Islamophobia Sets the Terms

Islamophobia Sets the Terms

By Alex de JongThe Dutch government didn’t fall in February over involvement in Afghanistan, the unstable governing coalition stumbled over it. But the Islamophobic right wing might be the beneficiary. Until the 20th of February the Netherlands were ruled by a...

‘Sound Finance’ Imperilling Democracy | by EPW

What if debt deflation strikes, will the Eurozone’s financial elite still bay for sound finance? Finance capital’s imposition of fiscal austerity on both sides of the Atlantic – and this at a time when private consumption and investment are stagnating – is pushing the...

Film Reviews | by Andre Marais

The Trouble with TruthDirector: Marion Edmunds, 2010This engaging documentary tells the story of the Guardian newspaper which was banned by the Nationalist government in the 1950s as part of its general onslaught on the anti-apartheid media and anti-communist...