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Interview: Michael Foot

Mark Seddon — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:18:10 GMT

In 1983 Michael Foot led Labour into a general election with a manifesto dubbed "the longest suicide note in history". One proposal, to nationalise banks, seems rather prescient

A lack of Solidarity

Mark Seddon — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:22:58 GMT

Lech Walesa has angrily dismissed claims he was a double agent - codename 'Bolek' - as "a bunch of crap". Ask him about it and he'll walk out of the interview

North Korea's future

Mark Seddon — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:28:24 GMT

Reports of the Dear Leader�s demise point to a more serious problem. There's no clear successor to Kim Jong Il, and North Korea's political and military leadership is increasingly aged

Secretive saviours

Mark Seddon — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:43:01 GMT

The rivers of cash from big business that Tony Blair wanted to replace trade union money have dried to a trickle

Talking to the enemy

Mark Seddon — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMT

North Korea on the Brink: Struggle for Survival Glyn Ford and Soyoung Kwon Pluto Press, 256pp, �18.99

Surreal Korea

Mark Seddon — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:00:00 GMT

North Korea is even stranger than the picture painted of it, as Mark Seddon found out after a close shave

Human rights? Not for you

Mark Seddon — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Observations on outposts

Not quite the last word

Mark Seddon — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 12:00:00 GMT

Observations on Marx

Smaller size, higher brow?

Mark Seddon — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:00:00 GMT

Observations on the Guardian

A forgotten minority

Mark Seddon — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 12:00:00 GMT

Observations on Iraq (1)