The first thing people need to understand is that the economic crash wasn’t a crash for the people who caused it. In fact, these financial terrorists are now doing better than ever. In a recent report, titled “Social Inequality in America: Widening Income Disparities,” more evidence of the unprecedented transfer of wealth was revealed: “As of late 2009, the number …

We are setting this ship afloat today. There may be mutiny on board, I hope not. The sea may be stormy but the ship must sail on and enter the ports of poverty, hunger, unemployment, malnutrition, disease and seek to bring comfort to those who need it J.R. Jayewardene at first SAARC Summit December 8, 1985. The South Asian Association …

The court of appeal has ruled that the government cannot use secret evidence in the case being brought against it by Binyam Mohamed (above) and five other former Guantánamo Bay detainees over torture allegations. Photograph: PA The court of appeal has dismissed an attempt by MI5 and MI6 to suppress evidence of their alleged complicity in the torture and secret …

As Congress weighs Afghanistan funding, the military is escalating what it calls the "war of perceptions" at home and abroad. The question is whether the American media and Congress will collaborate in the Pentagon's press strategy or retain a critical edge. It is no accident that the Pentagon is shaping the "information battlespace" by welcoming friendly reporters and think tank …