London Progressive Journal

Eric Hollies puts today's coalition government in historical perspective by looking back on the brutal public spending cuts imposed by the Thatcher government.

Rich Whiles' timely new book takes a refreshingly honest look at the experiences of the victims of Israeli apartheid, writes Ramzy Baroud.

Iqbal Tamimi on why the BBC's response to the complaints they received of bias in their 16th August 2010 Panorama programme is inadequate.

As the US troop withdrawal begins in earnest, Ramzy Baroud asks: who won? And is the war really over?

The Tory-Lib Dem coalition is intent on a wholesale privatisation of the National Health Service, writes John Lister.

Tamara Pearson reports on an important Venezuelan initiative to prevent the corporate media from getting directly involved in the banking and finance industries.

Green enthusiasm for vertical farms shows that no one is untouched by magical thinking, writes George Monbiot.

The rise of China is almost universally hailed as a great success story. Ted Sprague considers the largely unreported human cost of China's forward march.

Omar Zaki on the so-called 'Ground Zero Mosque' and why it should be allowed to go ahead.

In the third article in his series, 'Contextualising the Threat of Islam', Richard Greeman compares Islamic Fundamentalism with the U.S. regime's own brand on fundamentalist politics.

Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell on the plight of an Iranian man sentenced to die for being gay and what you can do to help him.

Ramzy Baroud reports from Lebanon on the thoughts of one of its citizens on the future of the country.

Tomasz Pierscionek talks to award winning journalist Yvonne Ridley about her capture by the Taliban in 2001 and subsequent conversion to Islam, as well as her views on the recent rise in Islamophobia and political opposition towards the veil

John Haylett reports on the contradictory nature of France's attempts to 'free' Islamic women from the veil.

Daina Z. Green reports on the terrorism of Mexican unions by their own Government in support of business interests over that of their own workers.

Catherine Wilson reports on the Australian Government's approach to refugees and its attempts to avoid its obligations to the Refugee Convention by processing them overseas.

The Italian left has been in a state of stagnation for a number of years, but the emergence on the national stage of Nichi Vendola may precipitate a change in fortunes, as Samuele Mazzolini explains.

Ramzy Baroud takes a critical look at the language used by Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority in their pronouncements on possible talks with Israel.

The long-running tensions between Colombia and Venezuela have escalated this week after further provocation by the Colombian government, writes Eva Golinger.

Iqbal Tamimi on how the Muslim religious edict, or fatwa, has been used to control women.

Hussein Al-Alak looks at the lifesaving work of a mental health charity that has spent the past ninety years helping ex-soldiers cope with life after service.