Simon Reid-Henry

Articles by Simon Reid-Henry

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What we can learn from Scandinavia about equality

  • 07 February 2010
  • 3 comments

A talk in Norway by one of the authors of the bestselling "Spirit Level" is highly revealing.

Obama stops thinking positive

  • 29 January 2010

A year on from his inauguration, the president stands accused of reneging on inspiring campaign promises about HIV/Aids

Obama sounded a little too clever

  • 28 January 2010

The president is unconvincing as a man of the people.

Guantanamo transfers: an empty gesture?

  • 16 December 2009

The transfer of 70 detainees to Illinois simply passes on the problem

Operation Nobel, part II

  • 11 December 2009
  • 1 comment

The prize committee issues Obama with a call to action

War and peace

  • 10 December 2009
  • 2 comments

Obama's Nobel acceptance speech is a triumph

Operation Nobel

  • 10 December 2009
  • 7 comments

Obama arrives to claim his prize

The illusion of a world without borders

  • 10 November 2009
  • 3 comments

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the discourse of security has replaced dreams of democracy

The last revolutionary

  • 05 November 2009
  • 6 comments

Fidel Castro has survived 600 assassination attempts to become the world symbol of anti-capitalism. His sister has just confessed she used to spy on him, the US embargo stands, and his health is failing, yet still he endures

The revolutionary road

  • 05 November 2009

Fidel’s defining moments

James Macintyre

Inside “Next Labour”

Inside “Next Labour”

John Pilger

The Murdoch empire

Welcome to the first murdochracy

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Gaby Hinsliff

Bulger killers were damaged, not evil

Bulger killers were damaged, not evil

Mehdi Hasan

The Ashcroft scandal

Paying the price for Ashcroft’s millions

US Politics

Obama's henchmen

Dysfunction at the White House

Film review

Shutter Island

Shutter Island (15)

Interview

Terry Eagleton

The Books Interview: Terry Eagleton

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