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Ukraine - phoney war continues as savage cuts and price rises push up poverty
01 April 2014The West and Russia are continuing their phoney war over Ukraine.
Ukraine caught in clash between powers as Crimea joins Russia
18 March 2014Crimea has joined the Russian Federation as the Ukrainian crisis continues to be a faultline for the major powers. The outcome of a referendum in Crimea last weekend was a foregone conclusion.
Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan to challenge witness
11 March 2014Two British citizens who were extradited to the US on terrorism charges are challenging a witness.
Ex-Black Panther Eddie Conway is free at last
11 March 2014Former Black Panther Eddie Conway has been released after almost 44 years in prison.
Ukraine in crisis - say no to imperialist war games
04 March 2014The arrival of Russian troops on the streets of Crimea is producing an ever?escalating war of words from global political leaders.
Loan sharks and fascists circle Kiev
04 March 2014The Ukrainian parliament ratified an agreement on Tuesday to receive £500 million in loans from the EU.
West relies on Russian trade
04 March 2014Europe depends heavily on commerce with Russia, especially on energy.
Imperialist rivals push Ukraine to brink of war
04 March 2014Intervention in Crimea has escalated a deadly game between Russia and the West, writes Simon Basketter
Putin raises the stakes in imperialist Crimea crisis
03 March 2014Russia’s seizure of military control over Crimea has brought Ukraine to the brink of war. This crisis represents the coming together of three distinct conflicts.
As Ukraine’s president flees, who has won?
25 February 2014After the government falls and rebels claim victory, Simon Basketter looks at the situation in Ukraine
Still no justice as Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan change pleas
11 December 2013Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan, two British men extradited to the US in October last year after long court cases, appeared in court in New Haven yesterday, Tuesday, and changed their pleas to guilty.
Jeremy Scahill talks about his film Dirty Wars: finding the names and faces of the West's victims
03 December 2013Investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill set out to put names, faces and stories to the victims of the Western military in his new film Dirty Wars. He spoke to Judith Orr about his journey to expose the slaughter of the “war on terror”
JSOC exposed: How Britain’s SAS helped set up the US president’s private army
03 December 2013Investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill looks at the shadowy Joint Special Operations Command in his new film Dirty Wars
Iran deal could let US focus on China
26 November 2013It’s an open question whether or not the deal struck last weekend in Geneva between Iran and the United States, alongside five other “world powers”, will stick, writes Alex Callinicos
Scottboro boys finally pardoned - 82 years on
26 November 2013The US state of Alabama has granted posthumous pardons to three black teenagers wrongly accused of raping two white women on a train in 1931.
Afghan prime minister Hamid Karzai delays US occupation plans
26 November 2013Afghan prime minister Hamid Karzai has delayed signing a deal allowing the US to keep 15,000 occupying troops in Afghanistan for another decade.
Scottsboro Boys musical: songs of freedom
19 November 2013Actor Colman Domingo from the hit show Scottsboro Boys speaks to Dave Sewell about how the musical provokes the audience to look at racism in the here and now
John F Kennedy's assassination—Camelot's dark side
19 November 2013The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Mafia conspired to carry out an assassination 50 years ago this week. They plotted to take out a president—Fidel Castro of Cuba, and they did it under the orders of US president John F Kennedy.
Thousands killed in Iraq in chaos made by the US
29 October 2013Car bombs in Baghdad killed dozens of people on Sunday of last week.
Captain Phillips - a Somali piracy yarn that tries to salve the US’s conscience
22 October 2013Captain Phillips, a tale of kidnapping on the high seas, promotes its empathy for desperate Somalis—but Dave Sewell says it turns the real villains into heroes
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