I came to Britain from Bangladesh in 1976 at the age of nine. At that time east London was a very scary place, something of a racial battleground.
When you listen to David Cameron, Angela Merkel, Nicolas Sarkozy and other European leaders slam into multiculturalism, you could think that immigration had been a damaging experience.
Young people not in regular work have been significant to the resistance in both Greece and Spain. What do you think is happening?
The "economic miracle" of the last 20 years has seen China become the world’s largest manufacturer and exporter.
Riots scare people with property. The greater their property, the more scared they become. So they seek protection from bodies of armed men to keep "the mob" at bay.
‘There was a time stretching for more than 1,000 years, when the mob was without power or influence, when the entire power of the world was concentrated in the hands of the kings, the nobles and the hierarchy.
China is the success story of 21st century capitalism. While much of the world seems set to enter the second half of a double-dip recession, the Chinese economy will grow by 8 percent this year.
What do you say to those who argue that the riots were not about politics, but simply about looting?
The Berlin Wall was built 50 years ago this week, on 13 August 1961. For nearly 30 years, until its demolition in 1989, it served as a symbol of the division between the "free" West and the "Communist" East. The real story is a little more complicated.
The Berlin Wall completely cut off the Western part of the German capital from the Eastern part and all of surrounding East Germany. It spanned 87 miles and was built in four stages.
The victory of General Francisco Franco’s army over the Republican forces in the Spanish Civil War is often presented as inevitable.
The world economy appears once again to be on the brink of disaster. The volatility that swept through markets in recent days is reminiscent of the panic of autumn 2008, when the Wall Street bank Lehman Brothers collapsed.
