July 2006 Archive 

The camp at the end of the world As the impending climate crisis looms, Heidi Bachram takes a look at what direct action has to offer.

Are you now or were you ever an environmentalist? In the wake of the US ‘war on terror’, nonviolent campaigners are increasingly being caught up in a ‘Green Scare’ that defines them as ‘terrorists’

Moqtada Al Sadr’s not-so-barmy-army The Sadr movement in Iraq is typically portrayed as a hard-line sect. But Sheikh Hassan al-Zarghani tells Katherine Haywood that its main goals are a united Iraq free from occupation.

Bridges to peace Fabio Alberti from the Italian `Bridges to Baghdad’ argues that the peace movement will have to keep Prodi to his commitment to withdraw from Iraq and calls for the government to initiate an international peace conference.

Doing the US’s bidding Ex-CIA man Philip Agee sees many parallels between what the US is doing in Venezuela today and its successful efforts to undermine the Sandinista government in Nicaragua in the 1980s

Fizzy pop and music Gruff Rhys, lead singer and guitarist for the Super Furry Animals, writes a diary from Colombia

Something borrowed, something green Weddings can literally cost the earth as well as your pocket. Tamanna Kalhar advises on saying ‘I do’ with ethically sound conviction