What passing bells for these who die as cattle?” wrote the great First World War poet Wilfred Owen. His famous line might…
For 40 years, Australian governments have colluded with state terrorism in Indonesia. Now, the Bali outrage allows John Howard to distract attention…
The Palestinians are no longer alone; Israel, despite the craven intimidation of some of its supporters, has ceased to be immune from…
A GREAT many people believe that democracy has been lost in this country. Today, true democracy will demonstrate its resilience on the…
The making of a United Nations fig leaf, designed to cover an Anglo-American attack on Iraq, has a revealing past. In 1990,…
LAST October, in the early hours of the morning, a young expectant mother called Fatima Abed-Rabo awoke with intense labour pains; and…
THE anniversary of September 11 will be remembered with highly charged images, especially those of the grieving families of the victims. The…
Remembering 11 September merely as gruesome spectacle is an insult to the victims of that epic crime. However, remembering is important in…
It is 10 months since 11 September, and still the great charade plays on. Having appropriated our shocked response to that momentous…
On 17 June, I wrote about Martin Amis’s recent Guardian essay, “The voice of the lonely crowd”, in which he described…
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