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ON his road to Palais de l'Élysée, Nicolas Sarkozy proclaimed, among other things, that he was out to obliterate the legacy of 1968. "The heirs of May '68," he said, "imposed the idea that there was no longer any difference between good and evil, truth and falsehood, beauty and ugliness."

Israel has drawn international criticism for its latest series of onslaughts against the 'prison' of Gaza, the crowded home to 1.4 million Palestinians. Since last Wednesday (February 27), 112 Palestinians have died under Israeli air attacks and 'incursions' by Israeli troops.

An Interview with Arundhati Roy

"First, we intend to alert the international left to the nature of American and European colonial politics in the light of the construction of, and manipulation with, the political project of New Europe.

In a narrow and formal sense, last month's Climate Change conference in Bali achieved its objectives. The Kyoto Protocol is due to expire in 2012: the Bali gathering's purpose was to adopt a roadmap for negotiating a new treaty — and that was done.

The defeated EU Constitution has been repackaged as the Reform Treaty, which does not say a single word about social Europe. Rejecting it is crucial to save democracy. By Susan George

Great is the hypocrisy of capitalist "civilization". On the one hand, big business and its media boast of their "democracy" and "freedom," while at the same time in today's world they commit the greatest crimes. By Dan Jakopovich

A year has passed since the landmark deadline of December 2006, which was 'publicly' imposed by the IMF, the Iraqi Study Group (ISG), the US administration and the International Oil companies (IOCs) on the Iraqi government to deliver the long awaited Iraqi oil law. By Munir Chalabi

With Indian emissions rising

As for collaboration with the

The Yasuní national park, foun

November 27 at Annapolis kicks

It has become possible, only a

After months of feverish speculation, Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, in his capacity as chief of the army staff, carried out what appeared, on the face of it, to be a coup against his own government. By Mahir Ali

Review of: Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine:

The mainstream media are continuing to use figures provided by the website Iraq Body Count (IBC) to sell the public a number for total post-invasion deaths of Iraqis that is perhaps 5-10% of the true death toll. By David Edwards and David Cromwell

In his recent global warming op-ed in the New York Times ("The Big Melt," August 16, 2007) , Nicholas Kristof reported on a conversation with Al Gore in which the former Vice-President said: "I can't understand why there aren't rings of young people blocking bulldozers, and preventing them from cons

Khatchig Mouradian interviews Amberin Zaman

Women for Palestine. By Sonja Karkar

On March 6, the court-martial will begin in Germany for Army Specialist Augustín Aguayo, who faces up to seven years in prison for refusing to deploy to Iraq for a second tour of duty. His petition for habeas corpus was denied by a three-judge panel of the D.C.

Despite Israel's identity and international reputation as a Western liberal democracy, Israeli academics such as Sammy Smooha have identified Israel as an 'ethnic democracy.' By Am Johal

The lack of security in Iraq is leading now to a collapse in food supplies. By Dahr Jamail and Ali al-Fadhily

Palestinians Want Sanctions Lifted But Put Premium on Unity. By Nadia Hijab

The Israeli arrogance of being the regional military super power, unequivocally backed by the U.S.

It is not often that the empire is put in the position of one its victims, in fear of the military and technical prowess of another country, forced to talk of peace and cooperation, just as Iraq and others, hoping to put off an American attack, were forced to do over the years; just as Iran now.

The relationship between Iran and the United States is one of peculiar temperament: intense but accommodating at times, barefaced and seemingly self-destructive at others. By Ramzy Baroud

Hrant Dink, the prominent Armenian intellectual of Turkey, co-founder and the editor-in-chief of the Armenian weekly Agos was shot dead on 19th January at around 3 pm on one of the busiest streets of Istanbul, just in front of the apartment block home to Agos's small office.

Afghanistan remains the forgotten war and yet, in an eerie lockstep with Iraq, it seems to be following a distinctly Bush administration-style path toward "the gates of hell." By Tom Engelhardt

The War and the New York Times.

There is a widespread misconception in the minds of many people that the US/UK Occupation created the sectarian political map in Iraq and that the sectarian massacres only started after the occupation of Iraq.