Tory welfare minister Lord Freud is determined to punish some of the poorest people in Britain for living in homes that are supposedly too big for them.
The West is preparing to pull its armies out of Afghanistan. But the French intervention in Mali and the Algerian hostage crisis suggest that a new front is opening up in the Maghreb region, north west Africa. It may last "even decades" according to prime minister David Cameron.
Allegations that British troops carried out systematic torture of civilians during the occupation of Iraq were set to be heard in court on Thursday of this week.
We can stop bosses’ job cuts if our unions fight back
The reports of job cuts in Socialist Worker (19 January) raise the question of how to resist the bosses’ offensive.
There’s a reason why over 60 million people have seen the musical version of Victor Hugo’s novel Les Miserables at the theatre. It’s a story about love and loss but also hope and rebellion.
"Athens will be Nazi free." Those were the words of school student Christine Palioudakis, one of 25,000 people who marched in Athens against the fascist Golden Dawn party last Saturday.
