Johann Hari: Jade Goody showed the brutal reality of Britain. In her short life, Jade showed how as Britain has spiralled into one of the most unequal and immobile societies on earth, we have begun to openly jeer and sneer at the people trapped at the bottom.
Incredible clip from the sixth and last episode of the BBC’s Nature’s Great Events.
Under his and Blair’s leadership the economy tanks. What does he do? Blatantly tries to divert attention by screaming “War on Terror.” Little more than a propaganda tool to take away the freedoms of the people of Britain.
Prince Charles detox ‘quackery’, BBC “Nothing would, of course, be easier than to demonstrate that detox products work. All one needed to do is to take a few blood samples from volunteers and test whether this or that toxin is eliminated from the body faster than normal,” [Professor Ernst] said. “But where are the studies…
2500 scientists attending a recent conference in Copenhagen have warned we face irreversible climate change. Lewis Smith, writing for The Australarian: The demands and alerts contained in the statement were described as a defining moment in scientists’ relations with political leaders, representing a shift away from their traditional role of merely offering advice to telling…
It’s been a long time coming but two people, Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, have finally put the numbers together and conclusively shown that modern social problems are substantially worse in those societies with wider gaps between rich and poor. Any cursory look at the world tells you this but these are the first people to show it scientifically.…
George Bush oversees torture and commits the “supreme war crime” of aggression, causing suffering and death for millions. Gets to go back to his ranch. One of the victims of these crimes throws a shoe at the perpetrator. Gets 3 years in jail. The Guardian did get one thing wrong in their report. Muntazar al-Zaidi is…
It’s part of the NZ National Party’s DNA to make democratically funded services appear inadequate, so that people lose faith in such services and turn to the private sector. Once sold to the private sector for a pittance such services can then be used to make profits for their supporters and donors in the private sector.…
Republican Congressman from Texas, Ron Paul, describe’s America’s problem in a nutshell: Imagine for a moment that somewhere in the middle of Texas there was a large foreign military base, say Chinese or Russian. Imagine that thousands of armed foreign troops were constantly patrolling American streets in military vehicles. Imagine they were here under the…
I see the National Party are kicking their little ideologically driven project of plundering NZ into a higher gear. This time it’s the privatisation of ACC and prisons. Thanks again to those who voted National (out of a “mood for change”).