Johann Hari



Profile:
Full name: Johann Hari

Area of interest: Society, Politics, World Affairs

Journals: The Independent

Email: [mailto:johann@johannhari.com johann@johannhari.com]

Website: JohannHari.com

Blog: huffingtonpost.com / Johann-Hari

Representation:

Networks: Facebook | Twitter: JohannHari101



Biography:
Education: King's College, Cambridge: Social and Political Science (Double First)

Career: New Statesman: staff reporter; Evening Standard: columnist
 * see JohannHari.com Who Is This Guy?

Current position/role: The Independent: Commentator; Attitude magazine: Senior Contributing Editor


 * also writes/has written for: the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Le Monde, Le Monde Diplomatique, The New Republic, El Mundo, The Guardian, London Evening Standard, The Melbourne Age, the Sydney Morning Herald, South Africa's Star, The Irish Times, and a wide range of other international newspapers and magazines

Other roles: Playwright: wrote 'Going Down in History', which was performed at the Garage Theatre, Edinburgh in 2002

Other activities: On the editorial board of The Liberal, magazine; patron of Safer Society magazine

Disclosures:

Viewpoints/Insight:
 * Views on the Enlightenment and religion (Wikipedia)
 * Politics (wikipedia)
 * Reporting from Congo, Gaza, the West Bank, Venezuela (Sourcewatch)
 * Interview by Matt Kennard, 25th November 2005

TV/Radio:
 * YouTube: Richard Littlejohn and Johann Hari have a slight difference of opinion (VIDEO)
 * see How the British government turned the children of asylum seekers into second-class citizens - from The Independent, 16th October 2004 (JohannHari.com)


 * Interview with Johann Hari on Resonance FM's Little Atoms chat show (AUDIO)

Controversy/Criticism:
 * Public disagreements (Wikipedia)
 * Challenges to his credibility, and Hari's responses (Sourcewatch)
 * Support for the war in Iraq and subsequent retraction (Sourcewatch)
 * Extract from following article by Howard Jacobson(1): 'I wonder if I might take robust issue with an article my fellow columnist Johann Hari wrote last week, in which he complained about a “campaign to smear anybody who tries to describe the plight of the Palestinian people”'
 * 1) Howard Jacobson: If there really is a smear campaign to try to silence the critics of Israel, it isn't working - Call those who disagree with you ‘witch-hunters’ often enough and they will see you as one in turn - 10th May 2008
 * 2) Johann Hari's article: Israel is suppressing a secret it must face - How did a Jewish state founded 60 years ago end up throwing filth at cowering Palestinians? - The Independent, 28th April 2008
 * 3) see also Melanie Phillips comments: Whoops, what a giveaway Spectator.co, 8th May 2008

Awards/Honours: Amnesty International Newspaper Journalist of the Year, 2007 - for reporting on the war in Congo
 * see awards (Wikipedia)

Other:



Books & Debate:

 * God save the Queen? (2002) OCLC 49396064

Latest work:

Speaking/Appearances:

Current debate: The Independent Live! pre-election debate, Brighton Pavilion, 20th April. With Caroline Lucas MEP and Charlotte Vere 

The Independent:
Column remit: Society, Politics, World Affairs

Section:

Role: Commentator

Pen-name:

Email: [mailto:J.Hari@Independent.co.uk J.Hari@Independent.co.uk]

Website: Independent.co / Johann Hari

Commissioning editor:

Day published: Monday and Thursday

Regularity: Twice weekly

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Articles: 2011

 * turning-point we miss at our peril'' - We have the choice of burning all the oil left and hacking down all the remaining rainforests - or saving humanity - 26th May
 * In Flames: Cameron's pledge to lead the greenest government ever'' - When David Cameron gazed into the dewy eyes of a husky and promised to lead "the greenest government ever", what did you think that would involve? - 14th May
 * real meaning of Bin Laden's death'' - As soon as the news broke, I went to Times Square and witnessed a scene that hinted at the complexities - 6th May
 * Trump's lunacy reveals core truth about the Republicans'' - He is the Republican id - finally entirely unleashed from all restraint and reality - 29th April
 * to David Cameron, more men like this will die'' - Mark Wright died at work, in an accident that could have been prevented. Yet the Prime Minister's cuts to the Health and Safety Executive will cost more lives - 27th April
 * you get the X Factor you'll get AV'' - You can vote No with David Cameron, the BNP and a campaign that thinks you are too thick to count to three - 22nd April
 * royal frenzy should embarrass us all'' - Republicans are not the Grinch, trying to ruin the 'big day' for William and Kate. We are proposing a positive vision - 15th April
 * not being told the truth on Libya'' - The most plausible explanation is that this is a way of trying to arrange the fallout in our favour - 8th April
 * three key changes save Ed Miliband?'' - He's not visible enough, his message is unclear and he's not connecting with voters. But three key changes could turn Miliband into a winner - 1st April
 * the Irish say, George, don't start from here'' - Yesterday the process of redistribution away from you was supercharged by the Tories - 24th March
 * I've got in common with Jamie's kids'' - Watching Jamie's Dream School brought back to me my teenage years spent playing arcade games instead of studying - 22nd March
 * myth of the panicking disaster victim'' - The vast majority of people behave in the aftermath as altruists, saving their fellow human beings and sharing what they have - 18th March
 * allow Cameron to rebrand cuts'' - The only job David Cameron ever had outside politics was as a PR man for a large corporation - 16th March
 * cheaper oil is disastrous'' - The most popular cry in politics today is a pledge to deny reality and cut petrol prices - 11th March
 * Cameron’s assault on the homeless is Dickensian'' - The Tory council believes he is "encouraged" here by the free food, I tell him. He looks down at his sandwich and asks softly: "What planet are they on?" - 4th March
 * chicken soup for the soul'' - Paul McKenna reduces friendship to the experience of channel-hopping - 2nd March
 * bishops out of our law-making'' - Is Nick Clegg even going to abandon his atheism, and give forces of organised religion yet more power over us? - 18th February
 * will the soufflé of spin collapse?'' - I can't think of many other politicians who regularly give speeches demanding X while knowingly doing the opposite - 11th February
 * all helped suppress the Egyptians'' - Very few British people would beat up a poor person to get cheaper petrol. But our governments do it all the time. Why? - 4th February
 * is it wrong to protect gay children?'' - To justify their discrimination, these few homophobes concoct a scenario in which they are The Real Victims - 28th January
 * plan to solve our care home crisis'' - Johann Hari presents a 10-point strategy to protect the elderly - 26th January
 * boom spells disaster for the world's environment'' - The damage caused by China's boom has to stop if global catastrophe is to be averted - 24th January
 * grandmother deserved better than this'' - She was a brilliant and much-loved woman. The story of the final 10 years of her life reveals a shocking truth about how Britain treats its old people - 14th January
 * sale - Cameron's green credentials'' - Why do the Tories think timber companies want to buy them? - 7th January



Articles: 2010

 * Year in Review: Austerity'' - Britain has become a land of broken promises - 24th December
 * under-appreciated heroes of 2010'' - The endless whirr of 24/7 corporate news ignores the people who actually make a difference - 24th December
 * right to protest is under threat'' - Friends have started to say something they have never said before: I'm too frightened to protest - 17th December
 * case must not obscure what WikiLeaks has told us'' - We now know that our governments are pursuing policies that place us in danger - 8th December
 * – the year an army came for our brains'' - Minneapolis has just agreed to pay $160, 000 in compensation to a group of zombies prevented from marching - 3rd December
 * won't be a bailout for the earth'' - Why are politicians jetting to Cancun next week to discuss what to do about global warming? The vogue has passed - 26th November
 * religious excuse for barbarity'' - Why are we sitting silently while our treatment of many of our animals regresses to the standard of the sixth century? - 19th November
 * – the man who betrayed us all'' - Clegg 2.0 promised to protect the poor. Clegg 3.0 throws the poor out of their homes - 12th November
 * is now officially for sale'' - It's the Tea Party spirit distilled: pose as the champion of Joe America, while actually ripping him off - 5th November
 * works. Just look at the proof'' - You can choose to do nothing. But you will be choosing to let yourself and your family and your country be ripped off - 29th October
 * real reason Obama has let us all down'' - On the night he won, I too shed a little tear; but the people weeping today are those having their homes repossessed - 26th October
 * colder, crueller country – for no gain'' - Thatcher's political children have just pushed her agenda further and harder and deeper than she ever dreamed of - 21st October
 * robot wars endanger us all'' - The drones have killed some jihadis. But the evidence suggests they create far more jihadis than they kill - 15th October
 * prepare for the fight of your life'' - The claim that he will 'abandon the middle-class' is the polar opposite of the truth - 1st October
 * Lib Dems follow the Tories over a cliff?'' - Cleggmania seems now like one of those Christmas No 1s that everybody bought and nobody can remember why - 24th September
 * the poor: a modern parable'' - Today, I want to tell you the story of how our governments have been torturing an island in the Caribbean - 17th September
 * it's you this Pope has abused'' - I want to appeal to Britain's Roman Catholics now, in the final days before Joseph Ratzinger's state visit begins - 9th September
 * choice is the younger Miliband'' - At its core the disagreement between the brothers is an argument about Blairism - 3rd September
 * much proof do the deniers need?'' - Everything the climate scientists said would happen is coming to pass. This is proving the hottest year ever - 27th August
 * breeds violence...'' - ... The only thing drug gangs fear is legalisation - 26th August
 * consultancy scam'' - In the long fake boom of the Nineties and Noughties, we were sold a thousand scams - 20th August
 * are wrong about being wrong'' - Error is an essential step in the process of finding the right answer - 13th August
 * now for some good news'' - We'll never know the names of all the people who paid with their limbs, their lungs or their lives for the goodies in my home and yours - 6th August
 * needs to learn from Ireland'' - Sometimes, the most urgent truths are rolled up and hidden away in the most apparently trivial news - 30th July
 * blood money, & Blair's last scandal'' - There is no question there was a plot. The question is whether the plot worked - 23rd July
 * around the world will feel vindicated'' - It is healthy that the powerful be confronted with the victims of their failed policies - 21st July
 * Cameron jilts the environment'' - He is opening the oceans off the Shetland Islands to deep-sea drilling - 16th July
 * that's OK then. It's fine to abuse girls...'' - ... as long as you're a great film director - 13th July
 * the media help to pull the trigger?'' - Saturation-level coverage of mass murder causes one more mass murder in the next two weeks - 8th July
 * Goldman gambled on starvation'' - What does it say about our system that we can so casually inflict so much pain? - 2nd July
 * hands across the sea are tied'' - The argument that outsiders should not be allowed to criticise countries is being used more and more - 4th June
 * so, Cameron's first victims are...'' - Step forward the unemployed, poor kids, children in care, the elderly, the disabled - 28th May
 * real Climategate'' - Global warming - and the worst environmental disasters - will only be tackled when green lobbyists in the US stop taking cash from Big Oil and Big Coal
 * their victims, and hypocrisy'' - Should Britain be giving refuge to Islamic fundamentalists? - 20th May
 * is not what the people voted for'' - In any other European country, the result of this election wouldn't even have been close - 14th May
 * - apologise for Climategate'' - At last! The controversy is over. Forget the general election for a moment; this is even more important - 7th May
 * we'll lose if we reject Labour'' - Betrayal is one story about this Labour government, and it's a true one. But if we carried only that tale to the polls today, we would be guilty of a betrayal of our own - 6th May
 * is concealing his inner Bush'' - Read Thatcher or Bush's pre-election speeches and they're pleasingly fuzzy - 30th April
 * forces blocking British democracy'' - Cameron sees the polling and the focus groups, and he knows the public loathe his real agenda. That's why his performances in this campaign are so stilted - 23rd April
 * A fool's paradise'' - Heaven isn't a wonderful place filled with light – it is a pernicious construct with a bloody history - 22nd April
 * shameful, bloody silence at the heart of the election'' - Hamid Karzai is threatening to defect to the Taliban and still we won't discuss it - 16th April
 * you're looking for class war, just read Cameron's policies'' - It is very hard for the British people to make a serious choice in this election without talking about one factor above all others – class - 9th April
 * is this different from turning away black couples?'' - The Tories' claims to have abandoned its history of homophobia maybe imploding - 5th April
 * royals, and lousy laws'' - All that happens with prohibition is the market is taken over by armed criminals - 2nd April
 * conflict and politics'' - A million elderly people don’t see another human being from day to day - 26th March
 * Pope, the Prophet, and the religious support for evil'' - This enforced 'respect' is a creeping vine: it soon extends from ideas to institutions - 19th March
 * should now declare their independence'' - Johann Hari: Benjamin Netanyahu has responded to the US request with a big concrete slap - 12th March
 * worst thing about Ashcroft is that his behaviour is legal'' - Contrary to the claims of apologists, there is nothing inevitable about tax exiles - 5th March
 * cats and evangelicals'' - That is what a Tory win would really mean - 25th February
 * the Tory spin'' - Cameron can tuck away his party on a poster, but not in parliament -19th February
 * secret prisons in Afghanistan endanger us all'' - He was elected in part to drag us out of this trap. Instead, he's dragging us further in - 12th February
 * real hope from Haiti'' - Even small price increases can break people living so close to the edge - 5th February
 * corruption is smothering US future'' - How do you regulate banks effectively, if the Senate is owned by Wall Street? - 29th January
 * of the killer robot'' - You can't appeal to robots for mercy or empathy - or punish them afterwards - 22nd January
 * Stephanie Beacham is a model for us all'' - A woman's life doesn't have to end at 60 – as the star of Celebrity Big Brother is proving - 20th January
 * tried in Ireland - and the result?'' - The Celtic Tiger had its claws ripped out, and it's shaking at the back of the cage - 15th January
 * brave step – will the Tories follow?'' - Under the current Labour Government, there has been a stunning sweep of progress for gay people – with civil partnerships, an end to Section 28, and openly gay people in the Army and the Government. The culture of Britain has been changed forever, and for the better - 13th January
 * don't need this culture of overwork'' - Britain now has the longest work hours in the developed world after the US - 8th January



Articles: 2009

 * the most inspiring people of 2009'' - Newsman Wes Nisker said if you don't like the news, make your own. These people did - 30th December
 * Copenhagen, it's up to us'' - Every coal train should be ringed with people refusing to let it pass - 21st December
 * truths Copenhagen ignored'' - Politicians have chosen low taxes and oil money today over survival tomorrow - 19th December
 * offer best hope for our planet'' - They have ensured that the corporate lobbyists punching holes in the deal are shamed - 16th December
 * of the rich world are enacting a giant fraud'' - Corporate lobbyists can pressure or bribe governments to rig the system in their favour - 11th December
 * last our artists are confronting the reality of climate change'' - In a terrific exhibition at the Royal Academy, we begin to respond creatively to the crisis - 9th December
 * the internet brought us together or driven us apart?'' - Are we losing our culture as we embrace new connectedness? - 8th December
 * warming deniers'' - Are you prepared to take a 50-50 gamble on the habitability of the planet? - 4th December
 * morally bankrupt dictatorship built by slave labour'' - Dubai is finally financially bankrupt – but it has been morally bankrupt all along. The idea that Dubai is an oasis of freedom on the Arabian peninsular is one of the great lies of our time - 27th November
 * Bennett and the question of innocence'' - In his new play, [Bennett] takes his dark analysis of pederasty further - 27th November
 * real reason Obama is not making much progress'' - Before you can appeal to America's voters you have to appeal to the corporations - 20th November
 * Mandelson's assault on science'' - Drug companies are the biggest funders of university research – and they want a return - 17th November
 * Islamism: To the brink and back again'' - They were would-be extremists who trained to fight a global jihad, but then had a change of heart - 16th November
 * 'war on drugs''' - We are handing one of our biggest industries over to armed, criminal gangs - 11th November
 * harsh truth about Tory policies'' - Cameron adopts policies which will hurt the poor because he's never known any - 6th November
 * violence'' - It can – and must – be stopped - 4th November
 * deeper truths'' - It is like sugar - a little is fun, too much is deadly - 30th October
 * 3 Afghan war fallacies'' - The case for escalating the war is based on premises that turn to dust on inspection - 21st October
 * North Carolina, a model of how to transform education'' - It's proven that schools will succeed if they are genuinely comprehensive - 16th October
 * looming threat of terror that comes from the far right'' - The threat comes not from jihadis but 'neo-Nazis' out to kill black people, Jews and gays - 14th October
 * Blood, rage & history: The world's first terrorists - We think of jihadism as a modern creation, but a major new TV film reveals how the 19th-century anarchist movement was equally nihilistic – and equally deadly - 12th October
 * not bust. So don't use it as an excuse to impose cuts'' - The move to slash public spending is based on a faulty reading of economics - 8th October
 * we care about the BBC, we must fight to defend it'' - There is a scandal in British politics that is passing almost unnoticed in the night - 2nd October
 * one woman save Africa?'' - Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai saw trees being chopped down in her backyard in Kenya and dedicated her life to saving Africa's rainforests - 28th September
 * servants and bloodlines for royalty's Alf Garnett in a tiara'' - The Queen Mother did do one thing well. She supported far-right politics - 25th September
 * or survive...'' - ... the stark choice facing our species - 23rd September
 * that compound the misery of nations in debt'' - The energy that drove Jubilee 2000 needs to be summoned again - 18th September
 * fashion industry imposes a cruel burden on women'' - The prison of the unachievable body shape has replaced the prison of the kitchen - 16th September
 * heat is turning the Arctic into an alien landscape'' - The symptoms of our planetary fever are becoming more obvious with each passing year. Now a place that has been locked in solid ice since our ancestors were swinging from the trees is turning to liquid, way ahead of previous scientific predictions - 12th September
 * damned lies... and the double-speak I would expunge'' - 'Climate change', 'infant mortality', 'fair trade'... the list goes on - 2nd September
 * is an idiot's version of her masterpiece'' - Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine is one of the most important political books of the past decade. She takes the central myth of the right, "that since the fall of Soviet tyranny, free elections and free markets have skipped hand in hand together towards the shimmering sunset of history", and shows that it is a lie - 28th August
 * tragedy of Tarantino'' - The shame is he could have been so much more than a Schlock and Awe merchant - 26th August
 * religion and the triumph of unreason'' - Something strange has happened in America since Obama was elected - 19th August
 * cruel new face of debt collecting'' - The poorer you are, the easier it is to become trapped in this system - 14th August
 * forgotten war against malaria'' - The long list of the dead will consist of children and pregnant women - 12th August
 * we can't afford not to cut...'' - ... But can we afford deprivation? - 7th August
 * truth behind drug company profits'' - Ring-fencing medical knowledge is one of the great grotesqueries of our age - 5th August
 * dark side of Andrew Roberts'' - This historian's work elaborately defends the crimes of a white man's empire - 31st July
 * forgotten the force which really drives political change'' - When you are just one person sitting on a warming planet, how should you react?- 29th July
 * Malalai Joya: The woman who will not be silenced - Enraged by Taliban oppression Malalai Joya became a women’s rights activist, and after the US-led invasion, took on the new regime as an MP. But speaking out has come at a cost. She tells Johann Hari why death threats won’t stop her exposing ugly truths about Afghanistan - 28th July
 * dear novelists, get real'' - I long to drag them to a rundown estate in Bradford or a climate change protest camp - 24th July
 * all this Brüno-bashing'' - The joke is on bigots who believe he is real and typical of gays - 22nd July
 * coup Latin America didn't need'' - It was inevitable that the people at the top would fight to preserve their privileges - 3rd July
 * everywhere is touched by the Stonewall riots now'' - Homosexuality happens everywhere, so gays fight to be themselves everywhere - 1st July
 * divorce is the wiser option'' - Cameron's solution to a 'broken Britain' would harm children and break us more - 26th June
 * fight for the Amazon to inspire the world'' - The indigenous people are weak. They have no guns. They barely have electricity - 24th June (See also: Peruvian political crisis 2009)
 * would win my vote'' - Her politics are the polar opposite of mine. But she is the best candidate for Speaker - 19th June
 * the looming war between Iran and Israel now be averted?'' - An i-Pod will beat i-slamism in the end - 17th June
 * covering our planet with a cloud of space junk'' - Governments won't even agree to stop adding to the rubbish - 12th June
 * referendum is the only way to decide the European issue'' - Last Thursday the public politely lay three ticking bombs under British politics - 10th June
 * we be the generation that runs out of fish?'' - The process of trawlering is an oceanic weapon of mass destruction - 5th June
 * Alan, sexism and the workplace'' - Watch 'The Apprentice' and see how even the hardest Sugar melts when in hot water - 3rd June
 * owe it to do right by the Kenyan victims of British brutality'' - There remains a blood-encrusted blank spot when it comes to Empire - 29th May
 * are we silent as Cameron preaches voodoo economics?'' - He is advocating policies that will benefit his tiny class of Trustafarians - 27th May
 * real reasons that people love this country'' - I would pledge allegiance to Coronation Street, not Downing Street - 18th May
 * God, stop brainwashing children'' - Worship is forced on 99% of children without even asking what they think - 8th May
 * is Labour still seduced by Thatcher?'' - Recently there have been hints of what a de-Thatcherised Labour would look like - 6th May
 * disease is the price we pay for cheap meat'' - A swelling number of scientists believe swine flu has not happened by accident - 1st May
 * be the new FDR he must stick to his ideals'' - Nobody feels like hanging out tinsel to mark Barack Obama's first 100 days – least of all the President himself - 29th April
 * Ballard right to be so gloomy?'' - The late writer saw that man stripped of a stable eco-system soon turns primitive - 22nd April
 * dark seduction of horror films'' - Show me what scares you, and I will show you your subconscious leeching out into the world - 17th April
 * one lesson of this crisis is the need for a more equal society'' - In the smoking rubble of market fundamentalism, we are all being forced to rethink the principles that order our societies – and one small, shining idea is rising again from the wreckage. It is the idea of human equality - 15th April
 * are being lied to about pirates'' - Some are gangsters, but others try to stop illegal dumping and trawling - 13th April
 * How to spot a lame, lame argument - There is one particular type of bad argument that has always existed, but it has now spread like tar over the world-wide web, and is seeping into the pubs, coffee shops and opinion columns everywhere. It is known as 'what-aboutery' - and there was a particularly ripe example of it in response to one of my articles last week - 11th April
 * child who kills never had a chance'' - Everything we know tells us child killers are invariably victims of extreme abuse - 10th April
 * Boris is a disaster on the two big issues'' - He is making policy to insulate the very people who caused this crisis - 8th April
 * dark side of Dubai'' - Dubai was meant to be a Middle-Eastern Shangri-La, a glittering monument to Arab enterprise and western capitalism. But as hard times arrive in the city state that rose from the desert sands, an uglier story is emerging - 7th April
 * are the ones we should listen to'' - The way out of the credit and the climate crunch is the same - a Green New Deal - 3rd April
 * showed the brutal reality of Britain'' - This big-hearted and big-mouthed woman reflected us - 23rd March
 * we can save newspapers'' - Is it time governments got involved with supporting the world of news-gathering? - 20th March
 * can we trust an army that cannot be trusted with its own?'' - All attempts to get a public inquiry into Deepcut deaths have been stonewalled - 18th March
 * in Ireland depends on ending the educational divide'' - Integrated schools are a proven way to dissolve hatred between the religions - 13th March
 * forgotten how to face death'' - A culture that believes it's sick to see its dead forgets how to live - 7th March
 * Eastwood shows how US is changing'' - The shift in one of America's greatest icons is a hopeful sign of cultural change - 27th February
 * dissidents deserve our help'' - We must choose to protect them, or let them be picked off on our streets - 25th February
 * in a recession is not inevitable'' - The Government can continue to posture as 'tough'. Or it can get smart - 20th February
 * these riots, I stand by what I wrote'' - The answer to the problems of free speech is always more free speech - 13th February
 * and the lethal war on drugs'' - The death toll in Tijuana, Mexico, is now higher than in Baghdad - 11th February
 * nightmare of Netanyahu returns'' - Israel is about to make a misjudgement as disastrous - and deadly - as the attack on Gaza - 6th February
 * yes – but not at this target'' - The elite have a vested interest in directing our rage away from them on to anyone else - 4th February
 * solution doesn't add up'' - The Arctic wind of a depression is colder with each passing week - 30th January
 * should I respect oppressive religions?'' - The right to criticise religion is being slowly doused in acid - 28th January
 * the US about to treat the rest of the world better? Maybe...'' - US foreign policy is subject to structural pressure that has not dissolved - 23rd January
 * homophobes? They are probably gay'' - Research tells us almost everyone has a period of omnivorous urges - 16th January
 * to end the work experience scam'' - When you get to work today, will your coffee be fetched by an unpaid intern? - 14th January
 * are being lied to about pirates'' - Some are trying to stop illegal dumping and trawling - 5th January



Articles: 2008

 * New Year resolution is to lose my bottle – and quit Coke'' - By the time you read this, my head will be thump-thumping - 1st January 2009
 * true story behind this war is not the one Israel is telling'' - We are watching the Israeli government self-harm - 29th December 2008 (see: Gaza Strip airstrikes)
 * do we betray our grandparents so often?'' - I feel proud of my grandmother – but ashamed of myself - 26th December 2008
 * did we misjudge in 2008?'' - Did we underestimate the American people, who rejected racism so definitively? - 18th December 2008
 * Navratilova leads the way for lesbians'' - Gay women face a different prejudice to gay men and are trailing behind - 24th November 2008
 * as President? Not in my name'' - Even if the heir to the throne was a genius, I'd still oppose his right to unelected leadership - 20th November 2008
 * radicals are back. But why?'' - When is it right – morally necessary, even – to break the law? - 17th November 2008
 * chance to end Star Wars'' - US has spent $160bn - only to increase the danger to itself and the rest of us - 13th November 2008
 * tackle the world's crises, the new President must stay strong'' - Time-bombs are ticking in Obama's intray - 6th November 2008
 * time has come'' - By 2040, white people will be a minority in America - 3rd November 2008
 * we fuel Africa's bloodiest war'' - The deadliest war since Adolf Hitler marched across Europe is starting again - 30th October 2008
 * Republicans' dirty secret... torture'' - Allen West oversaw the brutal treatment of an Iraqi. Now he is running for Congress - 28th October 2008
 * we stand up for Muslim women?'' - While we're addicted to oil, governments will put petroleum before feminism - 23rd October 2008
 * kill the planet to save the economy'' - The collision of the credit crunch and the climate crunch could be a boon - 20th October 2008
 * Scribbled in the margins: the character of the next President'' - It is the aggression that McCain loves in his Teddy, not the reform - 16th October 2008
 * men can't give blood, so people are dying'' - One HIV-positive blood donation will slip through every 5,769 years - 13th October 2008
 * murder illuminates a darker truth'' - This is the story of an everyday psychopathic murder - 9th October 2008
 * delusion over the 'surge''' - There's a hole in the US argument, and blood is rushing through - 6th October 2008
 * crisis is also a big opportunity'' - A 2008 New Deal could start by shutting down the world's tax havens - 2nd October 2008
 * beware... they're out to get you'' - Obama needs to learn from Al Gore's mistake of being consensual amid a knife fight - 29th September 2008
 * last chance for peace in Israel?'' - 22nd September 2008
 * crisis that could make the US election a cleaner contest'' - Barack Obama offers a rare chance to dismantle the Wall Street cash dispenser in the Oval Office - 19th September 2008
 * we abandon at our peril'' - As the new school year begins, there are totally unwatched kids heading towards criminality - 11th September 2008
 * how to tune in to both Muslims and the Deep South'' - Music is the key to understanding two of the most politically charged, politically reviled places on earth - 8th September 2008
 * walls that can't be scaled'' - A blunt, blind admissions system still discriminates in favour of wealthy interview-machines - 4th September 2008
 * storm clouds that hang over John McCain'' - Will Hurricane Gustav blow over the presidential election, or have the levees of Republicanism creaked a little more? - 3rd September 2008
 * parasite that reveals good news from Africa'' - One day soon, the last guinea worm will burrow out of its last victim - 29th August 2008
 * is wily but he's beatable'' - 25th August 2008
 * McCain and his secretive plot to 'kill the UN''' - 21st August 2008
 * we want a democracy or a pantomime?'' - The next general election is hurtling towards us with the force of a damp sponge. We have, at most, 20 months until Decision Day– but who expects there to be a great fizzing debate? - 18th August 2008
 * need to stop being such cowards about Islam'' - 14th August 2008
 * let the Games blind us to the plight of China's workers'' - This is a dictatorship we aid every day – through our government, corporations, and choices at the till - Thursday, 7th August 2008
 * Royal Bank of... what?'' - The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is offering a new deal to customers: place your savings with us, and get your planet warmed for free! - Thursday, 7th August 2008 (blog)
 * The WMD that really should be worrying us - If al-Qa'ida was unleashing this weather of mass destruction, we would do anything to stop them - Monday, 4th August 2008
 * Do you want free trade – or fair trade that helps the poor? - Friday, 1st August 2008
 * The hard cash that wins the vice-presidency - We can't solve challenges until we have broken the lock the super-rich have on US politics - Monday, 28th July 2008
 * Crime problem? Just lock 'em in the lavatory - Thursday, 24th July 2008
 * Yes, for welfare you must be made to work - Monday, 21st July 2008
 * We have everything to fear from McCain - Thursday, 17th July 2008
 * Our cry for cheap oil is crude and deadly - The Niger Delta should now be an oasis of riches. But the people live with nothing - Monday, 14th July 2008
 * Believe it or not, Mosley is fighting for freedom - 11th July 2008 - Evening Standard
 * What sort of freedom do you believe in? - Wednesday, 9th July 2008
 * Lies, kidnapping and a mysterious laptop - You have been told that the Venezuelan President supports the Farc thugs - Monday, 7th July 2008
 * Science is thrilling – except in our schools - Thursday, 3rd July 2008
 * Harman could yet give Labour its legacy - Her Equality Bill is a glistening reminder of what a Labour government is for - Monday, 30th June 2008
 * Our infantile search for heroic leaders - Thursday, 26th June 2008
 * When two sides of Islam go head to head - Monday, 23rd June 2008
 * There is a smart drug – it's called breast milk - Thursday, 19th June 2008
 * The shameless scam of restaurant tips - When you pay a £2 service charge at a Holiday Inn, £1.50 is pocketed by the company - Monday, 9th June 2008
 * If you really want to understand what this race is about, look at the two candidates' fathers - Friday, 6th June 2008
 * No wonder 'Gone With The Wind' has failed - Wednesday, 4th June 2008
 * As life flies on, don't let poetry pass you by - If we are seeking the first great laureate of the new era, I nominate Clive James - Monday, 2nd June 2008
 * The world must end its addiction to oil - Thursday, 29th May 2008
 * This is the chance to go down with all guns blazing - Brown should lose as the man who said Labour was 'at is best when it is boldest' - Monday, 26th May 2008
 * Why bananas are a parable for our times - Thursday, 22nd May
 * Major lapses in nuclear security are routine - 'You reach out on the motorway and nuclear weapons are an arm's length from you' - Monday, 19th May 2008
 * Are there just too many people in the world? - Thursday, 15th May 2008
 * Cameron a progressive? I don't think so - If you are opposed to government regulation, how can you tackle global warming? - Monday, 12th May 2008
 * The loathsome smearing of Israel's critics - Thursday, 8th May 2008
 * BNP votes are a cry of white working-class anguish - We dismiss them as 'chavs', 'pikeys' and racists, and jeer at their names - Monday, 5th May 2008
 * It's the policies that count – and that means Londoners should vote for Ken Livingstone - Wednesday, 30th April 2008
 * Israel is suppressing a secret it must face - How did a Jewish state founded 60 years ago end up throwing filth at cowering Palestinians? - Monday, 28th April 2008
 * The ideological tug-of-war over our schools - Thursday, 10th April 2008
 * Boycotting the Beijing Olympics won't work, but here's a proposal that just might - It's not the protesters who politicise the Olympics, it's the Chinese dictatorship - Monday, 7th April 2008
 * I like to be informed – but TV's not helping - Thursday, 3rd April 2008
 * We need proportional representation. But what's on offer will just make matters worse - Jack Straw's electoral reform proposals will mean minority parties still taking power - Monday, 31st March 2008
 * Where have all the strong women gone? - Thursday, 27th March 2008
 * Why is Britain allowing money and weapons to pass into the hands of right-wing militias? - Here are clues to why the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have hit their current dead-ends - Monday, 24th March 2008
 * Has market fundamentalism had its day? - Thursday, 20th March 2008
 * This strange backlash against CCTV - There is a danger that the debate about civil liberties is driven into a right-wing ditch - Monday, 17th March 2008
 * What wouldn't Clinton do to secure power? - Thursday, 13th March 2008
 * The diamond heist that's mass murder - Monday, 25th February 2008
 * We’ll save the plantet only if we’re forced to - Thursday, 21st February 2008
 * Will Labour show it cares about workers? - Monday, 18th February 2008
 * Spielberg has taken a stand. We must too - Thursday, 14th February 2008
 * Rowan Williams has shown us one thing – why multiculturalism must be abandoned - The Archbishop has unwittingly pointed us towards a vision of a better Britain – Monday, 11th February 2008
 * Botox is destroying Hollywood stars' ability to act - Thursday, 7th February 2008
 * Over-parenting is the curse of our time - My parents were from the old, working-class school of parenting – Leave him be! – Monday, 4th February 2008
 * There is a way to save the rainforests - Thursday, 1st January 2008
 * Beware the internet's looming class divide - As the web reshapes our minds and souls, we have to fight to keep it equally open - Monday, 28th January 2008
 * Don't be fooled by the myth of John McCain - Thursday, 24th January 2008
 * The devilish church practice of exorcism - Thursday, 17th January 2008
 * President Bush's only achievement in the Middle East is to increase the power of Iran - The most soaring rhetoric about democracy is swiftly choked to death by petrol fumes - Monday, 14th January 2008
 * Public services and a sweet twist of history - Thursday, 10th January 2008
 * We're fixating on Barack and Hillary. Let's listen to the white guy from the Deep South - Alone among the Democrats, John Edwards has taken a stand against corporate power - Monday, 7th January 2008
 * The American right is dazed and confused - Thursday, 3rd January 2008



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