Passive Driving
Why are we still exposed to pollution that kills 39,000 a year?
Our Own Nuclear Salesman
The government’s chief scientist appears to have succumbed to politics
Are You Paying to Burn the Rainforest?
If you’re buying Brazilian beef, the answer is yes
Better off without Him
New research suggests that the Christian virtues are best represented in godless societies
Protesters are Criminals
And hardly anyone is contesting the new clampdown
Growing My Own
Boycotting the superstores means taking on five allotments
Crying Sheep
We had better start preparing for a decline in global oil supply
A World Turned Upside Down
The corporations are demanding regulation, and the government is refusing to give it to them
The Net Censors
The democratic potential of the new media is being blocked by the companies providing the technology.
The Man Who Betrayed the Poor
Even as the G8 promises fall apart, Geldof stays silent
How to Stop Civil War
Nicaragua and South Africa, not the US, should be the inspiration for Iraq’s constitution.
Burnt Out
Kenneth Clarke’s work for British American Tobacco should disqualify him from office.
A Life With No Purpose
Darwin tells us that we are no more than assemblages of complex molecules. We should celebrate this.
The New Chauvinism
Why should I love this country?
The Treaty Wreckers
In just a few months, Bush and Blair have destroyed the global restraint on nuclear weapons
Faced With This Crisis
The G8 leaders refuse to accept that anything difficult needs to be done about climate change
Africa’s New Best Friends
The corporations which helped to immiserate Africa are being given control of its development.
Going Nowhere
Review of Margaret Thatcher’s 1989 speech to the UN (extract published below).
Save us from Ourselves
Green hypocrisy means that we can’t tackle climate change without government intervention.
Our Very Own Enron?
Is the private finance initiative melting down?
Bards of the Powerful
Far from challenging the G8’s role in Africa’s poverty, Geldof and Bono are legitimising its power.
Spin, Lies and Corruption
The G8’s debt reduction plan is little better than an extortion racket
A Game of Double Bluff
The UK and EU are keeping the poorer nations exactly where they want them: beholden to their patrons
A Restraint of Liberty
Climate change’s unprecedented moral challenge demands that we restrict market freedom
Bad News from Tesco
The superstores are on the verge of cornering the news market, with disastrous implications for democracy
Junk Science
Climate change denial, as David Bellamy’s claims show, is based on pure hocus pocus
In Bed With the Killers
BP is working with a genocidal government
A Different Kind of Revolution
Wind power is a technological fix for a political problem.
Signal Your Opposition
A vote for a minor party could be the most powerful one you could cast.
A Vehicle for Equality
Would Rover not have been better off as a workers’ co-operative?
I’m With Wolfowitz
Have we forgotten what the World Bank is for?
The Business of Killing
The corporate manslaughter bill has been neutered to please employers
God of the Soil
Only when nomads settled on fertile land did the notion of progress take root
The Real Straight Banana
A coup against social Europe has been foiled - for the time being
Paid-up Members
How can MPs represent us when they earn up to 95% of their income from outside interests?
Protest as Harassment
The new crime bill permits the police to stop almost any demonstration.
Mocking Our Dreams
Climate change exposes progress as a myth
Fraud and Corruption
Where has Iraq’s money gone?
Pedigree Dogs of War
Some people who engage in foreign conflicts are called terrorists. Others are about to be licensed by the government
Media Fairyland
The US media is creating a world of make believe.
Punitive – And It Works
Sweden proves the neoliberals wrong about how to slash poverty.
Killing vs Helping
Bush and Blair no longer seem able to see the difference.
A Scandal of Secrecy and Collusion
Why have we paid £93m for a £15m bridge?
America’s War with Itself
Bush’s attempt to wreck the climate talks follows an established pattern of self-destruction
A Deadly Reversal
Why does no one care that the world’s worst conflict has broken out again?
Bring Them Back
We should welcome the return of the big wild mammals
The Alternative Media
Undercurrents and Schnews are both ten years old, and still blooming.
Road Hogs
Even the government’s private finance success story turns out to be a roaring failure
Feeding Cars, Not People
The adoption of biofuels would be a humanitarian and environmental disaster
The Myth of Compensation Culture
Big business is seeking the freedom to kill its workers
Religion of the Rich
There is a precedent for the Bush Project, but it’s not fascism
Fallen Fruit
An insane European ruling will be the final straw for the English apple
Exploitation on Tap
Why is Britain using its aid money to persuade South Africa to privatise its public services?
No Longer Obeying Orders
Transcript of lecture.
Too Soft on Crime
The government is letting the corporate killers walk free.
Expose the Tax Cheats
The best way of dealing with tax avoidance is to publish everyone’s returns.
The Paradox of Transition
How does the Global Justice Movement become effective without becoming New Labour?
Proliferation Treaty
Of course Iran wants the bomb, and the international system has given it everything it needs to build one.
Class War on the Hoof
If we want a classless society, banning hunting might be a step towards it.
Two Kinds of Mass Death
The argument for nuclear power has strengthened, but it’s still not good enough.
Adventure playground
Africans have good reason to be suspicious of British involvement in their affairs
Living with the Age of Entropy
Is a life without fossil fuel possible?
Correspondence with David Bellamy
Letters following the publication of the article Goodbye, Kind World (filed under Climate Change)
The Bad or the Terrible
Those who insist that Nader supporters should vote for Kerry are holding back US democratisation.
Goodbye, Kind World
We’ve never had it so good, and we never will again.
A Thousand Dusty Codicils
Little by little, democracy is being banned
Think inside the box
With only a little tweaking, Labour’s congestion plans could also solve the speeding problem
The Lies of the Press
The newspapers must also be held to account for the decision to invade Iraq.
Greasing Up to Power
Our journalists bear as much responsibility for the misinformation about Iraq as the intelligence agencies.