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The New Orleans intifada by Jordan Flaherty (February 2009)

More than Mardi Gras is happening here, a grass-roots movement is rising in the New Orleans Arab community, Jordan Flaherty reports

Guarding the gulag by Kate Ferguson (February 2009)

Christopher Brandon Arendt was a guard at Guantanamo detention camp from January to October 2004. He now is a full time volunteer for the advocacy group Iraq Veterans Against the War, campaigning against the ‘war on terror’. He spoke to Kate Ferguson

Torture at Angola prison by Jordan Flaherty (February 2009)

President Obama promises to close Guantanamo, but Lousiana court proceedings in the Angola Five case expose brutality closer to home, reports Jordan Flaherty

The war on sex by Don Monkerud (February 2009)

If you think evangelicals are anti-sex, you’d be wrong, today’s evangelicals push a hyper-sexualised message, says Don Monkerud

The US and Israel by Mike Marqusee (February 2009)

Behind Israel stands the richest and most powerful nation on earth. Without material support from the US, the onslaught on Gaza would not be possible, writes Mike Marqusee

After the neocons by Philip Weiss (February 2009)

The slaughter in Palestine has led to a significant breach in the walls of the Israel lobby in the US. For the first time, Jews who saw what the occupation was doing to the country are speaking out and setting up organisations that break with the traditional leadership, says Philip Weiss

The first 100 days: a legislative agenda by Bill Fletcher Jr (January 2009)

Bill Fletcher Jr imagines a ‘people’s agenda’ to kick-start the change we need

What Obama means to the world by Gary Younge (January 2009)

People’s obsession with Barack Obama says more about them than him, says Gary Younge

After the meltdown by Frances Fox Piven, Naomi Klein, Doug Henwood, William Greider, Arun Gupta (December 2008)

On the eve of the US election, five critical writers and economists met to discuss the financial crisis – and what should be done. With Barack Obama heading for the White House, is this time for the left to think big? William Greider, Frances Fox Piven, Doug Henwood, Arun Gupta and Naomi Klein put their heads together

Change we can achieve by Bill Fletcher Jr (December 2008)

President-elect Obama (savour the phrase) offers historic possibilities and challenges for progressives. Bill Fletcher Jr reflects on his victory and the kind of critical support that will be needed if we are to build on it

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