South Sudan Oyee!
By Tim Flatman As of midnight 9th July (10pm 8th July UK time), South Sudan became an independent nation. How should we respond? As far as moments of liberation go,…
Is there a political solution to halt genocide in the Nuba Mountains, Sudan?
Guest post by Tim Flatman, who has recently returned from South Sudan. Is genocide always an irrational action carried out by a despot who has lost his grasp on reality, or…
Happy Armed Forces Day
UK fatalities Iraq: 179 UK fatalities Afghanistan: 374 US fatalities Iraq: 4463 US fatalities Afghanistan: 1663 Iraqi fatalities: 100,000+ (perhaps as high as a million) Afghan fatalities: 10,000+ (No…
RBS investing bailout cash in banned cluster munitions
This is a guest post from Tom Shelton of Handicap International UK Taxpayer owned RBS has been identified as one of the main financial institutions - both in the UK…
Photos: Spanish revolution
Spain's jilted generation has found its voice. After a year of austerity has driven the country to its knees, the people, it seems, have started to rise up. Much solidarity…
Irish Greens to elect new leader
The Irish Green Party (Green Party / Comhaontas Glas) wipeout in the Irish general election earlier this year has precipitated an existential crisis within the party, to which I am…
Bin Laden’s killing: Four questions and a funeral
By Rupert Read 1) Obama said to Congress yesterday that Bin Laden was "captured and killed". Does that imply that he was captured alive, and then shot in the head?…
Osama bin Laden is Dead. We must exorcise his ghost from our Nightmares
2011 has been a momentous year. The ripple of Arab revolutions across the Mediterranean, the tsunami that hit Japan and the resultant nuclear problems, and now the death of Osama…
Help save Colombian academic Dr Miguel Beltrán.
This afternoon I received a letter from Sally Hunt, general secretary of my union - UCU, asking me to help support Colombian academic and political prisoner Dr Miguel Beltrán. Dr…
3 things we’ve learnt on Libya
1) This isn't just a No Fly Zone. Today, there have been reports of French planes bombing Libya, and firing from the air at tanks. So, the first thing that…