No shock doctrine for Libya
To say that the West's involvement in Libya was all about oil was always far too simplistic. For any country to commit military force, a number of people must conclude…
Gulf Voices Silenced as BP try their hardest to move on from an awful year
By Matthew Butcher - reporting from inside yesterday's BP AGM It hasn’t been the easiest year for BP or their shareholders. First their was the disastrous Deepwater Disaster which killed…
Privatising profit and socialising risk
This is essentially the modus operandi of the modern western government: to promote the interests of corporate gloabalisation and to offload the risks onto the people. This has manifested itself…
BP support for Mubarak dictatorship revealed
This post by Mika Minio-Paluello first appeared on his blog over at PLATFORM, who have recently joined twitter The millions on the streets of Cairo, Alexandria and Suez are furious…
Dick of the Year: Lord Browne
This is a nomination for Bright Green Dick of the Year from Manishta Sunnia. If you want to submit your own nomination email adamramsay @ gmail before midday on the…
Dick of the year: Tony Hayward
This is a nomination from Gilbert Ramsay for the Bright Green Dick of the Year award. You can nominate by emailing 200ish words to before 30 December. Former BP Chief…
Cash needed for art, not oil.
This is a guest post by Kevin Smith from PLATFORM In 2010 there was a series of performance/interventions that took place in various cultural institutions in London, challenging the undeserved…