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Europe
Where is Syria headed?
All countries must keep respecting the right of asylum granted to Syrians and continue to consider granting it to Syrians who demand it.
While the planet burns: exposing the failure of the COPs and seeding glimmers of hope
As we prepare to say farewell to 2024, we must pause to reflect on the state of our planet’s climate emergency and our responses to it.
Leading left publications support Boris Kagarlitsky solidarity conference
Leading left publications and publishers are lending their support to the global online conference in honour of imprisoned Russian dissident Boris Kagarlitsky on October 8.
Ukraine
The crisis that has erupted in Ukraine following the right-wing coup engineered by the United States and Germany and the intervention of Russia into Crimea has created the most dangerous international confrontation since the end of World War II. Almost overnight, in a...
Remembering Edward Said ten years after his death
On 19 March 2003, the United States declared war on Iraq. Six months later, on 25 September, Edward Wadie Said passed away at the age of 67 in New York City after a decade-long struggle with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. The loss of one of the most elegant minds of...
Chris McGregor and the Brotherhood of Breath
The morning of our father's 82nd birthday dawned with the news of Chris's death. We had known for some time that he was desperately ill and so had already booked a flight to France to go and visit him – ironically the flight was due to leave that very evening. Chris...
Carol Martin talked with France-based author Maxine McGregor over the phone, 1 Oct 2013
CM: Towards the end of the book, you mention Chris's alignment with Buddhist philosophy. What was his spirituality like? MM: Chris was very spiritual. He had no problem with ego, and read a lot, particularly of Alice Bailey's works. He was also very interested in...
The Wretched of the Earth: Conclusion
An excerpt from Fanon's classic work the Wretched of the Earth. by Frantz Fanon Come, then, comrades; it would be as well to decide at once to change our ways. We must shake off the heavy darkness in which we were plunged, and leave it behind. The new day which is...





