The US and western habit of playing with jihadi groups, which then come back to bite them, goes back at least to the 1980s war against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, which fostered the original al-Qaida under CIA tutelage

Escalating inequality is the work of a global elite that will resist every challenge to its vested interests

The powers that be will fight back against attempts to change the status quo, economically or globally

CIA torture, crushing democracy and Britain’s new military base in Bahrain all deliver a toxic message

The idea that Israel is defending itself from unprovoked attacks is absurd. Occupied people have the right to resist

Britain’s record of continuous conflict has no parallel. Now the elite is panicking that they can’t get away with it any more

The story we’re told about the protests gripping Kiev bears only the sketchiest relationship with reality

US forces in Britain aren’t defending the country but lock it into an empire in decline. It’s past time for some independence

The Tory operation to bury the phone-hacking scandal in spin and official inquiries is now in full flow. On his way back…