Viewers of HBO's flagship talk-show, Real Time with Bill Maher, were in for a treat a few weeks ago. Sharing the desk with Maher were Michael Moore and Ralph Nader.
Does humanity face an ugly choice between the devastation of global warming and potentially lethal nuclear waste?
Strikes and pickets are now back in the news. Pay heads a list of grievances that express growing frustration with New Labour. Peter Morgan explains why workers are getting more awkward.
Battle lines are being drawn between Labour and the unions. But how will the awkward squad deal with the issues?
In a recent speech delivered in Porto Alegre, Chris Harman explains why the US is staking its imperial future on Iraq.
The European anti-capitalist movement will descend on London next month. Chris Nineham looks forward to an event of debates and demonstrations.
Asian Dub Foundation is one of the most radical and vibrant bands to have appeared on the music scene over the last decade. In May they premiered an original soundtrack to the classic film The Battle of Algiers. Pandit G, founding member of ADF, spoke to Tom Hickey and Ian McDonald about their project, music and politics.
From June 1956 to October 1957 the Algerian liberation struggle was fought in the capital, Algiers. Tom Hickey looks at the history and its representation in The Battle of Algiers.
Hardly anyone noticed, but a month back the consultation stage for the government's paper on identity cards closed. This is the first step towards their introduction.
Silently and majestically, the good ship John Prescott slipped effortlessly into a new safe haven over the summer recess.
On 1 September 1934 millions of cotton spindles stopped spinning.
Forget Glastonbury, the Olympics and the Edinburgh Festival: the real event of the summer had no need for sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll.
