Opinion

When the just go to prison

by Chris Hedges: DANIEL Hale, dressed in a khaki uniform, his hair cut short and sporting a long, neatly groomed brown beard, is seated behind a plexiglass screen, speaking into

Representative democracy is to heed people’s voice

by Jehan Perera: THE government’s efforts to suppress the protest movement by the targeting of its leading members individually are polarising the country more than ever before. Instead of addressing

Ruling classes’ dereliction of duty

Hazem Saghieh: This alarmist title is not intended to incite alarm. The goal, on the contrary, is to attempt to understand the dark, intractable times our region is going through.

How Brick Lane fought back against racism

On May 14, 7,000 Bengalis marched from Brick Lane to Hyde Park. They demanded an end to racist violence and discrimination. Led by young people, it was part of a

Will the Xi-Biden talks stop Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan?

Imran Khalid : SO, NANCY Pelosi, the Speaker of US House of Representatives, has embarked upon her much-touted tour of Southeast Asia. Pelosi, number three in the line of US

How private corps stole sea from commons

Overfishing, seabed mining, corporate greed: let is take back control of our marine environment for the common good, writes Guy Standing FOR most of human history, the oceans have been seen

West continues to pillage other countries’ bank accounts

by Eve Ottenberg: WITH the explanation that it had to punish Russia for its war in Ukraine, the west stole over $300 billion of Moscow’s money. With the explanation that

The dawn of the apocalypse

We were warned for decades about the death march we are on because of global warming. And yet, the global ruling class continues to frog-march us towards extinction, writes Chris Hedges