It was on the second day that I got the sense that things were coming together in a striking way. It seemed akin to the situation where several climatic disturbances fuse to create what meteorologists have called the "perfect storm".
We have so far seen two drafts of the climate agreement that the G8 summit is meant to be coming up with. The first one was disastrous — and the second was even worse.
We have to do something about global warming. Most people know it’s a serious problem. Most people want something done. But individuals driving different cars and taking fewer flights is not going to be enough.
Who talks of revolution today? The mainstream social democratic left — re-branded as the "centre left" — has long given up talking about socialism, let alone revolution.
The only way to make poverty history is to make the G8 history. I don’t mean simply the annual jamboree for the leaders of the world’s richest and most powerful states. I mean the whole nexus of exploitation and privilege that the G8 and its attendant institutions represent.
One of the most famous modern Italian novels is Christ Stopped At Eboli. Set in the 1930s, it is the true story of the anti-fascist Carlo Levi, who was exiled from the highly industrialised city of Turin to a small village in the deep south.
The preparations began months ago — long before Bob Geldof woke from his long sleep. Trade unionists, anti-capitalists, members of churches and community organisations, activists of every sort booked their coaches and agitated with those around them to come to Edinburgh on 2 July in a massive protest against the G8.
Malawian activist Mzimasi Makiniki has been following the Live8 and Make Poverty History events — and he hasn’t liked everything he’s seen
In 1981 the World Bank produced a very important document on Africa called the Berg Report.
Lots of commentators ask why Africa does badly compared to Asia. Here’s a quick answer.
The main protest at Gleneagles, where the G8 leaders are set to meet, had not taken place when Socialist Worker went to press.
