The year opened with the world looking a much more unstable place than 12 months ago. It is embroiled in war, threatened with deep recession, and...
Capita to process TV licence fees - Harry Potter and Coca Cola - Big increase in US military spending
Protests, strikes and demonstrations by Argentina's workers against cuts and austerity forced the appointment of the fifth president in two weeks...
Alan Milburn's plan to hand NHS patients to Bupa adds a new intensity to Labour's privatisation plans. However, his party's other market-driven...
The world's only superpower combines military strength with economic and political weakness.
Yasser Arafat faces considerable opposition from erstwhile supporters.
Spontaneous activity is not enough - we need collective organisation.
John Parrington examines the controversy over the cloning of human embryos.
Fantasy writer China Miéville looks at the ideas and work of JRR Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings.
The collapse of Enron has shone the torch into a cellar full of crimes.
Labour's chair is an old acquaintance of Pat Stack who recalls fond memories
I've just read the discussion between Luca Casarini and Alex Callinicos on war and state repression (December SR).
The discussion between Luca Casarini and Alex Callinicos was fascinating both for the wide areas where Luca and Alex agreed as well as where they disagreed.
Shortly after the 'Guardian' published my essay on why blacks should fight against the war, someone e-mailed me.
We would not be human if we were not disappointed that James Martell and Euromin had been found not guilty of Simon Jones's manslaughter.
Review of 'Spaces of Capital', David Harvey, Edinburgh University Press £16.99
Review of 'Marx and Engels: Collected Works Volume 48', Lawrence and Wishart £45
Review of "No Man's Land" by Harold Pinter, Lyttleton Theatre, London
Review of Tracy Emin's exhibition 'Telling Tales' at the Tate Gallery, Liverpool