Opinion

Decision to investigate Akleh murder unprecedented

THE recent decision by the United States Department of Justice to open an investigation into the killing last May of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is not a game-changer but

Lethal US hypocrisy on press freedom

The only media the US government supports are those whose persecution can be politically leveraged and those who can be used to peddle propaganda, writes Caitlin Johnstone I WILL never get

Hypocrisy’s penalty corner

Jawed Naqvi: THERE has been severe criticism, primarily in the western media, of the gross exploitation of migrant workers in Qatar’s bid to host football’s World Cup that began in

Politicians who destroyed democracy want votes to save it

Chris Hedges: THE bipartisan project of dismantling our democracy, which took place over the last few decades on behalf of corporations and the rich, has left only the outward shell

Creative questions, communalism and conspiracy

The appearance of the questionable text in a public examinations taken by hundreds of thousands of students represents something of wider significance and is symptomatic of what is going on

Lanka’s goal must be economic recovery

Shawdesh Desk: It is very unfortunate for the country, and indeed for the government itself, that it has become so preoccupied with its security concerns that it does not perceive

Drones are changing the nature of armed conflicts

Vladimir Platov: THE last few years the use of remotely controlled unmanned aerial vehicles has radically changed the way armed conflicts are being waged. However, this approach cannot be described

Corrupting the system at every level

‘I think there are some people within the US and UK governments who understand how cancerous this whole affair is,’ Stella Assange, the wife of the imprisoned publisher Julian Assange, tells Matt