America Finally Acts on Climate Change
It pains us environmentalists that the world’s second biggest polluter and most influential nation has barely conceded that climate change is a real phenomenon, and that those Americans who do clutch...
View ArticleGoogle: You Have No Right to Privacy
I knew Google has absolutely zero regard for the customers it serves, but until now I was unaware that they were so open about the fact. Though I have been exasperated for years at the willingness of...
View ArticleInterplanetary Revolution or TV Blockbuster?
I’m experiencing acute deja vu. This time last year, I read of a private space mission which sought to advance our exploration of Mars. Again, I have several problems with what is being planned- but...
View ArticleSyria
The UN emblem Syria. The civil war. An issue which has become impossible to ignore as much of the world prepares to commit acts of warfare to remove the regime which is thought to have “crossed the red...
View ArticleAmerica and Britain: In The Same Boat?
The United States is a nation which, though in many ways intertwined with the UK, we struggle to understand. Britain is in a unique position of straddling an often yawning chasm between Europe and the...
View ArticleFLASHBACK: Good Luck to the Walmart Strikers!
Originally published on 23rd November 2013. In the United States today, there is a large group of ordinary workers is standing up to world’s largest, and probably most prolific, corporate giant....
View ArticleThe World Review: An Environment Under Threat
‘Gagging Bill’ passed by House of Lords The Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill Act became law last week in a series of nail-bitingly close votes in the UK Parliament- in one...
View ArticleEurope Must Protect Its Food
For the past few months, negotiators have been busy drawing up the terms of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), the free trade zone encompassing the United States and the...
View Article‘Kiev Spring’ Deserves Western Support
In eastern Europe, people living under an authoritarian regime grow restless and force their political class to move towards reform, and towards liberal Europe. Russia’s similarly authoritarian and...
View ArticleInvitation to Buy American Politic$
American political parties burn through campaign funds at an astounding rate. A nuclear arms race of rallies, aircraft and (above all) advertising between Republicans and Democrats and their associated...
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