Conor Foley’s new book does an excellent job, writes Richard Seymour, of showing how the rhetoric of humanitarianism has been exploited to justify military interventions that have been far from humanitarian in their effects.

The analysis that appears to be taking hold among the ‘soft left’ is that New Labour is losing ground among its core constituencies because the working class is unable to recognise its true allies. Nothing could be further from the truth, argues Richard Seymour.

Those who keep themselves mercifully removed from the murky world of blogging narcissism will not be aware that for a brief period today, Harry’s Place had their free speech violated…

Richard Seymour examines the conflict between Georgia and Russia over South Ossetia, and considers the imperial ambitions not only of Vladimir Putin, but of the West and Israel as they seek to halt the recovery of Russian influence in the region.

As David Miliband hints at a possible leadership challenge to Gordon Brown, Richard Seymour deems him an unlikely candidate to reverse the current wave of popular revulsion against the government.

The continued, self-serving revisionism surrounding the Serbian ‘death camps’ in Bosnia provides a striking example, writes Richard Seymour, of how conventional history is shaped by the needs of power.

Brown’s shocking defeat in the traditional Labour stronghold of Glasgow East has effectively killed him off. Our energies must now turn, argues Richard Seymour, to building a serious grassroots Left alternative to the sinking Labour ship.

Richard Seymour on the current crackdown on the unemployed, and how some commentators are attempting to portray it as progressive.

While inner-city violence is a serious issue, the recent hysteria over knife-crime is less about finding real solutions to the problem and, argues Richard Seymour, more about justifying an increase in the repressive capacity of the state.

Increasing union militancy, combined with the government’s continued refusal to ditch right-wing economic dogma, signals dark times ahead for New Labour, argues Richard Seymour.

Sun hack Trevor Kavanagh’s response to a recent Dispatches film linking rising Islamophobia to hysterical and inaccurate media coverage of Muslims demonstrates, according to Richard Seymour, only one thing: that Kavanagh is clueless about Islam.

The occupation of Afghanistan is failing miserably, both militarily and in terms of its disastrous humanitarian impact on the country’s population. Despite this, writes Richard Seymour, there appears to be no sign of a withdrawal in the forseeable future.

With all signs pointing to a crashing defeat for New Labour in the next election, Richard Seymour suggests a simple lesson for the left: stay the hell away from the Labour Party.

With global capitalism facing possible collapse and the American empire in decline, a political vacuum is developing in the space formerly occupied by New Labour. It must be filled by a revitalised, unified Left, argues Richard Seymour.

Labour’s defeat in the recent elections was a result of disillusionment with New Labour, the influence of the “war on terror” and the failure of the Left to capitalise on anti-war and anti-neoliberal sentiment, says Richard Seymour

Life for children in Britain is incredibly difficult, writes Richard Seymour, caught as they are between increasing poverty and violent abuse on the one hand and relentless demonisation and authoritarian “clamp downs” on the other.

The “nationalisation” of Northern Rock is a mere stop-gap measure, falling far short of real socialisation – but it does have the potential to start giving people funny ideas, writes Richard Seymour.

The scare stories about sharia can’t hide the fact that “British justice” has always been about preserving the rule of the rich, writes Richard Seymour.

The response of the liberal press to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s remarks on Shari’a law consisted of little more than base Islamophobic prejudice dressed up in liberal and feminist language, writes Richard Seymour.

The two leading parties’ claims about reducing the number of people receiving incapacity benefits are detrimental not only to those claiming the benefits, but also to the working population as a whole, writes Richard Seymour.