Financial meltdown spells the end of the free market model. It is a gift for any leader prepared to advance a new agenda.

By backing tax policies that outdo Tory plans for public sector cuts, Nick Clegg is nailing his party to a Thatcherite mast.

Far from being a noble cause, the occupation of Afghanistan is poisoning the region and will never bring peace or security…

US efforts to force Iraqis to swallow permanent vassal status and give up control of their oil echoes British imperial history, says Seumas Milne

Tanker drivers have seen their pay and conditions slashed in recent years, while Shell’s profits soar. Why wouldn’t they strike, asks Seumas Milne?

The difference between two cases of government whistleblowers suggests that the law on official secrets is applied according to sheer expediency, writes Seumas Milne.

The surge has only bought time for the US in Iraq, writes Seumas Milne There will be no reconciliation without complete withdrawal.

The constant regurgitation by the media of Muslim-baiting ‘research’ by right-wing think tanks misleads the public and is driven by a neocon political agenda, writes Seumas Milne.

It beggars belief that US health privateers straight out of Michael Moore’s Sicko are being lined up to run core NHS services, writes Seumas Milne.

The drumbeat of war in Washington is growing – and so must public pressure against British involvement in an attack on Iran, writes Seumas Milne.

The renewed anti-Muslim media campaign is partly driven by a political agenda which seeks to justify war, writes Seumas Milne.

The western occupation of Afghanistan has brought neither peace nor development, writes Seumas Milne – and it fuels the terror threat.

By colluding with the Israeli attack on Jericho, Straw has underlined the Americanisation of British policy in the region.

Unlike Blair and Cameron, most people want an end to privatisation, higher tax for the rich and a British withdrawal from Iraq.

Censorship, internment and bans on non-violent political parties will increase the likelihood of further attacks in Britain.

Tony Blair put his own people at risk in the service of a foreign power.

Who should you vote for if you’re against privatisation and the Iraq war?

Brown has gone further than Blair in the attempt to rehabilitate empire.

Outright opposition to religion was important in its time. But to fetishise traditional secularism in our time is to fail to understand its changing social meaning.

Rigged polls held under foreign occupation have a notorious pedigree.