The British establishment has a peculiar genius for denying the existence of its imperial crimes.
The crisis in Cyprus is dominating headlines worldwide and in Greece. The mainstream media claims that what is at stake is reform of an island economy that relies on “money laundering for the Russian oligarchs”.
John Parrington looks at the consequences of the growth in antibiotic resistant bacteria
Quite a lot of fuss was made because an elderly Argentinean caught a bus last week. It was a symbol of new times, of change, of a new humility in the Catholic church.
Cross party agreement introduced obscure legislation to regulate the press this week.
A new inquiry is set to reveal the truth about one of Britain's uglier episodes in the occupation of Iraq
Racism continues to blight the US—as shown by the killing of Trayvon Martin last year. So it is often common sense for black people to organise separately to end their oppression.
Egypt’s activists entered the third year of their revolution in a mood of anger and determination last week. Furious at a new round of killings by police and state gangs, they have confronted the government and its attempt to reverse the gains of the mass movement.
I started to be politically active when I was 18 years old. I joined the campaign against dictator Hosni Mubarak handing power to over his son Gamal.
There is no doubt that the Italian election results represent a humiliation for the traditional political elite.
David Cameron visited the city of Amritsar in India’s Punjab region last week. It is the site of a infamous massacre carried out by British colonial forces on 13 April 1919.
Germany after the First World War was a great hope of world socialism.
