Help stop a massacre in Egypt today
Image courtesty of Sarah Carr via flickr The brave people of Egypt are standing up. The oppressive government which has ruled them for years is shaking at its core as…
How the Irish Greens got into a Coalition mess…
The Irish Greens have finally pulled the plug on the Fianna Fail led Government of the dead that has been staggering from crisis to crisis since the economy collapsed in…
Sudan: what does the Referendum mean?
By Ian Leggett Last week the citizens of Southern Sudan voted in a historic referendum to determine whether they remain part of a united Sudan or secede. If those who…
Tunisia’s struggle and ours: battles in the same war
As an anti-cuts campaigner in the UK fighting rises in tuition fees or corporate tax dodging or the closure of a local library or redundancies at a city council or…
A year on, a hundred years on; why Haiti still waits for justice and freedom.
By Cornelius Grissiths, this post first appeared at No Sweat Historically crippled by international debts, the middle of the twentieth century saw the IMF force Haiti (then occupied by America)…
Why Burma’s freedom remains distant
by Juliette Daigre It’s hard not to be caught up in the excitement of today’s release from house arrest of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s democratic opposition leader, who…
Shock Doctrine comes to Ireland
A video from today of Irish students protesting against cuts to education funding. Go 3 minutes in to see the police take their truncheons to a group of students who…
A World in Crisis… What is the Alternative?
I spent this weekend nosing round some of the fascinating buildings in the Edinburgh Doors Open Day and at the POD Village Fair in Portobello. Last Sunday I enjoyed the…
Sweden Update: Greens hold position of unprecedented strength
by Dominic Hinde The day after the Swedish general election, the results were the most read story on the BBC News website. The entrance of the hitherto unknown right-wing Sweden…
The Genocide’s Not Over, Kagame
Following on from our criticism of the Tory obsession with Rwanda's Paul Kagame, Nishma Doshi writes more about what really going on in Rwanda (cross posted from her blog). Making…