THE big freeze gripping Europe has claimed the lives of 175 people – with forecasters warning: “It’s only going to get colder.” Temperatures have tumbled below -10C in most capital cities, with 38 people dying from frostbite in Ukraine and… Read More ›
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Occupy Wall Street Protests Go Global: Protests & Clashes in Rome
Riot police have fought militant protesters in Rome as the biggest of a series of global rallies against banks and politicians tipped into violence. At least 70 people were injured, three of them seriously, as police fought masked rioters with… Read More ›
Libya: Popular Uprising, Civilian War or Military Attack?
Interview: Grégoire Lalieu & Michel Collon After Tunisia and Egypt, has the Arab revolution reached Libya ? What is happening at the moment in Libya is different. In Tunisia and Egypt, the lack of freedom was flagrant. However, it was… Read More ›
Fascism: Origins and Ideology
Post War Chaos The social and political upheaval that accompanied the end of World War I fused the various attitudes (elitism, racism, irrationalism, anti-modernism) that characterized the radical right of the early years of the century into a cohesive political… Read More ›