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In thrall to the markets
10 March 2010: Governments across the world are engaged in a beauty contest judged by the ratings agencies which pronounce on their credit-worthiness, and the hedge funds which decide whether a country’s debt – its bond issues - are worth buying. Read more... have your say
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What you're saying
David & Suresh on Resistance grows as crisis deepens; Fiona on Walking blindfold over the precipice; Phil throws down a challenge and gained a number of responses in Hang on to your vote; Silveremmo on Greek debt crisis: a warning from history; Dave and Peter on My marra stands behind me.
Capturing 150 years of change
Penny Cole reviews Where Three Dreams Cross: 150 Years of Photography from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh at The Whitechapel Gallery
Stones of the sky
In Robin Richmond’s new show the focus is directly on a moment of abstract contemplation.
My marra stands behind me
David John Douglass, coalminer, revolutionary, scrapper, lover - a life of almost epic proportions, says Fiona Harrington.
The ‘Doomsday Clock’ is still ticking
Sixty-five years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima the threat of nuclear war is as serious as ever. Peter Arkell reviews a new book about the development of the first bomb.
Unravelling complexity
New theories about networking in natural and social systems can help us visualise not-for-profit production and exchange, says Stuart Barlow.
Artists for the revolution
The revolutionary decades that swept Mexico in the first half of the 20th century spring to life at the British Museum and reveal a new aesthetic and social order entering the scene.
No justice for unions in Europe’s courts
Over the last few years, a formidable body of legal decisions in both British and European courts has further undermined the basic rights of workers and their trade unions. Peter Arkell reports.
From Copenhagen to Port-au-Prince
The planet's fate balances on a knife edge, two cities on either side. Which offers hope? You may be surprised. The first of two articles on eco-conversion by Michael M'Gonigle, EcoResearch Professor of Environmental Law and Politics at the University of Victoria, Canada
The past as destiny leaves no way out
Though an important critic of capitalism, the philospher Slavoj Zizek fails to become the expression of a revolutionary alternative, says Phil Sharpe.
Take part in Bolivia climate conference
A World to Win is supporting the call by Bolivian President Evo Morales for a People's World Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth. It will be held in Cochabamba, Bolivia, from the 19 to 22 April 2010 and it will draft a programme for future action.
You can register to be a virtual participant, and join one of the 16 working groups that have been established.
Dale Farm: Who are these blokes?
The bloke who wanted to tear down our community centre and chapel at Dale Farm as an illegal structure is up in court now as an alleged thief and liar, one of four parliamentarians so far charged in Britain’s current furore that could see some Westminster politicians go to jail. By Grattan Puxon
From love affair to marriage
A new Supreme Court ruling to grant corporations the same rights as people affords them "new and unconscionable rights", Colin Gardner reports from Washington.
The American radical tradition
In a two-part discussion about the American radical tradition, Phil Sharpe looks at two new histories - one about government relief in the 1930s and another about US crowds - but takes issue with their politics.
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