiro S. Fúnez - and a hell for the country's indigenous and small scale farming communities, whose leaders are routinely murdered with impunity by US-trained forces.
… Fúnez | 2nd July 2015 News Honduras USA War Politics Human Rights Land Grabs Indigenous … US-trained cabal of generals and right wing politicians and landowners. It could correctly … it, then and now, are complicit in an ongoing political, economic, and social tragedy in …
The EU is in a unique position to save Ukraine from becoming a failed state, writes Michael Emerson, by creating a lightly armed tripartite peacekeeping force of EU, Ukrainian and Russian personnel. But it must act swiftly!
… Emerson | 6th May 2014 Comment EU Ukraine US Politics War ukraine-protestor-cut.jpg The EU … First, stop the fratricidal insanity With the political dynamics out of control, political leaders have now together to decide …
There are many good reasons to criticise Donald Trump, writes John McMurtry. But none of these matter to the US media, political and corporate powers determined to keep him out of the White House. With his radical talk of halving military spending, controlling Big Pharma and exiting 'free trade' agreements, Trump is a direct threat to the parasite capitalism that's destroying America.
… John McMurtry | 11th April 2016 Comment US Politics Finance Corporations War Health Trade … But none of these matter to the US media, political and corporate powers determined to … seeks recovery again, the dominant media and political elite relentlessly denounce him as …
The political vacuum left by the Iraq war provided the space for radical extremism to take root in the Middle East and rampage across the region, writes Dr Robert Dover. That makes Tony Blair directly responsible for the refugee crisis that is destabilising Europe today, reflected in the UK's Brexit vote. And it fatally wounded the credibility of his 'third way' social democratic politics across the EU.
… Dover | 5th July 2016 News Iraq War UK EU Politics Middle East iraq-jeep-cut.jpg The political vacuum left by the Iraq war provided … of his 'third way' social democratic politics across the EU. The Iraq War was a war …
Indonesia's murderous campaign of military repression in its stolen territory of West Papua continues, writes Jason MacLeod. But a courageous 50-year struggle for human rights and freedom is finally bearing fruit, with growing recognition of West Papua's right to nationhood among its Pacific neighbours. Real hopes of a better future are rising above the blood and pain.
… West Papua Pacific Indonesia Human Rights Politics War Indigenous Peoples … together in an inequitable and unstable political arrangement. West Papua is the … West Papuans were sidelined. It was Cold War politics with a silver lining for the United …
There's a plan afoot in Yemen, writes Martha Mundy, but no one is telling you about it. It's a plan so big that a country of 20 million people has to be starved and bombed into total submission, yet the world is indifferent. Yes, its oil. Lots of oil, and gas too, and lakes of fossil water, all lurking beneath the desert sands of the Arabian peninsula. How do we know? Because they told us.
… 2015 News Yemen Middle East Fossil Fuels War Politics Audia Arabia … reminded that a year ago, under UN auspices a political agreement (' Peace and National … to be fired, another appointed, political discussions with the Ansarallah …
North America's environment campaigners face a fearsome enemy in the 'Big Club', writes Alexander Reid Ross - the nexus of fossil fuel and infrastructure corporations, government, militarized police, private security contractors, PR agencies, astroturf NGOs and quasi-judicial bodies. But the activists are winning key victories in their battle to halt the industrialization of Cascadia.
… 2015 News Oil Gas Fossil Fuels Energy Politics War USA Canada free-cascadia-cut.jpg … counterinsurgency campaign in Ukraine , geopolitical maneuvers in the South China Sea, … relations networks set up by business and political elites to further the agenda of the …
Charles Kennedy may have struck a chord with voters as a man of the people, writes Donnachadh McCarthy. But in fact, he was very much a politician. He refused to speak out against the Iraq war, suppressed anti war activism, presided over serious political corruption, was supine in the face of corporate power, and laid the foundations for Nick Clegg's disastrous takeover.
… Donnachadh McCarthy | 2nd June 2015 Comment Politics UK War charles-kennedy-cut.jpg … McCarthy. But in fact, he was very much a politician. He refused to speak out against … anti war activism, presided over serious political corruption, was supine in the face …
Superpower confrontations and growing tensions in Ukraine, the Middle East and the Arctic are all part of a new Cold War, writes Alexander Reid Ross - and this time Green campaigners are under attack by both Russian authorities and NATO ...
… Ross | 28th June 2014 News War Fossil Fuels Politics Ukraine Middle East Russia NATO … so on. What has gone unnoticed is that the political repression of the environmental … activities. "There is a demand from our political leadership to describe what's going …
A fusion of drone systems and chemical agents is set to transform the landscape of combat for states and non-state actors alike, writes Paul Rogers. These technologies won't just be used for warfare, but for 'public order' ... suppressing riots, protests and political dissent. Forget water cannon - this is the real deal.
… War and police? Drones, chemicals and political repression Paul Rogers | 10th … order' ... suppressing riots, protests and political dissent. Forget water cannon - this … these systems into the hands of non-state political actors. Both these processes are …
Amid the human suffering caused by terror attacks, it's easy to forget the economic dimensions, writes Paul Mobbs. But after the 13th November attacks in Paris defence industry shares soared, while a host of connected think tanks, lobbyists and politicians dominated the media in pushing for military responses. Is it time to expose and confront the terror industrial complex?
… Mobbs | 25th November 2015 News War Media Politics Society France excel-copter-cut.jpg … host of connected think tanks, lobbyists and politicians dominated the media in pushing for … good for business, how will growth-obsessed politicians ever find the will to make peace? …
For all its obsession with international terrorism, Washington fails to see how the phenomenon is driven by its own model of globalisation – a model that is itself uniquely vulnerable to terrorist attacks. Fritjof Capra on security and sustainability
… Security Sustainability War Military US Politics Globalisation September 11 911 … vulnerability are still not discussed by our political leaders and are rarely mentioned in … in many careful studies by scholars and political analysts. And yet the Bush …
A victory for the Kurds and their allies in Syria would be a victory for all who seek a future dictated by neither fundamentalists nor imperialists, writes Derek Wall. Is that why NATO members' have taken no effective action to help Syria's Kurds resist Islamic State - even as Kobane is set to fall, and with 160,000 Kurdish refugees trapped at the Turkish border?
… While Rojava is known as a Kurdish territory, political and religious pluralism is strongly … there are many other Kurdish and non Kurdish political parties in Rojava. The PKK affiliated party advocates political diversity, feminism and …
The random, murderous violence we just saw inflicted on the people of Brussels is absolutely, categorically unacceptable, writes Chris Floyd. So too is the far greater violence routinely inflicted by rich, powerful countries against their innocent victims around the world, and especially in the oil-rich Middle East. To move away from a world of terror, we must make our outrage, and our compassion, inclusive.
… for the purpose of securing the economic and political domination of Western interests over … to 'liberating' people from religious or political persecution, or making the world … held almost universally across the American political spectrum, and in those countries who …
How can progressive movements rise above merely being right, to mount effective mass opposition to corporate rule and the dictatorship of the super-wealthy? By learning from Gandhi, writes Colin Todhunter, and devising new campaigns that engage with people's everyday concerns - like access to safe, wholesome, affordable, 'open source' food.
… capitalism, especially among more affluent or politically unaware sections of the … solution, according to the mainstream media, politicians and pundits, does not involve … citizens than an abstract demand for greater political rights. Even though salt was freely …
Turkish attack on Syria endangers a remarkable democratic experiment by the Kurds.
… militia. In a region where religion and politics are often intertwined, the Kurdish … is secular. Religious leaders cannot serve in politics. Rojava’s charter even affirms the … constitutions with eloquent endorsements of political and human rights. In Rojava, …
Isabel Hilton, writer, broadcaster and editor of Open Democracy magazine, tells the Ecologist what the results of the mid-term elections mean for America and the world…
… now? Isabel Hilton | 9th November 2006 News Politics US Bush Midterm Elections US War Politics And Economics Interview_12.jpg Isabel … of the election actually mean for American politics? Isabel: This is the end of four …
We live in an age of propaganda by the 'mainstream' media, writes John Pilger. Inconvenient stories, truths and even entire countries are airbrushed away, while dominant narratives are parroted incessantly to bludgeon our minds in acceptance of war, injustice, austerity, all to serve the interests of our ruling elites.
… December 2014 Comment Media War Economics Politics pilger-truth-cut.jpg We live in an … Reich. His message was that truth-telling and political action had failed and only 'culture' … and race were separated. The personal was the political, and the media was the message. In …
The mainstream media are working hard to obscure NATO's hideous plot to rekindle the Cold War in Ukraine, writes Diana Johnstone, as they seek to engineer our 'consent' for yet more heinous acts to come. To prevent the horror of a full scale war, first we must grasp the truth.
… May 2014 Comment Ukraine Russia USA War Media Politics odessa-cut.jpg Two of those murdered … a federal system into Ukraine (now a politically divided but totally centralized … is proof that whatever happens, the NATO political class, political leaders and media …
Western media have studiously ignored the far-right, violent and often outright Nazi politics of many of Ukraine's Euro-Maidan protestors, writes Robert Parry. But with the thugs now organized into Nazi brigades of the Ukrainian army, and waging war on Russian separatists, an unlikely British paper has dared tell the truth: the conservative Daily Telegraph.
… Robert Parry | 14th August 2014 Comment Politics Ukraine War History … far-right, violent and often outright Nazi politics of many of Ukraine's Euro-Maidan … are all Ukrainian heroes - why worry about politics? The Kiev government is aware of the …
The real nature of war and its impacts on people and environment can only be understood through its ecology, surgeon Gus Abu-Sitta tells Andre Vltchek: the causes of conflict, the dynamics that sustain it, the corporate and strategic interests bent on its perpetuation, the deliberate destruction of health provision, and the repeating cycles of infection, injury, poverty and human misery which have become a permanent reality for uncounted millions.
… two-part interview with me, about my latest political / revolutionary novel ' Aurora ' and … and his colleagues were following my work and political discourses. To these hardened … and also in countries like Germany, it was politically very dangerous. It could lead to …