Author: george

Making Generosity Redundant

Our global institutions are destined to fail. They need to be replaced.

The West’s victory is a defeat for civilisation

Poor countries are still being cheated by the rich world

Review of the video “Non-Violence for a Change”, JustUs Productions (justus@gn.apc.org)

What’s the difference between Al Qaeda and Fort Benning?

The war against terrorism is also a struggle for oil and regional control

Charges of anti-Americanism are themselves anti-American

There is no clear way to end this war

The attack on New York has suppressed discussion of the Private Finance Initiative; but not for long.

How to Win the War with Peace

Radicalism is retreating, but it’s more necessary than ever before

By refusing to engage with its critics, the government makes reason redundant.

Consumer and environment groups are getting into bed with big corporations

The junk food king says one thing and does another

As public services are part-privatised, the business of the state is being shrouded by “commercial confidentiality”

As free traders shelter behind repressive regimes, GM crops are being driven into reluctant markets

British women are using themselves as human shields in Israel, and they put the rest of us to shame

By appointing Lord Haskins to oversee “rural recovery”, the British government will complete the destruction of the countryside

Cause-Related Marketing is a new form of social control