No one knows what to do

The opposition in Syria needs our help, and now

By Joan Smith, Sunday 05 February 2012 Here is the brutal truth about Syria: no one knows what to do. Six months after Barack Obama said bluntly that Bashar…  [more]

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An extraordinary letter

The slave who spoke from beyond the grave

By Jonathan Brown, Saturday 04 February 2012 An extraordinary letter written by an emancipated slave to his former owner ridiculing his request for him to return to work on a…  [more]

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To be the ideal candidate

Mitt Romney, the stealth tea party candidate

By Theda Skocpol, January 31, 2012 “Many tea party folks are going to find me, I believe, to be the ideal candidate,” the Republican presidential contender said in a news conference in…  [more]

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Dysfunctional sectarian misery

An attack on Iran must be stopped

By , Saturday 4 February 2012 09.00 EST The Anglo-American aggression addicts haven’t kicked the habit. The team that brought you shock and awe and Operation Infinite Justice is gearing…  [more]

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Banking on bondage

The cynical world of America’s private prisons

By , Friday 3 February 2012 17.08 EST In the past few decades, changes in sentencing laws and get-tough-on-crime policies have led to an explosion in America’s prison population. Funding…  [more]

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Old herrings

An attack on Tehran would be madness. So don’t rule it out

By Robert Fisk, Saturday 04 February 2012 If Israel really attacks Iran this year, it – and the Americans – will be more dotty than their…  [more]

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The threat that is deemed intolerable

Equality for Palestinians? Israel won’t have it

By , Friday 3 February 2012 07.25 EST The presence of a few Palestinian members in the Knesset (MKs) is often touted as a sign of Israel’s robust democracy. Yet…  [more]

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