16 November 2009
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Features
A state of collapse
Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to strengthen “co-operation between peoples”, but his attempts to bring the Israelis and Palestinians together have failed
The lost country
Two decades after the fall of the wall in 1989, life in the German capital’s hinterland continues relatively unchanged
The war for the poor
In the run-up to next year’s general election, poverty is back at the heart of political debate. In the first of a series of investigations into the reality of deprivation in Britain today, Fran Abrams uncovers the deepening effects of joblessness in Lancashire
Backtrack or derail
A pledge to renationalise the railways would be a clear vote-winner. So why do passengers’ demands fall on deaf ears?
The Returning Officer
Grimsby
Regulars
New Statesman Leader
Leader: The battle over poverty starts here
A reduction in poverty should be the centrepiece of any future Labour programme
First Thoughts
Lisbon, chaos theory and poppies
The Tories have deluded themselves that Britain can enjoy trading advantages without the drawbacks of reduced sovereignty
The Politics Column
The Sun sinks to a new low
The Sun has returned to doing what it does best: bashing Labour. And, it seems, at any price
World Citizen
Let the bird of paradise go free
The theft of West Papua's mineral wealth must end. The province's courageous resistance movement deserves nothing less
Culture
Waking the dead
For Walter Benjamin, history was more than a series of dispassionate facts. He showed how the struggle for the past shapes our future
Theatre
Pains of Youth / Days of Significance
Blairite boozers reach the parts that 1920s medics can't
Books
In Search of England
Roy Hattersley’s political career was largely a failure, but he has enjoyed a late blossoming
