15 October 2001

We all swim together

By Edward Said

War on Terror: Islam and the West - Beware of simple labels and vast generalisations: there is no clash of cultures. Bin Laden's followers are best compared to such cults as the Branch Davidians, argues Edward Said

The strange return of the ethical dimension

By John Kampfner

War on Terror: Tony Blair - The PM seems to have adopted a vision for which Robin Cook was once derided

When David took on Goliath

By Sandy Gall

War on Terror: Afghanistan - The mujahedin were hailed by the west when they fought, and beat, the Soviet invaders. Sandy Gall, who reported on their ten-year battle, revisits Afghanistan

How Sellafield may help the terrorists

By Geoffrey Lean

War on Terror: The Nuclear Threat - Did anybody explain to Tony Blair about the dangers of allowing a new nuclear fuel plant? Geoffrey Leanreports

Christian values? Humbug!

By Francis Beckett

Francis Beckett, educated by Jesuits but now a deplorable pagan, argues that church schools, despite their denials, really are bent on indoctrination

Already, the plotters are after IDS

By Amanda Platell

Amanda Platell finds that even the most obscure Tories harbour hopes of becoming leader

When the anarchy has to stop

By Debora Spar

The internet was hailed as a technology beyond state control; but so, once, was radio. Now we are ready for rules and regulation, writes Debora Spar

Paul Routledge

By Paul Routledge

One rule for Americans, one rule for the rest

By Mark Thomas

War on Terror: America - Mark Thomas reveals that the US administration is doing everything it can to sabotage an international criminal court

A war in the American tradition

By John Pilger

War on Terror: The Big Picture - The ultimate goal of the attacks on Afghanistan is not the capture of a fanatic, but the acceleration of western power, argues John Pilger

O, my Marley and my Cole long ago! The young blacks cannot sing

By Darcus Howe

Expect the new Railtrack to cut costs and corners even more, because it will have to keep the bankers happy

By Robert Peston

If the world was ending, who cared? We were all going out with a bang

By Lauren Booth

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