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The recent split in the Socialist Workers Party (SWP), with party giant Lindsey German and 50 supporters leaving the party, continues a predictable pattern for the Left. Swiftly following the division of Respect into …

Operation Moshtarak can only bring success of a limited nature because ultimately it is looking in the wrong place.

The question of how to deal with unethical business is back on the agenda with fresh criticism of aluminum company Vedanta Resource’s plans to build a mine on an Indian mountain top.

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From February 22 to March 7 it’s Fairtrade Fortnight in the UK. This movement (or concept) has existed since the 80s and the FAIRTRADE label was launched in 2002.  You now see a wide variety …

Hated, adored, but never ignored, Michael Moore’s latest, most mature, documentary marks the highpoint of his movie career thus far.

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This week has been dominated politically by the various accusations being thrown at Gordon Brown. What started off (I imagine in my head at least) as a quiet Saturday morning with a breakfast of haggis, …

An ICM / Guardian poll revealed yesterday that the Conservatives’ lead is down three percent, whilst Labour and Liberal Democrat figures remain fairly steady. This highlights the growing concern at the possibility of a hung …

I keep hearing this thing about spin. As one blogger put it, “with Cameron, you don’t know where the spin ends and the policies begin.” This is the accusation the Conservatives and their leader stand …

 
(c) Adam Jakubiak
In the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake, the island has experienced a sudden influx of flying guests as aid agencies have deployed their resources and gathered to address the desperate needs of the …

“The rights that my son, as an infantryman in the United States Army is willing to die for… We’re going to bestow them on a terrorist who hates our Constitution and tries to destroy our …

Aric Lapter on left, and Rasheed on right shake hands at Silverstone
The political magazines are talking about the bloodshed in Gaza one year on and how peace remains as elusive as ever for Israelis and …

Operation Black Vote
The recent decision by Home Secretary Alan Johnson to tighten the rules on student visas has been long overdue. The system is punctured with loopholes that have been exploited for years by …

Hamas’ participation is essential not only because it is in control of Gaza, but because it is a disciplined grass-roots movement,with a substantial social, political and security apparatus, coupled with a charitable economic structure that provides for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians. Whilst it is certainly a radical, violent, militant group, it wields too much influence over its followers to be discounted. If ignoring Hamas has not helped to marginalise it in the past, how do US President Barack Obama and the leaders of moderate Arab states bring about reform and inclusion ofHamas in the peace process?

My name is Tony. I am 26. I live, with my partner and my brother, in a small flat in North London and I work, for a medical charity, in an even smaller office in …

 
 
 
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On the 15th February 2003, seven years ago to the day; six million people in sixty countries worldwide came out to protest against the Iraq War. In London, some estimates suggested that as …

As in many other aspects of life on Earth, if you want to find out more about large-scale cyberattacks, just ask Google.
The search engine giant’s recent highly-publicised security breach within its Chinese operations drew the …