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Turn anger over RBS bonus into action

27 January 2012: The palpable anger over the £963,000 bonus in shares awarded to state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Stephen Hester has to turn into some direct political and industrial action if society is to see an end to this kind of obscenity. Read more...

Write the future – the next steps

A range of views on “leadership/leaders/followers” dominate the 45 comments made so far on our Collaborative Writing project. A recent comment contrasts the concept of a network-driven heterarchical approach with more conventional hierarchies and suggests that this is a way to “clearly set us apart from the current state of affairs”. Read more...

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David Hockney embraces the iPad and digital film to show us Yorkshire in a new light.

Bolivian Miners
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Peter Arkell appreciates Jean-Claude Wicky's photographs of Bolivian tin and silver miners.

Making the Social WorldReality is more than simply language

John Searle sets out to outline the importance of language but ends up justifying the present social system.

Drone wars briefing

The first report into the use by US and UK of unmanned armed vehicles at home and abroad.

Recording Everything

It will become technologically and financially feasible for authoritarian governments to record nearly everything that is said or done within their borders, warns an authoritative new report.

The Knesset approves an illegal migrants' bill

Bill approved in Israel is a total violation of the Geneva Convention on refugees, as it transforms them into criminals, says international human rights group.

Adnan al-SayeghAdnan al-Sayegh’s poetry of freedom

Sparrows don't love bullets - an interview with Iraqi poet-in-exile Adnan al-Sayegh.

Afghan SolutionCrimes in the name of democracy

Peter Arkell looks at a passionate account of how Western arrogance destroyed Afghanistan's chance to rise above tribal interests.

Vermeer Mystery balanced by clarity

Leonardo and Vermeer’s work sings out with clarity and a sense of self-contained inner life, says Robin Richmond.

Marx and alienationBeyond an alienated society

Sean Sayers' concise and delightful summary centred on Marx's work on alienation can help in the task of transcending capitalism. Review by Gerry Gold.

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