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Aug/Sept 2008 contents
Cover story
The neighbourhood singer
Manu Chao is the Bob Dylan of the alter-globalisation movement, but many English speakers have never heard his name. Oscar Reyes caught up with him at Glastonbury
Other features
Holding Obama’s feet to the fire
Gary Younge, Doug Henwood and others debate what Barack Obama’s candidacy means to the left
Attack Iran? Yes they can
Could the US really risk a strike on Iran? Phyllis Bennis weighs up the evidence
The ‘f’ word: feminism from ’68 to ’08
Hilary Wainwright, Sue O’Sullivan, Michelene Wandor, Lucy Whitman and Andrea d’Cruz on 40 years of feminism
The irresponsibility of the rich
With child and pensioner poverty again rising, Ruth Lister argues for a shift in the debate on inequality
We, the people of Zimbabwe
Mary Ndlovu looks at the fight against Mugabe
Pass the torch and follow the money
Garry Whannel examines the contradictory politics of the Olympics
Legalising barbarism
The new EU return directive allows ‘illegal’ migrants to be locked up for 18 months. Ben Hayes looks at the new ‘Fortress Europe’
Which part of No don’t they understand?
Westby Swift on why the Irish said No to the Lisbon treaty – and what the EU plans to do now
A walk in the hills
Raja Shehadeh takes a walk across the transformed landscape of the occupied West Bank
What’s this place?
Paul Chatterton reports on ‘autonomous social centres’
Essay
The end of the world as we know it
As fuel prices rocket and demand outstrips supply, Michael Klare sees a new world energy order emerging
Culture
Big art and Perspex panels
Steve Platt on public art
A colourful revolution
David Matthews visits the People’s Republic of Stokes Croft in Bristol
Drawing back the curtain
Osman Ahmed speaks to Amanda Sebestyen about making his art bear witness for the hidden people of Kurdistan
Grist to the radical Mill
Anthony Arblaster on the importance of J S Mill to radicals today
Booktopia
Paul Mason
Rearview
Return of the Soul: the Nakba project
PLUS All the regulars
Editorial
The green goldrush
Letters
Plattitudes
The world according to Steve Platt
Democracy now
David Davis, the left’s unlikely ally. By David Beetham
Natural born rebel
Peace activist Sonia Azad, aged 13
Temperature gauge
The myths behind ‘clean coal’
Activision round up
Campaigns beneath the radar
Guerrilla guides
Making the news
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Also in this section:
- Starting young by Andrea D’Cruz
- A walk in the hills by Raja Shehadeh
- The ‘f’ word: from ’68 to ’08 by Hilary Wainwright, Andrea D’Cruz, Michelene Wandor, Sue O’Sullivan, Lucy Whitman
- Drawing back the curtain by Amanda Sebestyen
- What’s this place? by Paul Chatterton
- Paul Mason’s Booktopia by Paul Mason
- A colourful revolution by David Matthews
- Grist to the radical Mill by Anthony Arblaster
- Guerrilla guides: making the news by Symon Hill
- The irresponsibility of the rich by Ruth Lister
- Both feet not in the grave
- Holding Obama’s feet to the fire by Doug Henwood, Gary Younge, Jo-ann Mort, Betsy Reed, Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Big art and Perspex panels by Steve Platt
- Manu Chao, the neighbourhood singer by Oscar Reyes
- We, the people of Zimbabwe by Mary Ndlovu
- Attack Iran? Yes they can by Phyllis Bennis
- The green goldrush by Oscar Reyes
- The left’s unlikely ally by David Beetham
- Which part of No don’t they understand? by Westby Swift
- Pass the torch and follow the money by Garry Whannel
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