April/May 2009 Archive 

Coming out in Kenya Pauline Kimani is one of Kenya’s few openly lesbian women. Interview by Arusha Topazzini

Occupations against the Occupation Siobahn McGuirk reports from the student occupation at the University of Manchester, the longest in the wave of student militancy over Gaza

Divide and torture The military onslaught on Gaza may have halted but the economic and political onslaught continues. Ewa Jasiewicz reports on a people under siege

It was 40 years ago today, John and Yoko taught the world to (...) John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s ‘Bed-In’ at the Amsterdam Hilton in 1969 was only a part of their broad-ranging commitment to peace campaigning. Colin Robinson looks back at one of the most famous – and media-savvy – protests of all time

A tale of three Michaels He was a pimp, pusher and political activist, with a penchant for the outlandish and an ability to attract support from the rich and famous. Until his murder conviction and hanging in Trinidad in 1975, Michael X was one of the best-known figures of 1960s radicalism. Michael Horovitz reviews a new account of the life of this self-styled black Muslim revolutionary

Aki Nawaz The eight books Aki Nawaz would take to the ends of the earth with him

A new zeitgeist on rights The Convention on Modern Liberty inspired a huge surge of energy around civil liberties, says Stuart Weir. Human rights campaigners could be on the verge of a historic breakthrough

Wanted: alternative banking system Nationalising the banks is a a good first step – but then what? What would a genuine people’s bank be like? Sargon Nissan of the New Economics Foundation looks at local, international and historical experience to find answers

Into the abyss Labour says it is planning to ‘simplify’ immigration legislation. Frances Webber argues that its real agenda is to subvert human rights and give more power to the state

Holding back the BNP The British National Party (BNP) sees the European Parliament elections as a key opportunity to advance its influence. Andy Bowman reports on the campaign to keep them out of their target seats in the north-west of England

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