11 July 2005

From the Editor…

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Jason Cowley, Editor, New Statesman

Cover story

The ghost at Gleneagles

In the orgy of summit coverage something has been overlooked: the two men at the heart of it, telling us how the world should be run, are the men responsible for Fallujah and Abu Ghraib

By John Pilger

Features

Real people power, or pernicious platitudes?

By Zoe Williams

G8: I've changed my mind: it was an incredible outpouring of global fellowship

Real people power, or pernicious platitudes?

By Bianca Jagger

G8: Bono and Geldof slept with the enemy and betrayed the cause

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The pictures we didn't get to see

By Rupert Rivett

G8 Photo essay - While the BBC beamed coverage of Live 8 across the world, another event was happening in Edinburgh . . . The biggest ever demonstration in Scotland was largely ignored by the media. Photographs

Look who's talking

By Michela Wrong

G8 quiz - Some of these quotations about Africa are from Africans and some are not. Can you spot the difference? Compiled

So where did global resistance go?

By Paul Kingsnorth

G8 - Vast, angry crowds used to go to summits and try to shut them down. Things are different now, writes Paul Kingsnorth, but not because the fences got too big or the anger went away

What matters more than anything else is agriculture

By Colin Tudge

The right support for traditional farming could help Africa more effectively than any amount of "development". It alone can maintain landscapes and provide jobs for billions who need them

We all have personality disorders now

By Nick Cohen

If you're happy or sad, neat or messy, outgoing or withdrawn, you've got a symptom. Nick Cohen argues that psychiatry has expanded by pathologising everyday life

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Essay

NS Essay - 'The importance of loyalty to an idea is not just a matter of personal conscience. It is a requirement of genuine democracy'

By Roy Hattersley

When Tony Blair accused him of disloyalty, Roy Hattersley was inclined to let it go. Then he saw that the Prime Minister's idea of loyalty was personal: he believes people should be loyal to him. Labour's former deputy leader disagrees - with a passion

Regulars

New Statesman Leader

A revitalising victory

The Politics Column

Politics - Robert Peston locates Labour's cancer

By Robert Peston

Unless Blair averts the looming public services spending crisis at home, his achievements on the world stage will not help Labour at the next election

Darcus Howe applauds a police chief

By Darcus Howe

He claimed that he didn't recognise the word "Shi'ite". What planet does he inhabit?

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Culture

The censoring of our museums

By Tiffany Jenkins

Certain artefacts in the British Museum are deemed to have such religious significance that the director himself cannot examine them, and Australian male totems are barred from female eyes at the Hancock Museum in Newcastle. Faith sensitivity is endangering free access to our collections, argues Tiffany Jenkins

Gimme the money

By Boyd Farrow

The film business - As the summer blockbusters limp into cinema box offices, Boyd Farrow urges Hollywood to take a long, hard look at where the cash is going