25 July 2005

From the Editor…

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Jason Cowley, Editor, New Statesman

Cover story

Blair's bombs

Terror and the UK - The senseless repercussions of interventions in Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine demand that we renew our anger at our leaders. Our troops must come home. We owe it to all those who died in London on 7 July

By John Pilger

Features

A catalogue of warnings

By Michael Smith

Terror and the UK - Blair was told about Muslim rage not just by his critics, but by some of his closest advisers

A community in denial

By Shiv Malik

Terror in the UK - Reporting from Leeds and Bradford, Shiv Malik finds a worrying willingness among ordinary Muslims to believe conspiracy theories, and to close ranks against outside investigation

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A matter under review

By Shiv Malik

When extreme opinions become intolerable

By Nick Cohen

Terror and the UK - Karl Marx was allowed to live here despite his inflammatory ideas, but the British welcome has much stricter limits today. Nick Cohen on the difference that bloodshed can make

Beyond blame and shame: what we must do now

By Ziauddin Sardar

Terror and the UK: Young Muslims have been totally marginalised by their "community leaders". Nothing will change until they are given representation, argues Ziauddin Sardar

Tea and cakes and substance abuse

By Maggie Brown

At £550 a day, little wonder that the Priory's Home Counties branches feel more country-house hotel than hospital

Small rubber thing? Main squeeze

By Hester Lacey

Feel that your pulling power is waning? Buy a stress ball

A long, hot summer

By David Puttnam, John Harris and Jo-Anne Nadler

End of term report: A turbulent year - Iraq, bombs, the election, leadership acrimony and much more - has reshaped our political landscape. As MPs break up for their recess, David Puttnam, John Harris and Jo-Anne Nadler review the altered state of the parties and look ahead.

Interview

NS interview - Patricia Hewitt

By John Kampfner

'People need to stand up against the perverted form of Islam that a minority of Muslims wants to impose'. Patricia Hewitt interviewed

Regulars

New Statesman Leader

The politics of delusion

Darcus Howe - fears the aftermath

By Darcus Howe

London's bombings ensured that the deep dissatisfaction of Muslim youths will stay buried

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Culture

Minister of sound

By Sue Steward

As claims of corruption rocked his country's government, the Brazilian minister for culture still encouraged London audiences to get up out of their seats and samba. Sue Steward on the idiosyncratic politician Gilberto Gil

The legacy of Bedazzled

By William Cook

Comedy - The DVD release of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's finest flick reveals why the career of one man soared . . . and the other's didn't, according to their biographer William Cook