Copenhagen: Why It Achieved Nothing
Copenhagen was a complete farce, but I don’t need to tell you that. It achieved nothing, but worse, it cemented capitalism’s stubbornness to do nothing. This was obvious to me before it even started...
View ArticleEnd of 2009 in Politics: Only Gaza on my Mind
It’s so painful being at work on Christmas Eve. Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve done it before. I only have like 3 hours to go or whatever, so it’s not too bad. I’ve been reading everyone’s...
View ArticleMovie Review: Avatar 3D
Anything that right-wingers like Miranda Devine attack as leftist propaganda is usually good in my books. And James Cameron’s Avatar is one of the best left-wing films I’ve seen, using awesome special...
View ArticleHaiti: Imperialism dressed up as Aid
It seems everyone’s eyes and ears are on the terrible situation in Haiti at the moment and the media have made it issue number one. Everyone is concerned about Haiti, we are told, and it is meant to be...
View ArticleIsrael/Palestine: More Settlements Confirm Again Israel Doesn't Want Peace
Once again, Israel has declared they’re going to build more illegal settlements in the West Bank. Once again, the United States has come out in mock condemnation. And once again, there will be no...
View ArticleHow can killers be victims?
What kind of world do we live in where the attacker is portrayed as the victim? Wait, don’t answer that. A week doesn’t go by without some newspaper defending some rapist against the predatory urges of...
View ArticleOn the royal wedding…
I am already sick to death of the news of the royal wedding. And it’s more than the fact it doesn’t fucking matter, it’s a sick display of wealth. I’d like to quickly make a point that is probably on a...
View ArticleWar criminals and Wikileaks: hypocisy and double-standards
The story about Wikileaks and their leader, Julian Assange has exploded over the last week with probably more attention on Assange and releasing the documents than what the documents actually say. If...
View ArticleLibya: why Western intervention is counter to democracy
The wave of revolution across the Arab world continues to spread faster than most of us can possibly keep up with, with protests continuing in Tunisia and Egypt as well as Libya, Bahrain, Oman, Saudi...
View ArticleLibya: intervention, anti-imperialism and leadership
In 2011, the year of revolution it seems, events sweeping the Middle East often move quicker than you can keep up with and so it is in Libya, with the rebels battling to hold on as we speak and the UN...
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