Seumas Milne

S strategic defeat in Iraq, a discredited market model, China's rise and Latin American freedom offer hope for the world

Whether the current ceasefire talks succeed or fail, Hamas has already been strengthened by the US-backed assault

The US-backed attempt to bring Hamas to heel by overwhelming force is in fact more likely to boost the movement's appeal

The election of Obama can still be a powerful catalyst, even if his policies spell continuity more than radicalism

The free-market model has been discredited and now its champions are panicking at what might emerge in its wake

War in the Caucasus is as much the product of an American imperial drive as local conflicts. It's likely to be a taste of things to come

The European elites are in a panic about the Irish referendum, which is shining a light on what they're actually up to

Washington's covert attempts to overturn an election result lie behind the crisis in Gaza, as leaked papers show

In this climate of anti-Muslim rage, counter-terrorist police are talking more sense than the government or media

The crisis of the Afghan occupation is a reminder of its fraudulent claims, growing cost in blood, and certainty of failure

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

Benazir Bhutto is back at the head of a struggle against dictatorship, but Pakistan needs a more radical transformation

The Western Occupation of Afghanistan Has Brought Neither Peace Nor Development - and It Fuels The Terror Threat

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.

Ortadoğu'da bir demokrasi yürüyüşü olduğu iddiası asılsız. Yürüyüşte olan demokrasi değil, Amerikan ordusu. Her an indirilmesi mümkün olan diktatörler Amerikan desteğiyle yerlerindeler ve seçimler demokrasiden çok Batı yanlısı rejimlerin sürdürülmesi için bir mekanizma olarak kullanılıyor.

Managed elections are the latest device to prop up pro-western regimes

The Hutton saga is a sideshow. The real issue is who will pay the price for war and occupation

Hostility to the Castro regime doesn't stem from its failings, but from its achievements.

The crudely colonial nature of this enterprise can no longer be disguised

The Anglo-American war now being fought in the Middle East is without question the most flagrant act of aggression carried out by a British government in modern times.

Threat of war has created an unprecedented globalisation of public opinion

Kukla yönetimin bir parçası olmak üzere pohpohlanan Irak Ulusal Meclisi, Irak Ulusal İttifakı gibi ABD destekli başlıca örgütler bile ABD işgalini doğrudan desteklemekten kaçınarak beklenen birliktelikleri konusunda pek de hevesli olmadıklarını ortaya koyuyorlar.

The support from the Bush administration for Ariel Sharon's latest onslaught on the West Bank and Gaza must surely bring to an end any illusion that, in the wake of September 11, United States influence would be brought to bear to achieve a just peace in the Middle East.

Ten days after victory was declared in the Afghan war, real life continues to make a mockery of such triumphalism in the cruellest way.

Britain has yet to come to terms with its imperial record. A fog of cultural amnesia about the the country's recent colonial past pervades the debate about its role in the world today.

For a war that, in the words of US Vice-President Dick Cheney, "may never end", the enemy is proving embarrassingly hard to define.