Manufactured Famine
A new wave of food colonialism is snatching food from the mouths of the poor.
A new wave of food colonialism is snatching food from the mouths of the poor.
Do you want to save the biosphere or boost your own brand of politics? You can’t do both.
Why is the US government still pouring billions into missile defence?
Arthur Scargill has challenged me to a duel. Name your date, sir.
At least we have some ideals to fall short of.
The climate camp outside the Kingsnorth power station is contesting the biggest issue of them all
Iran is the least of the world’s offenders against non-proliferation.
A Proposal to Hamish Mykura, Head of Documentaries, Channel 4
A cunning new loophole has wrecked the government’s Climate Change Bill.
A response to Channel 4’s head of documentaries, Hamish Mykura
The Great Global Warming Swindle is just one example of Channel 4’s war against the greens
People love films like The Great Global Warming Swindle, because they tell us what we want to believe.
England’s mediaeval libel laws are becoming a global menace to free speech
Why are governments subsidising the destruction of the marine environment?
A radical new idea could save the world’s ecosystems. But what will it do to the economy?
Crime is down, convictions are down, but the prisons are bursting. Why?
What has happened to Bush’s secret prisoners?
Peasant farmers offer the best chance of feeding the world. So why do we treat them with contempt?
I didn’t get my man, but I helped to remind people what he’s done.
The Charge Sheet
An open letter to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
The most rightwing government Britain has had since the Second World War does not deserve to be re-elected.
Guantanamo Bay is killing people thousands of miles away.
Is the airship a viable alternative to jet travel?
What more can the government shut down? Oh yes, doctors’ surgeries.
Rupert Murdoch doesn’t even have to ask to get what he wants.
If you care about hunger, eat less meat.
How to grow vegetables without breaking your back
Beware of privatisation schemes dressed up as customer choice.
As the evidence accumulates, the Evening Standard’s allegations of terrorist planning have fallen apart.
As government documents show, Sir Nicholas Stern accidentally launched a trade in human lives.
A new generation of biofuels turns out to be another environmental disaster
Big money trumps everything in politics, even the most dearly-held beliefs
It’s an important issue, but nowhere near the top of the list.
Britain’s strange private school system causes immeasurable harm
The unaccountable people who launched the Iraq war have learnt nothing from it.
Bush trashed the climate talks. But look what Gore did.
The climate talks are a stitch-up, as no one is talking about supply.
The numbers show that this should be the real question at the Bali talks.
Yes, I am sorry to say, we need them.
When will Bush and Brown acknowledge that there is already a nuclear power in the Middle East?
The anti-speed camera campaign is based on junk science.
Biofuels could kill more people than the Iraq war.
Are we already shutting our minds to the consequences of climate change?
Matt Ridley raged against the government - until he needed £16 billion
Why won’t Gary Player answer my questions about apartheid and evictions?
A vast new opencast pit will ruin local people’s lives and wreck the government’s climate change policies. How was it allowed to happen?
How else will the destructive effects of growth be stopped?
If you want to support democracy in Burma, phone Gary Player and the other western businessmen propping up the generals.
People of all political colours are clamouring to answer a meaningless question.
Wherever you hear the words “free market”, you’ll find massive state handouts to corporations
Many of our current crises are the long-term results of a meeting which took place 60 years ago
The climate camp at Heathrow is materially different from protests that have taken place in Britain before.
The press has been publishing a series of crazy scare stories about our intentions at the climate camp
Is it time to consider a ban on the adverts which help to cook the planet?
To win an injunction against protests at Heathrow airport, BAA used a law which threatens our democratic rights
By signing up to Bush’s missile defence programme, the British government shows it doesn’t give a damn about either peace or democracy
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The trade unions still rage about the class war, but keep funding their class enemies.
A new paper suggests we have been greatly underestimating the impacts of climate change - and the size of the necessary response.
With new material and supported by new web resources. (more…)
Even in the rich nations, the babymilk manufacturers are undermining breastfeeding
In which we battle over carbon targets, green tokenism and the economics of climate change.
A final response to Alexander Cockburn.
Everywhere they go, the Olympic Games become an excuse for eviction and displacement.