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Sleepwalking to Extinction

Something about the human mind appears to prevent us from grasping the reality of climate change

Our quest for Paradise always appears to result in eviction or genocide

There is no more dangerous notion than that of America the Divine

Why does the right refuse to see that US power has become a threat to our sovereignty?

Only six degrees separate our world from the cataclysmic end of an ancient era

On becoming a bilious old git.

“Localisation” is both destructive and unjust

Our task is not to overthrow globalisation, but to use it as a vehicle for the first global democratic revolution.

An investigative journey through the forbidden lands of West Papua

The government doesn’t really want the GM debate it’s just launched, but let’s give it one anyway

Tony Blair has just ensured that Europe and the US continue to promote famine.

The West became rich by ignoring patent rules and protecting its industries. Poor countries should be allowed to do the same.

The war crimes case in Belgium illustrates the folly of Blair’s belief that the US is interested in justice

Short’s career as a licensed rebel casts light on our post-oppositional, post-modern politics

The figures which purport to show that the world’s poor are emerging from poverty don’t add up

The government won’t offer electoral choice; instead it has introduced voting gimmicks which will further undermine our faith in democracy

The way to check American power is to support the euro

The US is preparing to use banned weapons in Iraq

Every likely outcome of this war is a disaster