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In Larger Freedom 18 may 05 | by Jim Addington who responds to the UN Secretary General's report

European Constitution? No Thanks! 09 may 05 | by Jan Marijnissen Before the Dutch people say 'yes' to the European Constitution they have to understand that, if it is accepted, the Netherlands will become a powerless province

EU Services Directive threat to housing 09 may 05 | by Kartika Liotard Dutch housing corporations, vital to the provision of affordable housing in the Netherlands, are now under fire from the European Commission

A Pipeline too far 02 may 05 | by Alfred Mendes For a clearer understanding of why America really invaded Afghanistan in the immediate aftermath of September 11th 2001, one need look no further than oil

Vietnam War - thirty years later 02 may 05 | by Ted Glick
Ted Glick looks back thirty years to the day the Vietnam War finally ended, and sees reasons for hope

How Bush Administration's biologial weapons build up affects you 17 april 05 | by Heather Wokusch who considers the terrifying potential repercussions of the Bush administration's coveted new biological-weapons programme

European Commission and scientific research 17 april 05 | The Independent Science Panel is concerned to see Europe's €40 billion budget used to support independent research

US arms sales to Latin America 10 april 05 | by Larry Birns and Sarah Schaffer The United States protests against Spanish arms sale to Venezuela while they arm Latin America and the world

Pensions crisis or social security reform? 10 april 05 | by Frank Andrews How the social security systems might be made fairer, more effective and more efficient

Murder in the Strawberry Fields
03 april 05 |by Nurit Peled-Elhannanan An Israeli campaigner against violence against women addresses the European Parliament on International Women's Day

Democracy Redefined
03 april 05 | by Steve McGiffen As real democracy in Europe is eroded, one of the most disturbing political developments has been the way in which the meaning of the word has been redefined

Bush's Diplomatic Offensive
25 march 05 | by Walden Bello Europe and the world have witnessed the unfolding of a diplomatic offensive that is designed to convince Europeans, "to put Iraq behind them." Bush's diplomacy is, in fact, running against the long term currents. The Atlantic Alliance is dead.

European Constitution
25 march 05 | by Irish National Platform Understanding the Constitutional Treaty, and why it must be stopped

Huge Demo Against Bolkestein Directive
21 march 05 | Almost 100,000 people march in protest against the proposed European Commission Directive on Services in the Internal Market, the so called Bolkestein Directive

'The Other Davos'
19 march 05 | reviewed by Brian Precious Global protest rejects the propaganda of neoliberalism

Climate Change and Kyoto
19 march 05 | by Wayne Hall Last month the Kyoto Protocol finally came into force. But Wayne Hall believes that some countries may be pursuing more than one approach to climate change

Pensions Crisis?
12 march 05 | by Frank Andrews A review of Robin Blackburn's account of the history and future of pensions in the economically advanced world

US Supports EU Constitution: What's the Surprise?
12 march 05 | by Matt Reichel The core goal of the constitution is a neoliberal Europe where the interests of business run as free as they do on the other side of the Atlantic

Europe's Illegal Nuclear Weaponry
01 march 05 | by Kate Hudson In breach of international law, Europe is bristling with US owned nuclear weapons

The Brussels Lobby Youth
26 february 05 | by Matt Reichel The bright young things who lobby for corporate Europe

The Danish Elections
26 february 05 | by Aage Skovrind The recent Danish general election may have seen the right wing government win a new term of office, but Denmark's real left did well.

No to the Constitutional Treaty
17 february 05 | by Tobias Pflüger Pflüger argues that the most important reason for rejecting the EU Constitutional Treaty is that the militarisation of the European Union is codified within its provisions

Neoliberal EU Treaty
10 february 05 | by Matt Reichel The current project of the neoliberal economic machine is approval of the European constitution: with the aim of solidifying the political ties that have made it easier for transnational corporations to control European economic affairs.

The Last Thing Needed
08 february 05 | by Jeremy Corbyn Corbyn argues that the EU should concentrate on eliminating poverty instead of building an army.

Reading the Iraqi Elections
03 february 05 | by Phyllis Bennis The millions of Iraqis who came out for the elections were voting their hopes for an end to violence and occupation, and a better life; their hopes are not likely to be met.

Stingy? Not With WMD and War
03 february 05 | by Heather Wokusch As the body count from the tsunami rises, America's international reputation plummets to new depths, thanks to the Bush administration's smugly incompetent response.

Iraq Slides Further into Chaos
29 January 05 | by Jim Addington The obscenity of the invasion and occupation of Iraq is still being hidden by the British media which has largely ignored what is going on in Iraq. It has been left to very few commentators at home and Al Jazeera, the Arab news service available in English, to keep us informed daily of the serious events occurring in that country.

USA: Land of the Free?
29 january 05 | by Alfred Mendes World War 2 marked a turning point in America's role on the global scene, inasmuch as she was now not only the wealthiest country in the world - but also the strongest militarily. In short, she would now, once again, be able to concentrate more aggressively than before on ridding the world of that thorn in her capitalist side: communism

EU Services Directive
28 January 05 | by Steve McGiffen Outgoing EU Commissioner Bolkestein has brought forward a proposal which can, without hyperbole, be described as a declaration of war on working men and women and the social, health care and educational provisions which are the fruits of two centuries of struggle. Welcome to the European Commission's proposal 2004/002, the Directive on Services in the Internal Market, the Directive that came from hell, widely known simply as the Bolkestein Directive.

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