Modern language, science and culture owes much to the Muslim empire of the early Middle Ages.
Haiti's current crisis is rooted in its history of colonialism.
This month brings an email from an activist with the AUT at a major British university. He describes how email and the internet have become useful tools in their attempt to organise workers at the university.
Coalitions can't substitute for revolutionary organisation but are a vital prerequisite.
A decade on, the Zapatistas still inspire resistance, writes Mike Gonzalez.
Is political correctness the problem, or just old-fashioned bigotry?
The seizure of Saddam Hussein last month was heralded as a great victory for Bush and his 'coalition of the willing'. George Bush said in his post-capture speech that 'a dark and painful era is over' for the people of Iraq. Yet the weeks following the arrest have seen no let-up in the death toll.
The Cairo conference brought to a close a momentous year for the global anti-war movement. Over 1,000 activists from Europe, North America and around the Middle East met on 13 and 14 December at the Egyptian Journalists' Union headquarters to debate strategies for building worldwide resistance to imperialism and globalisation.
GM manufacturers sell their wares in school - Nuclear screw loose in Madrid - Advertisers scan shoppers' brains
Political turmoil was the outcome of elections in the Turkish northern part of Cyprus last month.
