Opinion and Analysis

Asbestos, now banned in the EU, kills up to 4,000 people a year in the UK alone. In this exclusive New Statesman report, Ed Howker reveals how the industry hid the truth for decades and why the death toll will certainly continue to rise.

Both Russia and the West are in the wrong in the Russian-Georgian-Osettian situation, says Jonathan Power.

By refusing to move on from its outdated approach to agriculture, India is condemning farmers to misery and impoverishing its own citizens, says Salil Tripathi.

By remaining firmly within a conventional military mindset, the anti-government LTTE movement in Sri Lanka may have missed – for good – an opportunity to make substantive political gains.

Will GM technology feed the world - or destroy farming, and human health, in the name of corporate profit? How can we tell, asks Colin Tudge, when the science is up for sale?

Géraldina Colotti looks at the spectre of institutional racism.

Ahead of a key House of Lords hearing, Sean Carey reflects on the disgraceful way Britain annexed a group of islands and dislodged a people to give the US an airbase.

It is high time for India and China to move beyond conflicts and start cooperating politically, economically, and technologically for mutual benefits, says Dr. Aqueil Ahmad.

The 'American Century' began only 60 years ago but seems already to be over, with the Iraq disaster forcing some of the U.S. ruling elites to realise that its hegemony has been severely weakened. Nobody seems to know what to do next, or even how to behave, says Philip S Golub.

The balance of voting in the United States Supreme Court is not quite as predictable as conservatives hope and liberals fear, says Godfrey Hodgson.
From openDemocracy

NEW YORK, Jul 5 (OneWorld) - As global concerts raise the profile of climate protection among viewers on all seven continents this weekend, some 10,000 "satellite" events are expected to bring millions of individuals into the action to help stop climate change.