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Veolia is a multinational providing transport and waste services in Israel's illegal settlements in the Occupied Territories of Palestine.

Tesco has been exposed in a new scandal over the Coalition's 'Workfare' policy. Sean Coyle argues that it exposes the government's obsession with big business.

Those who nurture stereotypes about the Greek national character are concerned with a much more immediate agenda – turning workers of different countries against each other.

With twenty-two EU states signed up to the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), the stakes for digital freedom have never been higher, argues Marienna Pope-Weidemann

Suarez supporterA Liverpool fan explains why there can be no excuses for the racism of Suarez and the refusal of Kenny Dalglish to challenge it.

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The freedom of the press is being undermined by newspapers that have backed wars, promoted austerity and spied on innocent members of the public argues Des Freedman.

Climate ChallengeThe BBC website offers the chance to play at being the President of Europe, to show the difficulties of balancing climate change and votes, instead it demonstrates how capitalism cannot tackle climate change, argues Jo Gough.

women boxersA controversy about women’s boxing, ahead of this summer’s Olympics, illustrates deeper problems with sexism in sport and society.

The fashion world presents itself as a bastion of Western progress and women's liberation. Rena Niamh Smith discusses fashion's treatment of Muslim women and questions its legitimacy.

Banksy christThe machine that mass-manufactures ‘consensus’ in support of the neoliberal agenda is investigated by Marienna Pope-Weidemann.

Iran tickerChris Bambery discusses the propaganda campaign being waged by the West in the build up of Western aggression against Iran.

enough hand logoMarwan Muhammad writes on how the growing islamophobia in France is often conducted in the name of 'laïcité', or secularism.

prisonForced labour in the British prison system is to be massively increased by Tory Home Secretary Ken Clarke.

Boris Johnson and David LammyDavid Lammy’s cunning plan of hitting children to make them less likely to be violent has a fairly obvious flaw writes Laura Woods.

Argentinian soldiersThe Falklands war was thirty years ago this year, but for David Cameron, the conflict’s not over, argues Jack Penn.

For rent sign'Generation Rent' looks less like a passing phase created by a short term 'bubble' and more like a long term change in the housing market, writes Alastair Stephens.

IDSCreating a climate of fear that intimidates all working class people is the real intention of the Welfare Reform Bill argues Neil Faulkner.

SugarEducation secretary Michael Gove is proposing to introduce measures to make it easier to sack teachers - part of a worrying trend across industry.

Trident SaltireThe Tories have attacked the SNP over the future of Trident and the British military if Scotland becomes independent. Pressing the SNP to stick to its policy of scrapping Trident will be vitally important says Jonathon Shafi.

UK BorderGovernment ministers are creating the impression that hundreds of thousands of migrants are arriving to claim benefits. Don Flynn of Migrants Rights Network argues this picture is a distortion of the truth.

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