Bankers and bosses appeared cheerful at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos. But the state of the global economy remains precarious
Ruth Lorimer argues that we could run society without the need for bosses
The shock resignation of Alan Johnson as Labour's shadow chancellor and the appointment of Ed Balls to the post has brought to the fore Labour's internal tensions over its direction and strategy.
Last month brought the revelation that at least four undercover police officers had been operating within the environmental and anti-capitalist movements in Britain for several years.
Government plans to sell Britain's forests have run up against massive opposition from the public.
Global food prices are once again rising sharply. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation's monthly index of agricultural commodity prices rocketed upwards by over 30 percent in the last six months of 2010.
One Hyde Park, the new apartment block in Knightsbridge, will offer London some much needed new housing stock.
Israel's attack on the Gaza-bound aid ships in international waters which left nine activists dead last May was perfectly legal - according to Israel.
From one whitewash to another. The Iraq Inquiry heard more evidence from Tony Blair.
With Silvio Berlusconi's government embroiled in fresh controversy, new struggles are taking off, writes Phil Rushton.
The revolt in Tunisia has sent shivers down the spines of dictators across the region. Anne Alexander looks at the roots of the revolution and considers its broader implications, while Tunisian activists Héla Yousfi and Fathi Chamki give their accounts of the uprising and Dominic Kavakeb examines the role of the internet
Pat Stack argues that the media frenzy about direct action at recent student protests is based on the assumption that state violence is legitimate - and that we don't have the right to win
