Opinion Archive
24th October 2011
Occupy Everything
In the wake of the much-publicised Roscoe occupation, Jak Dyehouse assesses the rationale behind the seemingly unstoppable spread of occupations to cities across the world
20th October 2011
Waiting to cross
Zeina Ramadan shares her experiences of growing up in Nablus, Palestine
17th October 2011
Who’s hot, who’s not: the winners and losers of party conference season
Some soared, others flopped as the three major parties gathered for their annual conferences
17th October 2011
Party conference season – a political charade
Andrew Williams heads our review of this year’s party conference season – and he is crying out for an end to this “outdated and obsolete charade”
17th October 2011
Turning up the heat: tensions rise during Chilean winter
Oliver Johnstone explores parallels between student protests in Chile and here in the UK
15th October 2011
Debate 1: Palestine reaches for statehood, but is it ready?
On 23 September Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and head of the Palestinian Authority, officially submitted a bid to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon for Palestine to be recognised as a state and granted full membership of the United Nations. This bid has precisely a zero per cent chance of succeeding. […]
15th October 2011
Debate 1: The time for false mediation is over
“With our souls, with our blood, we will defend Palestine,” cry those for whom Western rhetoric has become a rare beacon of hope in the ongoing battle for Palestinian statehood. Tired of the empty rhetoric of Barack Obama and others, and determined to bring an end to this most enduring of conflicts, President of the […]
13th October 2011
Manchester is my heaven
Ben Moore in defence of the University, and city, of Manchester
10th October 2011
Better off Ed? In defence of Ed Miliband
Calls for an economic alternative have grown over the past 12 months, and following his keynote party conference speech ‘Red Ed’ is looking more far-sighted than far-left, writes Rob Fuller
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10th October 2011
Rudderless EU is stifled by bureaucracy
The financial crisis currently afflicting the Eurozone economies is being exacerbated by a bureaucratic European Union that is degenerating into a rudderless ship, argues Kevin Bennett
10th October 2011
Guess who’s back? Back again – Putin’s back!
Vladimir Putin’s latest statement of intent doesn’t only have implications for President Medvedev – it will have a great impact on Russian democracy and the wider international community
10th October 2011
Sadiq Khan event gives Labour faithful reason to be cheerful
Thomas Turner, James Broadway and Louis Raffin consider the future of Labour in light of their recent conference and a worrying lack of confidence in the party leader
3rd October 2011
Murdo Fraser’s disastrous, if principled, proposal
Conservative Party activist Charles Bailey assesses a strange turn in the ongoing battle to become the next leader of the Scottish Tories
3rd October 2011
Cut the rate of unemployment, not the price of politics
Kevin Bennett considers the likely impact of government plans to cut the number of MPs and redraw constituency boundaries
3rd October 2011
How much does it cost to buy a US politican’s soul? $2 billion, apparently
The age of multi-billion dollar presidential campaigns has bred a generation of US politicians who are increasingly beholden to wealthy donors
3rd October 2011
Labour of love
Andrew Williams explains why his love affair with the Labour Party is over – for now
3rd October 2011
Israel-Palestine: ‘The time for false mediation is over’
For all of President Obama’s idealistic rhetoric, it falls to our European leaders to take action over the Middle East peace process