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2017-08-10 23:00
Shakila shows a picture of herself before she was shot by her husband. Photograph: Rada Akbar
Sune Engel Rasmussen reports when Shakila Zareen learned that her husband planned to kill her, s… Read More
2017-08-10 12:11
Opposition Guarimbas throwing petrol bombs on streets of Venezuela.
Mike Prysner is a former US Army soldier turned documentary-maker, who produces and co-writes The Empire Files f… Read More
2017-08-09 23:10
Felicity Lawrence reports Sports Direct, and Agribusinesses which supply major UK supermarkets have used slave labour.
Sports Direct has been named in three separate moder… Read More
2017-08-09 23:05
Uluru
Renowned Tasmanian Aboriginal activist and lawyer, Michael Mansell writes an Aboriginal body must have the power to direct, not advise.
The recent Uluru Summit endorsed a n… Read More
2017-08-09 23:00
A loyalist bonfire in north Belfast
Below is a short piece by Quincey Dougan which was published on Slugger O'Toole, he's an unashamed Ulster Loyalist, a marching band activist and band memb… Read More
2017-08-08 23:20
Podemos Castilla-La Mancha secretary-general Jose Garcia Molina.
By Dick Nichols
August 6, 2017 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal — On September 26 last ye… Read More
2017-08-08 23:10
Paul Hutcheon an investigative journalist for The Herald reports Police Scotland confirms recruiting nearly 800 informants.
Police in Scotland are facing fresh questions over its co… Read More
2017-08-08 23:00
Stanley L. Cohen
For more than 30 years, attorney Stanley L. Cohen has represented and defended people fighting for their rights and for their communities. This has included political activi… Read More
2017-08-07 23:15
Allan Armstrong writes Trump says “Scotland just went through Hell.” But that is nothing compared to what he has planned for us.
Trump has tweeted his opposition to Scottish i… Read More
2017-08-07 23:10
Ellie Mae O’Hagan looks at why Britain is so hopelessly governed.
British politics have seen many intriguing subplots in recent years, none more striking than the terrifying m… Read More
2017-08-07 23:00
Michael Roberts reports on the dire economic situation the Venezuelan government faces.
As the Maduro regime tries to impose its new Constituent Assembly
as a rival or replacement of… Read More
2017-08-06 23:15
This little book is a very fine piece of work, I write little not because it's small in stature, it's far from that. Its because it is only 148 pages long, yet is one of the most informat… Read More
2017-08-06 23:05
Paul Robeson performing at Royal Albert Hall in 1960.
The following is a second extract from Jeff Sparrow's new book No Way But This: In Search of Paul Robeson.
In 1937, the world-famous… Read More
2017-08-06 23:00
Jude Collins has stirred up a hornet’s nest because of a comment he made on twitter, linking in some way, children, Irish/british paramilitary organizations and a reputable Chris… Read More
2017-08-03 23:15
Paul singing with a choir in a scene from The Proud Valley
Paul Robeson possessed one of the most beautiful voices of the 20th century. He was an acclaimed stage actor. He could sing in more… Read More
2017-08-03 23:10
Andy Coles, a former spycop, now a Tory councillor who groomed a young women to enable him to infiltrate campaign groups.
Andy Davey reports In his first ruling as the new chair o… Read More
2017-08-03 23:05
Seán Edwards reports of the turbulent situation in Venezuela.
Latin America is the original seat of neo-colonialism. After the wars of liberation from Spanish colonia… Read More
2017-08-03 23:00
From Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines to Narendra Modi in India and Donald Trump in the USA, the spectre of fascism haunts the world. The current political landscape has emboldene… Read More
2017-08-03 13:39
From the Guardian, across the spectrum to the Sun, BBC and Sky News, the MSM are full of stories about Venezuela and the incompetence and lack of democrati… Read More
2017-08-02 23:15
Trade unionist fight for union recognitionMike Elk looks at the historic struggle to gain Trade Union recognition at the Nissan plant in Mississippi.
Days before a potentially historic unio… Read More
2017-08-02 23:05
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Alfie Gallagher writing @ Left From The West hits out at the handwringing cant so visible in the Sunday Times after a column by Kevin Myers in it's Irish… Read More
2017-08-01 23:15
Below Mark Thornton gives his view on who and what caused the Irish Great Hunger. The opinions of Mark are not those of Organized Rage, nevertheless we feel his article contributes … Read More
2017-08-01 23:10
British and french troops are trapped waiting for evacuation transport.
Dunkirk 1940 has always been an ideological field day for our ruling class, Chris Bambery cuts through the fog of war… Read More
2017-08-01 23:00
2017-07-31 23:10
The Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance reports more than 1,000 groups have been spied on by Britain’s political secret police, the Undercover Policing Inquiry ……Read More
2017-07-31 23:05
Israeli security forces remove metal detectors recently installed at al-Aqsa mosque compound
Uri Avnery On The March Of Folly
My Late friend, Nathan Yellin-Mor, the political leader of… Read More
2017-07-31 23:00
They talk about Theresa May's woeful performance in the 2017 general election but why simply replacing her with a new 'broken sociopath' is not an adequate solution, why trust in the media… Read More
2017-07-30 23:15
General Fouad Khadour directing his men from the frontline in Syria.
Robert Fisk reports General Fouad Khadour, like his son before him was killed fighting ISIL in Syria.
I don’t like… Read More
2017-07-30 23:10
Steve Sweeney reports on how hard pressed Tories in Peterborough refuse to ditch Spycop
Andy Coles faced calls to resign as a Tory councillor in Peterborough last night, a wee… Read More
2017-07-30 23:00
Below Priyamvada Gopal writes it’s important that Britons know they have a tradition of truth-telling, honesty and international solidarity to be proud of and keep alive. As… Read More
2017-07-28 23:00
Sigal with his then partner the writer Doris Lessing
The first time Clancy Sigal went to jail he was 5. His mother, a Socialist union organizer, had been arrested in Chattanooga, Tenn., for… Read More
2017-07-27 23:35
Martin Linton looks at the British Government's 180 degree turn on Palestine.
The 180-degree turn in the Government’s policies on Palestine, which Mrs May started in December last… Read More
2017-07-27 23:30
Liz Davies a socialist and legal aid barrister specialising in housing and homelessness law on where do we go after the Grenfell Tower fire.
The Grenfell Tower fire is one of those dreadful… Read More
2017-07-27 23:00
2017-07-27 10:24
The fact that a serial failure like Chris Grayling still has an important cabinet position is indicative of the absolute dearth of talent in the Tory party.Grayling started off as one of… Read More
2017-07-26 23:30
2017-07-26 23:15
Below is an interesting piece by Dr Matt Treacy, a writer and former volunteer in Óglaigh na hÉireann's Dublin brigade and an adviser to Sinn Féin T… Read More
2017-07-26 23:00
Emmanuel Macron’s surprise victory in France to potentially unchecked political power has invited comparisons with all powerful leaders of the Hexagon’s past. Is he the Sun K… Read More
2017-07-26 06:13
After the British Prime minister Anthony Eden oversaw the Suez disaster which revealed the British government secret collusion with France and Israel when the latter invaded Egypt, it beca… Read More
2017-07-25 23:10
First published in 1985, Svetlana Alexievich’s account of the second world war as seen through the eyes of hundreds of women is an extraordinary thing. It has been constantly growing… Read More
While The Rest Of Us Suffer Years Of Crippling Austerity Government Ministers Get Golden Handshakes.
2017-07-25 23:00
One of the former ministers who received a bung.
This week, the government quietly slipped out the “severance” payments made to ministers who departed government after Theresa Ma… Read More
2017-07-24 23:10
Uri Avnery's Latest Conundrum.
George Soros, the American multi-billionaire, is causing Binyamin Netanyahu a lot of trouble.
At this particular moment, Netanyahu does not need any more tr… Read More
2017-07-24 23:05
For the Greek economist Costas Lapavitsas, the single currency has simply allowed Berlin to dominate the European market and to become a global exporter country: “The Euro was a dis… Read More
2017-07-24 23:00
China's recently-published second quarter 2017 GDP data shows solid growth in regard to all key indicators.
China's latest economic data.
China's recently-published second quarter 2017 GDP… Read More
2017-07-23 23:10
After the ridiculous high salaries the BBC is paying to what they call "the talent" were reported last week, the MSM have managed to divert the debate into one about gender issues. While g… Read More
2017-07-23 23:05
Football is still as coy now as the FA was in its blueprint about how much money the lucky owners have pocketed personally, and the old myth somehow lingers that mostly they lose their fort… Read More
2017-07-23 23:00
Billionaire bully Steve Ballmer
How Seattle Voted to Tax the Rich By Adam Ziemkowski and Rebekah Liberian
Seattle further cemented its reputation as one of the most progressive c… Read More
2017-07-21 15:14
Thurrock hospital is under threat of closure.
Jubilant campaigners in Southend are celebrating after the body behind plans to overhaul NHS services in south Essex by cutting services confirm… Read More
2017-07-20 23:10
Phil Burton-Cartledge looks at what Tony Blair gets wrong.
Taking time out from hanging with Bono and advising Central Asian dictators on how best to spin repression and executions, His… Read More
2017-07-20 23:00
In a major new report - Delivering on Universal Credit - the charity reveals that the requirement to wait for six weeks to receive any payment means people face serious financial ins… Read More
2017-07-19 23:25
Amnesty International urged the British government to end its silence over Turkey’s slide into authoritarian rule on Tuesday after its local director and five other activists were r… Read More
2017-07-19 23:10
Antipathy to the Irish language is a legacy of imperialism and occupation writes An Sionnach Fionn
Irish is the indigenous language of the island nation of Ireland and has held… Read More
2017-07-19 23:00
James McGill Buchanan’s vision of totalitarian capitalism financed by billionaires has infected public policy across the world writes George Monbiot.
It’s… Read More
2017-07-19 12:20
Freedom – Better Now
Better far — from all I see —
To die fighting to be free
What more fitting end could be?
Better surely than in some bed
Where in broken health I&rs……Read More
2017-07-18 23:30
Pollsters and politicos alike are still trying desperately to unpick the results of June’s general election. What was supposed to be a chance for Theresa May’s Conservative Part… Read More
2017-07-18 23:05
"We swear an endless loyalty to the Bund.Jewish Bund demonstration in Russia.Only it can free the slaves now.The red flag is high and wide.It waves in anger, it is red with blood!Swear an oa… Read More
2017-07-18 23:00
/Milo Yiannopoulos doing his Trump impression
An Sionnach Fionn looks at what links the Al-Right, the DUP and Milo Yiannopoulos.
I think it’s fair to describe the “a… Read More
2017-07-18 23:00
Bahraini protesters have faced an ever-worsening human rights crackdown--Amnesty International
How Bahrain uses sport to whitewash a legacy of torture and human rights abuses by David C… Read More
2017-07-18 08:25
2017-07-17 23:30
The liberal mainstream media is once again looking at class and the role it plays in society. Sadly they come at this stifling issue like a doctor whose patient is diagnosed with cancer and… Read More
2017-07-17 23:15
Adnan Abu Amer writes that “the relationship between Fatah and Egypt has reached the bone-breaking stage, especially with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as head of th… Read More
2017-07-17 23:05
Below Steve Walker of Skwawkbox has this to say about the introduction of Universal Credit, I thought it deserved an airing as if true, it shows the Tory government still int… Read More
2017-07-17 23:00
Urban Shanty Town Ghettos like this still exist across South Africa.Ideas to counter a poisonous legacy by Terry Bell
There are many thousands of gainfully employed men and women, together w… Read More
2017-07-16 23:30
Nathan Akehurst reports everyone is a long, long way from closure.
Before
“We need good costs for Cllr Feilding-Mellen and the planner tomorrow at 8.45am!”
In July 2014… Read More
2017-07-16 23:05
Steven Preece of Welfare Weekly looks into pensioner poverty.
The notion of ‘work till you drop‘ appears to be becoming more of a reality for many older people in the UK, as r… Read More
2017-07-16 23:00
Ballyhaunis in the west of Ireland is at first glance a traditional farming town, a place that in the past has been deeply affected by the emigration of its young people to the USA, UK, an… Read More
2017-07-14 09:59
Toward a Sociology of Political Abuse by Phil Burton-Cartledge.
Here we go again. Theresa May's announcement of an inquiry into the abuse of parliamentary candidates came a day befo… Read More
2017-07-13 23:15
Palestinians search through the rubble of their destroyed homes hit by Israeli strikes in the northern Gaza.
Below is an abridged version of John Pilger’s address to the Palestini… Read More
2017-07-13 23:10
Zuma must go’ — ANC Integrity Commission by Terry Bell.
The high profile, but practically powerless Integrity Commission (IC) of South Africa’s governing ANC still wants… Read More
2017-07-13 23:05
"Forget the idea that Twitter and Facebook are bad for democracy. Bubbles can be beneficial, and help emerging movements unite against the elites"
Bernie Sanders supporters at a campa… Read More
2017-07-13 17:56
The Hairpin Drop: The Radical Origins of Pride in the UK by Emily Jessica Turner.
In an age where queer heritage is sanitised and commodified by those who stand to profit off a co-opted… Read More
2017-07-13 10:13
The black, green and red version of the British flag that flew above Tate Britain on the bank of the Thames seven years ago is to return. The artist Chris Ofili’s dramatic reimagining… Read More
2017-07-12 23:10
Macron with the presidents of Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Mali, Chad and Niger during the G5 Sahel Summit in Bamako on July 2.
Since 2008 the liberal bourgeois elites have been desperately sea… Read More
Former GCHQ Chief Claims It's Not A Good Idea To Weaken Security For Everybody To Tackle A Minority.
2017-07-12 23:00
Tory Home Secretary Amber Rudd foolishly attacked end-to-end encryption.
Rob Merrick reports UK's ex-spy chief warns Amber Rudd's plan to pass new smartphone encryption law is dangerous… Read More
2017-07-11 23:15
School children studying without electricity in Gaza.
Eyeless in Gaza by Uri Avnery.
I have a unique confession to make: I like Gaza.
Yes, I like this far-away corner of Palestine, the nar… Read More
2017-07-11 23:05
Nelson’s Pillar ‘Before’ Image: Pól Ó Duibhir
Nelson’s Pillar ‘After&r&hellip…Read More
2017-07-11 23:00
Labour PM Gordon Brown, DUP Ian Paisley and Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness enjoying a craic.With the Stormont talks in stalemate, all eyes return to Westminster and the DUP/T… Read More
2017-07-11 23:00
That’s a bit embarrassing. There you are, the personnel are appointed and your team is ready to go. And then the Labour leader spoils it by defying expectations, winning extra seat… Read More
2017-07-10 23:20
Not only is this funny it is revealing, I notice Ms Cooper had not a word to say about Tom Janssen/Trouw cartoon when it first appeared, far from being on the far right his w… Read More
2017-07-10 23:05
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2017-07-09 23:20
Munira Subašić a very special speaker will be in Northern Ireland this week by Peter Osborne..
Her story shows how great strength can come from unimaginable pain.
As th… Read More
2017-07-09 23:10
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on the march from Ankara to Istanbul.
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on why he and thousands of democrats are marching to halt Turkey&rsquo&hell…Read More
2017-07-09 23:00
Steve Baker.
On Steve Baker’s corporate interests and Brexit negotiations as shock doctrine by Adam Ramsey.
As I crawled through our new Brexit minister’s asbestos-lined… Read More
2017-07-08 05:21
Derby North Labour MP Chris Williamson was promoted this week to the front-bench position of Shadow Minister for Fire and Rescue Services and has got straight to grips with his brief by, am… Read More
2017-07-07 23:00
Chuka Umunna a favorite of the reactionary MSM.
Rachael Swindon poses the question many on the LP left are thinking about.
There are times when 140 characters simply doesn’t do j… Read More
2017-07-07 06:17
Chuka Umunna amendment was designed to damage the cohesion of LP
The article below from the Hounslow Momentum website expresses a widespread alarm at the behaviour of the 50 Labour MPs who c… Read More
2017-07-06 23:30
Tommy McKearney on why the DUP will come to be little more than a party of crackpots endorsing imperialist aggression and perpetuating neo-liberal economics.
Almost lost amid the fr… Read More
2017-07-06 23:10
Photos by photographer Sujatro Ghosh from his latest project, 'If we can protect cows, then why not women?'
More than 327,390 crimes against women were registered in India in 2015, an… Read More
2017-07-06 23:10
The views of Terry Wright are not those of Organized Rage, but the points he made in the article below deserved an airing.
Unionism has allowed itself to be defined by Irish Nationalism a… Read More
2017-07-06 17:24
2017-07-05 23:30
"We don’t allow defendants in court cases to select the charges on which they will be tried. So why should the government set the terms of a public inquiry into its own failings? We d… Read More
2017-07-05 23:15
A man is about to be thrown of a building in Mosul after being sentenced by an Islamic State court for having committed an offense like the “people of Lot” (a reference to homose… Read More
2017-07-05 23:00
The US DEA with its infantile war on drugs does far more harm than good.
The Deadly Results of a US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Backed Raid in Honduras By Alexander Main and Annie… Read More
2017-07-05 09:34
Why exactly were the police spying on Jeremy Corbyn by Rob Evans and Paul Lewis.
At the tail end of the general election campaign, the Daily Telegraph reported that undercover police offi… Read More
2017-07-04 23:30
Rollo Miles with an insightful piece on the Grenfell Tower fire, its immediate aftermath and legacy.
I think over the last couple of months we as a country have had to deal wi… Read More
2017-07-04 23:10
Abdullah Gul.
Mustafa Akyol questions whether the Turkish opposition will rally around an anti Erdogan challenger in 2019?
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan got the all-powerful pres… Read More
2017-07-04 23:00
Uri Avnery on how Conan Doyle, the creator of the legendary Sherlock Holmes, would have titled his story about this incident "The Bizarre Case of Bashar al-Assad".
And bizarre it is.
It… Read More
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