Oscar Reyes examines the best course of action for London voters on 1 May

EU and US targets and subsidies are fuelling a growing demand for ‘agrofuels’. Far from being a sustainable energy source, the increased cultivation of crops for fuel threatens the world’s poor with starvation, damages biodiversity and even contributes to global warming, argues Oscar Reyes.

With Tony Blair leaving office, Oscar Reyes spoke to Michael Meacher and John McDonnell, the two left-wing MPs from Blair’s Labour Party who have declared their intention to challenge finance minister Gordon Brown for the party leadership and job of Prime Minister.

The European Union (EU) marks its 50th birthday this month with no solution in sight to revive the stalled constitutional treaty. But with a raft of new proposals to further liberalise markets, it is too soon for the left to celebrate, argues Oscar Reyes.

Migration Watch, the right-wing think-tank that sets the agenda for tabloid attacks on immigration, provides the connecting thread between ‘damned lies’ and statistics.

The latest terrorist scare is being used to demonise all Muslims and suppress dissent over British foreign policy. We should be as worried about this as we are scared by the threat of further terror plots.

New Labour may talk of giving communities control over the police services but in reality there is a serious shortfall of democratic accountability in this arena, as elsewhere.

An interview with Tariq Ramadan, one of Europe’s leading progressive Muslim scholars.

The Sun’s coverage of the London bombings amounts to an unholy alliance exists between themselves and the terrorists.

The London bombings are and will be used for political gain.

The power of celebrity politics is undeniable. The challenge for the left is to develop its own cultural strength in the interests of radical social change.

The experience of Athens should warn us against welcoming London’s Olympic bid.

The alternative economic strategy at the heart of the Green Party manifesto.