Features
An imperial adventure set to continue
The growing intervention in Syrian internal affairs demonstrates the West's blatant attempt to rally reactionary Arab forces in support of its continued domination of the region, says George Galloway
Martin Rowson
Friday 20 January 2012
Editorial
Do as he says, not as he does
Wednesday 07 December 2011
The Local Government Association informed us yesterday that compulsory redundancies in local councils are set to increase in the next few years as the spending squeeze from central government continues.
Taoiseach's Plan A mantra
Tuesday 06 December 2011
David Cameron and his Irish counterpart Enda Kenny disagree over a possible referendum on EU treaty changes to centralise supervision of member states' economies.
Euro tottering on the edge
Monday 05 December 2011
Over in Paris, Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy had their heads together yesterday plotting what they could offer in the way of leadership to the embattled eurozone.
A new dawn after 200 years
Sunday 04 December 2011
The establishment of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States by 33 countries heralds a new dawn in a part of the world which for nearly 200 years has languished in the shadow of its self-appointed ruler to the north.
Much more than mere tinkering
Friday 02 December 2011
Angela Merkel's prescription for eurozone ills is a bankers' straitjacket on the Europe Union that will disregard the views of member-state electors.
Dirty work on clean energy
Thursday 01 December 2011
The workers at notorious privateer Carillion's energy services division have just received an unpleasant lesson in how the government's expenditure cuts programme really works.
Mass rejection of austerity
Wednesday 30 November 2011
On Tuesday night, shadow Treasury chief secretary Rachel Reeves told the BBC Newsnight programme that Labour did not support today's strike.
Impoverished you shall stay
Tuesday 29 November 2011
If any public-sector trade unionist had been hesitant about joining today's strike action, the Chancellor's autumn statement ought to have clarified matters.
Strangling all hope of growth
Monday 28 November 2011
Capitalist consensus around the need to impose austerity programmes to rein in government debt caused by the banking bailouts has resulted in a beggar-my-neighbour race to recession.