Gordon Campbell on the RCEP trade deal and other entanglements
So China and the US both have competing trade deals on offer – the TPP for the US and the RCEP for the Chinese – each of which pointedly exclude the other superpower.
World
From Taboo To Empowerment
Menstruation is a pivotal issue in gender equality and human rights
Apocalypticism
The changes in the global climate are as extreme as the US presidential season
No Climate For Change
The Paris conference will deliver only paper promises on global warming
America, The Gated
Immigration has become a polarising issue in the 2016 US election campaign
In A New York Groove
NYC rekindles its love affair with its outlaw past
Syria Eats Itself
Countering the logic of the war economy in Syria
Coney Island, Baby
Under the pier, down by the sea…
Pitch Perfect
How Pope Francis is selling the world on the Catholic Church
At The Crossroads
The Democratic Party (once again) tries to engage with the realities of ordinary Americans
Migrant smugglers: monsters or saviours?
We can’t help the plight of refugees by concentrating solely only on the people-smugglers
Food democracy, South and North
The evolution of the politics of food
Churchill’s Betrayal of Greece
When Churchill sided with Hitler, against the partisans
Art on the New York Subways
Catching trains to a different sort of glory
Shaming The United Nations
The UN continues to dodge responsibility for bringing a killer disease to Haiti
Chokehold
Life and death in the US urban free-fire zone against young black males
Fighting Against Fanaticism
The struggle of Kurdish women against Islamic State
Mid-Pacific Man
A Kiwi journalist reflects on his migratory path to the US of A
Scotland The Maybe Not-So-Brave
Is the vote for independence destined to be yet another noble-but-doomed episode in Scottish history?
Scotland’s Vote : The View from Wales
Freedom for Scotland would be ‘a beacon for social justice’ throughout the UK
Antenna Wars
In the Aereo case, the US Supreme Court uses copyright to protect the ancient business models of TV content providers
Out Of The Past
In films like A Separation and The Past, Asghar Farhadi has become Iran’s most celebrated cultural export. There’s a price.
Scotland On The Brink
Are the wheels falling off the Better Together campaign against Scottish independence?
Travelling Light : In the Borderlands of Putin’s Empire
Where In The World Is Chisinau, Moldova?
Israel, Palestine and Syria
Visiting Israeli analyst Ehud Ya’ari on the emerging “Southern Front” in the Syrian civil war
The Crime Bosses of Crimea
The links between crime and politics in Russia’s annexed enclave in the Ukraine
Bound for the Centre Ground
Has the Republican Party finally started to turn against its Tea Party faction?
Dark Days at Anadarko
The Tronox pollution case comes home to roost for the Texas oil giant
Chile Promises Free University Education To All
Can the leaders of the 2011 student revolt ensure the new Government keeps its promises?
Putin’s Puppet Turns Nasty
The regime in the Ukraine metes out “justice” – and beatings – to those who dare to oppose its liaison with Russia