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editorial
The Madness of EU Finance
19/11/08 | By Steve McGiffen more »

European Parliament joins stampede away from democracy
22/07/08 | by Steve McGiffen
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The Treaty that won't lie down
19/06/08 | by Steve McGiffen
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The End of Democracy
30/04/08 | by Steve McGiffen
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Water Thieves
02/04/08 | by Steve McGiffen
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GMOs the New Asbestos?
11/03/08 | by Steve McGiffen

Snouts in the trough... but not yet
05/02/08 | by Steve McGiffen more »

Is the EU becoming a 'police superstate'?
28/11/07 | by Steve McGiffen more »

Stop this cruel trade
03/10/07 | by Steve McGiffen more »

Democracy in Danger
03/09/07 | by Steve McGiffen more »

"The last fight let us face" 26/06/07 | by Steve McGiffen Maastricht's outlawing of socialism is about to be confirmed more »

Victory in Brussels: Public Transport Can Stay in Public Hands
30/05/07 | by Steve McGiffen more »

Why the EU's policies on climate change will fail 24/04/07 | by Steve McGiffen more »

The Latest Power Grab 28/02/07 | by Steve McGiffen how concern for the environment is being used to undermine democracy more »


Workers' rights out of date?
13/02/07 | by Steve McGiffen more »

Socialism for the 21st Century 03/01/07 | by Steve McGiffen The success of the Dutch Socialist Party
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Japan questions its constitutional commitment to peace
19/12/06 | by Steve McGiffen An examination of disturbing developments among Japan's political rulers more »

Bolkestein's Monster
07/11/06 | by Steve McGiffen The Bolkestein directive, threatening to throw essential services in every European Union member state to the wolves of the market, has been sent back to the European Parliament for re-examination more »

A GM-Free Europe
26/10/06 | by Steve McGiffen Putting forward the case for keeping Europe GM food-free more »

Rescuing Public Transport from the Market
27/06/06 | By Steve McGiffen
The argument for local and regional control of public transport more »

Counting the Cost of European Enlargement
12/06/06 | By Steve McGiffen Poland and its neighbours are beginning to suffer critical labour shortages as a result of the outflow of mostly young, educated and often skilled workers to unskilled but better-paid jobs in Britain and western Europe more »

French Workers and Students
Show the Way

25/04/06 | By Steve McGiffen
Victory is sweet indeed, and it is also possible. Here in France it has just been achieved. more »

Or Does it Explode?
21/11/05 | by Steve McGiffen
Most of the media is blind to the real reasons for social tension in France - and there is more to come, says Steve McGiffen more »


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books
Biotechnology: Corporate Power Versus the Public Interest
Steve McGiffen offers a lucid analysis of the real implications of biotechnology legislation in the US and the EU, and contrasts it with approaches to agricultural and medical biotech in the rest of the world.
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current issues
France: New anti-capitalist party 'a very exciting initiative'
06/01/09 | Interview with Jim Jepps more »

Plan for Legal 78 hr working week scuppered - for now
06/01/09 | By Kartika Liotard and Steve McGiffen
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The Gaza Ghetto and Western Cant 06/01/09 | By Tariq Ali more »

A brief history of the Western Saharan people's struggle for freedom
23/12/08 | By Margarita Windisch more »

Ireland: No to a second referendum 23/12/08 | By Anthony Coughlan more »

Tony Blair and war crimes trial
18/12/08 | By Chris Coverdale, Annie Machon, and Wayne Hall more »

Space and Europe's military policy
18/12/08 | By Frank Slijper more »


The Lisbon Treaty No Vote
09/12/08 | By Roger Cole more »

Poisoned Spring: EU promotes privatisation of water in developing countries
09/12/08 | By Steve McGiffen more »

France: Towards the foundation of a new anti-capitalist party
03/12/08 | By Pierre Rousset more »

International cooperation vital to defeat Lisbon
03/12/08 | By Hans heijningen more »

Somalia: Intervention or Complicity?
26/11/08 | By Jake Lynch more »

The livestock industry and climate - EU makes bad worse
19/11/08 | By Jens Holm and Toivo Jokkala more »

Congo: Western intervention behind bloodbath
19/11/08 | By Tony Iltis more »

Some thoughts on Obama
11/11/08 | by David Rovics more »

Book Review: Against Capitalism: The European Left on the March by William A. Pelz
11/11/08 | reviewed by Sobhanlal Datta Gupta more »

US foreign policy won't be transformed
11/11/08 | by Harry van Bommel more »

Nicolas Sarkozy and Sovereign Wealth Funds 03/11/08 | by Kavaljit Singh more »

Another Luxemburgism is Possible
03/11/08 | by William Pelz
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Criminalising free speech
28/10/08 | by Ben Hayes more »

Brussels keeps information under its hat 28/10/08 | by Kartika Liotard
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Europe's Railways
21/10/08 | by Erik Meijer MEP more »

Predictable Poverty: The Inevitable Legacy of a Neo-Liberal Europe
21/10/08 | by Susan George more »

Bad weather, bad politics and catastrophic economics
14/10/08 | by Kartika Liotard more »

Capitalism, poverty and Russification in the Ukraine 14/10/08 | by Stephen Velychenko
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Austria, Bavaria, Brandenburg go to the polls
07/10/08 | by Victor Grossman more »

NATO Quo Vadis?
07/10/08 | by Harry van Bommel and Karel Koster more »

US - EU relations. Noam Chomsky interviewed
30/09/08 | interviewed by Matic Primc more »

What Taoiseach Brian Cowen should now do on Lisbon
30/09/08 | by anthony Coughlan more »

Wave goodbye to democracy 23/09/08 | by Brian Denny more »

The 'Market' undermines the public interest 23/09/08 | by Agnes Kant more »



Crisis in Germany's Social Democratic Party 16/09/08 | by Victor Grossman
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Mediterranean Mirage: Europe's Sunken Politics
16/09/08 | by Fred Halliday more »

European Union rules meddle in the wrong places 09/09/08 | by Erik Meijer, MEP
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US military interests reign supreme in Italy
09/09/08 | by Stephanie Westbrook
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Tel Aviv to Tbilisi: Israel's role in the Russia-Georgia war
02/09/08 | by Ali Abunimah
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The European Defence Agency: Arms for War and Profit
02/09/08 | by Carol Fox
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Bolivian referendum: Impressions of a European Socialist
27/08/08 | by Ewout Irrgang and Riekje Camara
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Fallout from the Georgian war
27/08/08 | by Boris Kagarlitsky more »

The Great 2008 Olympics: The Russians stand up to the Empire
27/08/08 | by Matt Reichel more »

The European Union as a potential rival to
US dominance
16/08/08 | by Raymond Lotta
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Cold War Revived
16/08/08 | by Harry van Bommel
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The Turkish Crisis
13/08/08 | by Ertugrul Kürkçü
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A free world market for agricultural products is a utopian dream 13/08/08 | by Krista van Velzen and Eric Smaling
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African Despotism and European Double Standards
05/08/08 | by Oliver Schmidt more »

Latin America and Europe: The Future of EU-ACN Trade Negotiations
05/08/08 | by Guillermo Cornejo more »

EU's lifted sanctions could be turning point for Cuba
22/07/08 | by Amy Coonradt more »

Opposing this 'Europe' is not nationalistic
14/07/08 | byJan Marijnissen


Signing on in Brussels
08/07/08 | by Erik Meijer MEP more »



Israel has won the European Cup: a special relationship
08/07/08 | by By Arjan El Fassed
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How Europe underdevelops Africa
02/07/08 | by Patrick Bond and Richard Kamidza more »

Proliferation and the US -India Treaty
02/07/08 | by Karel Koster more »

Lisbon is Dead
23/06/08 | by Brian Denny more »

The problem with Europe
23/06/08 | by George Friedman more »

The Key to Peace
18/06/08 | by Jeremy Corbyn more »

Lisbon Treaty
03/06/08 | by Laurent Dauré & Dominique Guillemin more »

The Left in Italy
27/05/08 | by Paolo Gerbaudo more »



the practical internationalism of the Dutch Socialist Party
27/05/08 |
by Ronald van Raak more »




Breaking the Chains
22/05/08 | by Nick Dearden more »

Europe and the Lisbon Treaty
22/05/08 | by Susan George more »

The Last War of
the 20th Century - Part Thirteen
14 /05/08 | by Jan Marijnissen and Karel Glastra van Loon more »

A Global Threat Multiplier
14 /05/08 | by Paul Rogers more »

The Last War of
the 20th Century - Part Twelve
07 /05/08 | by Jan Marijnissen and Karel Glastra van Loon more »

Globalisation and War
07 /05/08 | by Susan George more »

The Last War of
the 20th Century - Part Eleven
30 /04/08 | by Jan Marijnissen and Karel Glastra van Loon more »

Gene seeks farmer
22 /04/08 | by Kartika Liotard MEP more »

The Last War of
the 20th Century - Part Ten
22 /04/08 | by Jan Marijnissen and Karel Glastra van Loon more »


The Last War of
the 20th Century - Part nine
15 /04/08 | by Jan Marijnissen and Karel Glastra van Loon more »

EU-India Free Trade Talks: In Whose Interest?
15 /04/08 | by Christa Wichterich more »

The EU Empire
08 /04/08 | by Brian Denny more »

The Last War of the 20th Century - Part Eight
08 /04/08 | by Jan Marijnissen and Karel Glastra van Loon more »


The Last War of the 20th Century - Part Seven
02 /04/08 | by Jan Marijnissen and Karel Glastra van Loon more »

The Last War of the 20th Century - Part Six
25/03/08 | by Jan Marijnissen and Karel Glastra van Loon more »

Global security: too vital an issue to be left to NATO and the Right
25/03/08 | byTiny Kox more »

The Last War of the 20th Century - Part Five 18/03/08 | by Jan Marijnissen and Karel Glastra van Loon more »

Flexicurity, false promises, and the EU's renamed Constitution
18/03/08 | by Brian Denny more »

The Last War of the 20th Century - Part Four
11/03/08 | by Jan Marijnissen and Karel Glastra van Loon

Serbia faces low-intensity war again
01/03/08 by Marija Perkovic and Staa¡a Zajovic

The Last War of the 20th Century - Part Three
05/03/08 | by Jan Marijnissen and Karel Glastra van Loon more »

The Last War of the 20th Century - Part Two
27/02/08 | by Jan Marijnissen and Karel Glastra van Loon "Ethnic cleansing! Genocide! Hundreds of thousands dead!" includes an interview with Noam Chomsky. more »

The Last Division
27/02/08 | by John Wight more »


No to Corporate Europe - yes to Global Justice!
21/02/08 | by the Seattle to Brussels Network more »

The Last War of the 20th Century. part 1:1
21/02/08 | by Jan Marijnissen and Karel Glastra van Loon. A serialisation of a book by Jan Marijnissen and Karel Glastra van Loon, never before published in English, revealing the culpability of Germany and other European countries, as well as of the US and NATO, in the violent breakup of Yugoslavia. more »

Risks from GM Maize too great
14/02/08 | by Kartika Liotard more »

When the European Union fears the European Peoples
14/02/08 | by Francis Wurtz more »

Notes from the Borderland
14/02/08 | Reviewed by Brian Precious
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Norwegian
Medicine for Vedanta
05/02/08 | by Kavaljit Singh more »

A proliferation of detainment camps for foreigners is what we can expect in Europe
31/01/08 | by Claire Rodier more »

European Collusion in Israel's slow genocide
31/01/08 | by Omar Barghouti more »

Privatising Rail in Europe
23/01/08 | by Alex Gordon more »

A Voice for a Different Europe
23/01/08 | Interview with Susan George more »