_Kenan Malik_ argues that the adoption of multiculturalism and the celebration of difference by liberals and the left has led to them defending positions regarding identity and immigration that perpetuates racial difference at the expense of community and collectivity.

Walden Bello outlines the development of the G7 and G8 in his speech at the opening plenary of the People’s Summit in Hokkaido, Japan.

Nick Beams reports on the lack of co-ordinated policies from the world’s major national governments at the G8 summit

In an outrageous story of greed, lust and structural adjustment, SchNews charts the steady decline of the G8 cartel

As part of her degree course, Kurdish migrant Filiz Celik researched the conditions that workers from overseas face in the United Kingdom. Adam Ford provides a summary

Tom Nairn looks at the effect of globalisation on nationalism and tries to predict what this might mean for the future of the UK

Currently under threat of imminent deportation, Hicham Yezza reflects on migration and cheap labour, the brain drain and the inequalities of the global village.

Instead of relying on the border police, the EU should assess the effects of its own policies on the poor, migrant-sending countries. Unless the policies that perpetuate the conditions for poverty and injustice are changed, the reasons for migration will remain. Susan George reports.

Becca Fisher looks behind the Scenes of the Arab-British Chamber of Commerce (A.B.C.C)

Corporate tax dodging places a greater burden on those least able to pay. It's time we made the multinationals play by new rules, says Prem Sikka

Stuart Hall talks to Bill Schwarz about the questions and issues posed by difference in contemporary society. This discussion locates these issues in the context of neoliberalism, discourses on multiculturalism and the concerns of cultural studies. Exclusively available online at ukwatch.net.

A few words about the Polish election that took place at the start of last week.