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The reality of power Having just returned from three months in Bolivia I read Roger Cox’s thoughts on the Tipnis road with interest (Letter From Bolivia, Socialist Review, January 2012). Cox paints the complex reality of competing class interests into a bad MAS government versus good people cliché. He underplays the lack of popular consensus...

Iniva, Rivington Place

Paul Mason

The brainchild of Mario Draghi, president of the ECB, the scheme ended up doling out 489 billion euros to over 500 banks. The so called "auction" was billed as a way of averting the entire collapse of the European banking system.

Asbjørn Wahl

Libya has erupted once again in protest. In January an angry crowd of some 2,000 people stormed the offices of the ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) in Benghazi, the birthplace of the revolution. NTC leaders were planning to announce the publication of the new electoral law that evening but were forced to transfer the announcement to Tripoli.

Daniel Yergin

It hasn't been a great winter for the breast implant industry. First the French company Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP) was discovered to be using industrial instead of medical grade silicon to fill its implants.

Selma Dabbagh

Baba Aye reports on the millions who took to the streets in the largest and most intense strikes that Nigeria has ever seen

Dan Swain

After the recent election Egypt's parliament is dominated by Islamists, especially representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood. But, argues Phil Marfleet, the Brotherhood faces immense pressure from Egyptians to deliver real change and break with the military