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MAY 68: Street posters from France - this Friday at the Hayward Gallery
Conference 24 May
London
Speakers include
John McDonnell MP and Tony Benn
The existing system of government fails to represent the interests of the vast majority of people. Support the campaign for a written constitution for a truly democratic, republican Britain.
Two anniversaries, one catastrophe 14 May: Palestinians across the world tomorrow mark the 60th anniversary of the Nakba – “the day of catastrophe”. Only hours before, on the evening of May 14, 1948, a group of Zionist Jews declared themselves the independent government of a Jewish state, excluding Palestinians who had lived on the land since time immemorial. They are two very different anniversaries. Read more... have your say
13 May: Will Hutton's fantasy world – I wonder what Will Hutton, writer on economic affairs, chief executive of the Work Foundation and former editor-in-chief of The Observer thought at breakfast this morning as he scanned today’s financial headlines, where the talk is all gloom and doom?
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Poets rise up against eco-ArmageddonThe full spectrum of eco-poetry, from the wilderness of ancient China to 21st-century Native American.
Perfect BlemishesMenna Elfyn’s latest collection of contemplative, stimulating, visual and thought provoking international poetry.
Queens of the BlueThe rise and fall of the blue stocking women who broke all the rules - now at the National Portrait Gallery.
Cardiff’s trail blazerMelanie Abrams looks at Artes Mundi, Wales’ biennial contemporary visual arts initiative.
New talent: Dylan Strain interviews the nkr and reviews their debut LP.
Iconic, dramatic and edgyVanity Fair portrait show
Life inside the bubbleThe new Catch 22 for Iraq.
Election controversy spills over into union repression.
What motivated the Red Army defenders to fight and endure against overwhelming odds? A searching book by Michael Jones brings together the testimonies of veterans with newly-opened archives to reveal how leadership was forged in the crucible of battle.
At least 200,000 farmers have killed themselves in India in the last 12 years as governments have imposed policies suited to the global market on poor regions of the country a new report shows.
Urgent! Appeal Denied
Free Mumia Now!
A series of events, protests and actions will take place until October 2008 in various cities and countries all over Europe and beyond: against the border regime, against detentions and deportations, against the exploitation of migrant labour and for legalisation of all migrants.