The Iraq disaster has eliminated the last major function of our armed forces. So let’s pay ourselves a war dividend.
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Heat
How to stop the planet burning
Asserting Our Right to Kill and Maim Civilians
At the talks beginning in Geneva today, the British government will fight attempts to ban cluster bombs.
Here’s the Plan
For fast and effective action on climate change
The Cult of the Heroic Animal
The Disneyfication of war allows us to ignore its real savagery
Selling Indulgences
The trade in carbon offsets is an excuse for business as usual.
Putting the State on Trial
Protesters who have damaged military equipment are walking away from the dock
The Water Boom Is Over
Global freshwater supplies could start to determine whether or not we can feed ourselves.
Small is Useless
Micro generation can’t solve climate change.
Defend Our Ranting Homophobes
People should be as offensive as they wish. But in Britain the police can decide whose views to ban.
Who’s Paying?
When pundits discuss contentious issues on air, they must reveal their financial interests.
How Much Reality Can You Take?
Does anyone really want to stop climate change?
An 87% Cut by 2030
That’s what we need in the United Kingdom to avoid catastrophic climate change
The Smoke Behind the Deniers’ Fire
It isn’t just Exxon which has funded the climate change deniers – Big Tobacco has also played a strange and disturbing role.
A Catalogue of Idiocy
The emerging disaster at Dounreay is a powerful argument for open government.
A World Without Men
An untold story from Greenham Common
Still the Rich World’s Viceroy
If the IMF wants to reform itself, why not try democracy?
No Quick Fix
Re-engineering the atmosphere could be as dangerous as climate change
Peace Is For Wimps
Real men in government use their position to sell weapons.
The Generals’ War
In victory or in defeat, the military leaders who dominate Israeli politics can’t lose.