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Michael Moore: Q+A
- By Daniel Trilling
- 08 November 2009
The documentary-maker on capitalism, Obama and why Britain is about to get punished
Horrific shooting at Fort Hood
- By Mehdi Hasan
- 06 November 2009
What does this mean for America's Muslim soldiers?
It's official: faith in science is a belief
- By Sholto Byrnes
- 04 November 2009
New legal ruling places it in the same category as religion
Gilded youth
- By Caroline Wyatt
- 09 April 2007
Caroline Wyatt talks to French lit idol Florian Zeller about Islam, fortune-telling and his precocious success
"Jesus was a leftie"
- By Sholto Byrnes
- 06 November 2009
So says Daily Mail star writer. Why will that annoy lefties so much?
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“I am a Leninist. Lenin wasn’t afraid to dirty his hands. If you can get power, grab it”
- By Jonathan Derbyshire
- 29 October 2009
The eminent thinker Slavoj Žižek tells Jonathan Derbyshire why he rejects mainstream political theory, why he supports Barack Obama, and why we need Marx more than ever
The postal strike is our strike
- By John Pilger
- 22 October 2009
New Labour has done its best to destroy the Post Office as a public institution. Postal workers deserve our solidarity
The NS Interview: Tony Benn
- By Emily Mann
- 29 October 2009
“I would be ashamed if I ever said anything I didn’t believe in”
There’s nothing to debate about racism
- By Mehdi Hasan
- 29 October 2009
On the issue of race and the rise of the far right, it is time to condemn a little more and understand a little less
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Change we can’t believe in
- By Mehdi Hasan
- 08 October 2009
Barack Obama promised a sharp break from the Bush era, yet he seems to have stepped into the shoes of his disgraced predecessor. As the anniversary of his election approaches, Mehdi Hasan investigates what went wrong
“I am a Leninist. Lenin wasn’t afraid to dirty his hands. If you can get power, grab it”
- By Jonathan Derbyshire
- 29 October 2009
The eminent thinker Slavoj Žižek tells Jonathan Derbyshire why he rejects mainstream political theory, why he supports Barack Obama, and why we need Marx more than ever
The postal strike is our strike
- By John Pilger
- 22 October 2009
New Labour has done its best to destroy the Post Office as a public institution. Postal workers deserve our solidarity
War is peace, ignorance is strength
- By John Pilger
- 15 October 2009
Obama, the man of peace, is planning another war to add to his impressive record
Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize. Is this a joke?
- By Mehdi Hasan
- 09 October 2009
I am still rubbing my eyes in disbelief
This morning, I'm in love with the Tories . . .
- By Mehdi Hasan
- 14 October 2009
Sayeeda Warsi joins Question Time's "BNP panel"
Why Obama? Deconstructing the Nobel Peace Prize nomination
- By Simon Reid-Henry
- 09 October 2009
The choice of the US President completes the counter-Bush trilogy: Carter, Gore and now Obama
Iran’s nuclear threat is a lie
- By John Pilger
- 01 October 2009
Obama's "showdown" with Iran has another agenda. The media have been tasked with preparing the public for endless war
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Does God Hate Women?
- By Johann Hari
- 02 July 2009
Authors Benson and Stangroom dismantle the logic of those who cite religion to justify the perpetuation of misogynistic abuses around the globe
The next 100 years
- By George Friedman
- 27 August 2009
Japan and Turkey form an alliance to attack the US. Poland becomes America’s closest ally. Mexico makes a bid for global supremacy, and a third world war takes place in space. Sounds strange? It could all happen. . .
Change we can’t believe in
- By Mehdi Hasan
- 08 October 2009
Barack Obama promised a sharp break from the Bush era, yet he seems to have stepped into the shoes of his disgraced predecessor. As the anniversary of his election approaches, Mehdi Hasan investigates what went wrong
God Is Back: How the Global Rise of Faith Is Changing the World
- By John Gray
- 21 May 2009
Contrary to what evangelical rationalists preach, it is perfectly possible both to be modern and to believe in God. But there is no reason to assume that the American religious model will prevail
Eternal vigilance
- By Keith Gessen
- 28 May 2009
Throughout the 1940s, George Orwell was formulating the ideas about language and politics that found their ultimate expression in Nineteen Eighty-Four. His essays from this period are a plain-spoken pleasure, despite their contradictions
Why I believe again
- By A N Wilson
- 02 April 2009
A N Wilson writes on how his conversion to atheism may have been similar to a road to Damascus experience but his return to faith has been slow and doubting
We cannot be killed
- By Sion Simon
- 25 September 2007
'Shortly there will be an election, in which Labour will increase its majority'
Iran’s nuclear threat is a lie
- By John Pilger
- 01 October 2009
Obama's "showdown" with Iran has another agenda. The media have been tasked with preparing the public for endless war
