–Getting the message out in the US is next to impossible. Some people are trying though.

–This is bad on so many levels. How is it that they think if we allow energy to flow according to the market that it will result in energy security for each country? If we lose local democratic control over our energy then we lose the ability to regulate the production of that energy. If we do not regulate the production of energy then we are necessarily in a state that is unsustainable.

–`Nuclear renaissance’… or how we all forgot our worries and learned to love the bomb. The system continues to drive us towards the edge of that cliff.

–This is not something that an island can tolerate for very long.

–It shouldn’t be just the Sikh groups that are outraged.

–Why is it that it takes a spill like this for people to actually see the effects of the way that we do things? We have to start putting people and the environment before profit.

–An interesting read.

–It really isn’t much of a secret… although, the idea that the Premier can have secret meetings is a little strange.

–There has always been this criticism of “globalization” (that is capitalist globalization) … so really this article is just stating that it is as strong as ever.

–Someone has written nasty things about Lenin’s Tomb… Here Lenin replies.

–The revolutionary student movement in Venezuela.

–All models of socialism must be profoundly democratic.

–Some interesting reforms going on in Venezuela.

Naji Al-Ali’s Handala lives on. Have a look at the impact a cartoon can have on the world.

–More oppression from the US state onto its citizens.

–More privatisation of the Nigerian people’s resources. One wonders how they can let their government continue the giveaway.

–A speech by Kofi Annan about the current state of affairs in Africa. It is this years Nelson Mandela Talk.

–Head in the sand approach to the economy.

–This is interesting for those of you who pay attention to international finance and markets. One can see the breadth of liberal space here.

–The British people should be ashamed at the way that their supposed democratic institution is behaving towards an MP that has overwhelming support. The idea that the Commons can actually ban an elected official from sitting is outrageous. The only people that should be able to withdraw their representative is the people that voted them into that position in the first place.

–When is it that people are going to start demanding more from their leaders on global warming.

–I thought the cartoon was funny but the article is dead serious.