When I lived in the United States in the late 1960s, my home was often New Orleans, in a friend’s rambling grey…
Thomas Friedman is a famous columnist on the New York Times. He has been described as “a guard dog of US foreign…
We gathered, the other day, at the International Brigades’ Memorial in Jubilee Park beside the Thames in London. It was warm with…
The latest bombings in London have produced a strange political atmosphere here; I cannot recall anything like it. A truth is struggling…
In all the coverage of the bombing of London, a truth has struggled to be heard. With honourable exceptions, it has been…
In all the coverage of last week’s bombing of London, a basic truth struggled to be heard. It has been said quietly,…
Over the past two weeks, the contrast between two related ‘global’ events has been salutary. The first was the World Tribunal on…
The front page of the London Observer on 12 June announced, “55 billion Africa debt deal ‘a victory for millions’.” The “victory…
The National Union of Journalists and the Blair government are planning a “launch” ceremony, at which they will announce their “partnership”. According…
From the air, there appeared to be nobody, no movement, not even an animal, as if the great population of Asia had…
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