This article appeared this week in Solidarity. Over the course of two days earlier this month, a drama played on the Georgian railways that showed the labour movement at its best. This has not always…

This article appears in Solidarity – please post any comments there.   This summer marks the hundredth anniversary of the drafting of a letter which revealed one of history’s greatest secrets. Or maybe not. The…

I recently attended the London launch of Fairphone — “a seriously cool smartphone that puts social values first”. Fairphone is a Dutch initiative to create an alternative to the decidely “unfair” phones that are being…

This article appears in Solidarity. It is a reply to a letter by Martin Thomas (“How to marginalise Stalin“), who was replying to my original article three weeks ago. Martin Thomas is opposed to kicking the…

This article appears in Solidarity.  Feel free to add your comments below. It was a beautiful May morning, one of the first warm and sunny days we’ve had all year. In Clerkenwell Green, hundreds of…

The collapse of the Rana Plaza in Bangladesh has horrified people all over the world. Everyone wants to see something done about us, to ensure that it never happens again. But not everyone agrees on…

This article appeared in Solidarity.  Please feel free to add your comments there. Socialist Worker last week reported on the escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula – but in topsy-turvy world of the fast-decaying…

This article appears in the current issue of Solidarity.  Please post any comments there. Four years ago, the stars of the successful BBC comedy series “Gavin and Stacey” made the mistake of starring in an…

This article appeared today in Solidarity. When George W. Bush proclaimed his “War on Terror” more than a decade ago, there was some concern in the USA and its allies that the war might not…