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Despite liberal whining that Trump threatens the ‘international rules-based order,’ the historical record shows Western nations have repeatedly overthrown democracies, backed genocides and violated sovereignty, writes IAN SINCLAIR
IAN SINCLAIR draws attention to the powerful role that literature plays in foreseeing the way humanity will deal with climate crisis
Detailing the deluge of delusion and dishonesty pushed by the pro-war camp, IAN SINCLAIR identifies four key tactics corporate journalists use to confuse audiences and suppress opposition to the proxy war in the east
New releases from Black Country, New Road, Anouar Brahem, and Jaywalkers
IAN SINCLAIR tells the story of a small group of east London activists who took on and defeated a billion-dollar US corporation that wanted to build a giant sphere venue coated in gaudy LED lights
The media’s shocking lack of interest in US-British involvement in Syria means it has effectively been a secret war, argues IAN SINCLAIR
New releases from Ghais Guevara, Kim Deal and Hardwicke Circus
Ian Sinclair talks to BILL BREEDEN, a retired Unitarian Universalist minister living in southern Indiana, and a longstanding opponent of the death penalty in the United States
The British press has welcomed Keir Starmer’s new National Security Adviser without any mention of his deep, central involvement in the criminal invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan — but history remembers, writes IAN SINCLAIR
As a new report reveals how dire the climate situation is now, other recent research demonstrates how activism – namely Extinction Rebellion and the school strikes – has already forced governments into action, writes IAN SINCLAIR
Ian Sinclair interviews MEDEA BENJAMIN and DAVID SWANSON about their new book on Nato, explaining how the 1999 bombing of Yugoslavia established a template for military interventions, undermining international law and diplomacy
IAN SINCLAIR mourns the end of the longstanding activist newspaper that proudly stood ‘For Revolutionary Nonviolence’
Strategist of non-violent action dies age 95
Social scientist DANA R FISHER speaks to Ian Sinclair about the efficacy of disruptive actions carried out by groups such as Just Stop Oil, the conditions that might generate a truly mass climate mobilisation, and what a win for Kamala Harris in the upcoming US presidential election would mean
Why has our government been silent on the months-long shutdown of Kuwait’s parliament – and why do academics so often refrain from criticising countries in the region, asks IAN SINCLAIR
From Palestine to Cameroon, ELLEN FURNARI speaks to Ian Sinclair about how non-violent strategies and local relationships offer effective alternatives to military interventions in protecting civilians from conflict
Statistics show conclusively that the majority of Brits have repeatedly frightened the Establishment by consistently opposing military adventurism abroad, writes IAN SINCLAIR
Major cities underwater, a billion climate refugees — many scientists now expect societal collapse due to climate change. Yet from the political elite here in Britain, we have nothing even approaching acknowledgement, writes IAN SINCLAIR
Ian Sinclair speaks to SUSAN WILLIAMS about Britain and the US’s dark machinations against African leaders and nations they decided were at odds with their geopolitical interests in the 20th century — and the ongoing cover-up attempts
IAN SINCLAIR recommends a book that points to ‘deep societal transformation’ as the only way to arrest climate change
Speaking to RUPERT READ, Ian Sinclair discusses the urgency of climate action, the demise of the 1.5°C target, and the pivotal role of trade unions in building a majority against climate change
When a government seems impossible to influence over an issue as life-or-death as war, it can lead those people left unheard to creative non-violent direct action — or to deadly brutality, warns IAN SINCLAIR
A new report analyses how Western messaging during and after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine portrayed Russia’s motivations as pure, unprovoked expansionism — all in aid of prolonging the violence, explains IAN SINCLAIR
New releases from: Pharoah Sanders, Bill Ryder-Jones and Violent Femmes
Just like with the conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria, the British public cannot trust the media to provide accurate, critical or historically contextual coverage of the war on Gaza, asserts IAN SINCLAIR
The rush to understand and explain the context of the events of October 7 has revealed a growing ignorance about the effectiveness and logic of unarmed methods — IAN SINCLAIR responds
Ian Sinclair speaks to legal expert MARJORIE COHN about what international law says in regard to Israel’s right to self-defence, and Israeli actions against Palestinians more generally
In the second of two interviews on atomic conflict, Ian Sinclair speaks to peace activist MILAN RAI about the popular framing of Britain’s nuclear weapons being for ‘deterrence,’ and to explain his claim that Britain has carried out ‘nuclear terrorism’
In the first of two interviews on peace and conflict, Ian Sinclair speaks to JOSEPH GERSON about his seminal 2007 book Empire and the Bomb: How the US Uses Nuclear Weapons to Dominate the World
It is not in the interests of the Establishment to recognise the impact protest movements have had on everything from gay rights to ecology, but the evidence shows their role is essential, writes IAN SINCLAIR
New releases from The Mary Wallopers, Wilco, and Setting
IAN SINCLAIR gives the lowdown on a swathe of new environmental action campaigns that have sprung up in recent years
Ian Sinclair spoke to respiratory specialist DR LAURA-JANE SMITH about how the impact of air pollution on our health is badly underestimated and the kind of legislation needed across Britain to fight it
Reviews of Ani DiFranco, The Clientele and Emma Rawicz
Ian Sinclair speaks to LILLAH FEARNLEY about her research on the power of opinion polls on government decisions such as military intervention against Syria — and how the powerful shape this critical research
New releases from Bonny Doon, Speech Debelle and Jacob Young
With billions of dollars’ worth of weapons sent and thousands of US soldiers stationed, how was the myth of US non-intervention in Syria created, asks IAN SINCLAIR
IAN SINCLAIR demonstrates how we may have more power over the current Tory regime than we realise — an opportunity to force positive political change we should grab with both hands
Reviews of Niaill Summerton, Boygenius, and Molina, Talbot, Lofgren and Young
The founder of Social Change Lab spoke to Ian Sinclair about how their work informs, and is informed by, the strategy of the burgeoning climate movement that has grown around Extinction Rebellion
By investigating the funding of 45 of the world’s top think tanks and interviewing their staff, new research has shown serious conflicts of interest leading to endemic self-censorship in foreign policy analysis, reports IAN SINCLAIR
The hostility towards elections and democracy by the US-British military administration that brutally overran the nation in 2003 was well documented at the time — as was the mass movement for free elections, writes IAN SINCLAIR
Although it came very close, the enormous Stop the War demonstration 20 years ago did not stop the Iraq war – but we must remember the huge impact it had on Britain’s ability to wage future wars, says IAN SINCLAIR
IAN SINCLAIR looks at the continuing smears against the former Labour leader, now being used to block him for standing for Labour in the seat he has represented since 1983
Direct US-British military intervention may have receded for now, but the devastating effect of economic sanctions continues to kill in the same numbers as a war would — we cannot let the public look away yet, writes IAN SINCLAIR
With Christmas and new year centred around children, how many of us have given a thought over the holiday season to the children of Yemen — and how much of the general public knows of Britain’s role in their suffering, asks IAN SINCLAIR
We still suffer under the delusion that selective state schools help social mobility — in fact, they enforce inequality, and once you adjust for other factors their attainment is no better than normal schools. As always, class is elephant in the room, writes IAN SINCLAIR
New releases from Richard Dawson, Iris DeMent and Will Sheff
IAN SINCLAIR reviews releases from The Libertines, Bruce Springsteen and Garrett Saracho
As the World Cup begins, the British government’s close links with the authoritarian monarchy in Doha and its multimillion-pound arms deals have been carefully placed out of sight, says IAN SINCLAIR
The West is hell-bent on prolonging its proxy war endlessly. IAN SINCLAIR provides the evidence
When the Tories scapegoated their opponents as the ‘anti-growth coalition,’ the left and workers’ movement fell over itself to say the opposite was the case, however IAN SINCLAIR warns we have known for decades infinite growth on a finite planet is not a realistic possibility
IAN SINCLAIR recommends a book that warns of ‘widespread social and ecological collapse within the next few decades’
Obesity expert TAM FRY talks to Ian Sinclair about the simple measures that could truly tackle the nation’s weight problem — and why successive governments have been so unwilling to take on big business and enact them
New releases from Bonny Light Horseman, Keith Jarrett and Dry Cleaning
IAN SINCLAIR recommends Jim Ghedi’s interpretation of Harry Cox’s What Will Become Of England
New releases from Friendship, Manic Street Preachers and Butcher Brown
IAN SINCLAIR recommends a documentary that assembles a mass of information on the background of the Manchester Arena bombing and Britain's duplicitous politics of the time
New releases from Ezra Furman, Sessa and David Ian Roberts
We are familiar with the damage tobacco and fossil fuels do — and know that they have spent billions on hiding this. But we largely do not realise the pernicious effect of the meat industry on obscuring the drastic need to reduce animal consumption to fight global warming, writes IAN SINCLAIR
New releases from Tallies, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Steve Tibbetts
If we truly have our preferences realised best by voting, why is Parliament at odds with the public on nationalisation, rent caps, climate change and everything else which may eat into corporate profit margins, asks IAN SINCLAIR
New releases from Ferkat Al Ard, Shabaka, and Stars
New releases from Trombone Shorty, Laura Veirs, and Noori & His Dorpa Band
PETER KALMUS talks to Ian Sinclair about his anti-fossil fuel protest that led to jail, the barriers scientists face when speaking out, and the importance of mass civil disobedience
There is a left and right to environmentalism - and indeed a right and wrong: those who think infinite growth can continue under ‘green capitalism’ and those that face up to the truth of degrowth and regulating the market, explains IAN SINCLAIR
Allowing those who are brazen and unabashed breakers of international law and killers of thousands of Iraqis and Afghans to lead the condemnation chorus on Russia's violations is British establishment hypocrisy distilled, writes IAN SINCLAIR
New releases from Barrie, Neil Young and Katie Spencer
British imperialism keeps its role in the Middle East shrouded in secrecy because it supports the worst objectives and most backwards regimes going — but the public can be informed and mobilised against this, explains IAN SINCLAIR
Numerous studies and analysts agree that whether socialists actually come to power or not, the ‘threat’ of socialism inspires the capitalist class to make all of our lives better, regardless of our own politics, explains IAN SINCLAIR
New releases from Father John Misty, Let’s Eat Grandma and Brad Mehldau
The British media is right cover the plight of the Ukrainians in detail — but if it paid the same attention to Yemen, a conflict Britain is actually a major player in, that war would be over in a week, explains IAN SINCLAIR
Writer and campaigner CHRIS SALTMARSH talks to Ian Sinclair about why socialist state intervention is the key to saving the planet and what we can do to bring it about
Instead of raising Amnesty, Human Rights Watch and B’Tselem’s condemnations of the treatment of Palestinians, the party continues to praise Israel, says IAN SINCLAIR
The Tories said they'd support Saudi aggression 'in every practical way short of engaging in combat' and our arms companies are central to the slaughter —so why isn't Yemen a priority for the British left, asks IAN SINCLAIR
IAN SINCLAIR weighs up the colourblind casting in the recently released film Munich – The Edge of War and its wider implications
IAN SINCLAIR says it is no surprise that the media has not accurately reported the fact that Russia proposed a treaty of mutual nuclear de-escalation last year — the aggressive nature of Britain’s bomb is always kept secret from the public
New releases from JP Bimeni & The Black Belts, Beirut and Anais Mitchell
IAN SINCLAIR recommends a book that lucidly addresses many an aspect of the institution that is the British army
New releases from Aya, The Fall and Jon Hopkins
Latest releases from Courtney Barnett, Nation of Language and Henry Parker
First a joint podcast, now a book — why is the American cultural icon whose music speaks to the plight of the working class allowing himself to be so closely asscociated with a centrist Democrat soaked in the blood of military aggression, asks IAN SINCLAIR
New releases from Reb Fountain, My Morning Jacket and Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
After the fall of Kabul, the BBC's flagship news programme chose to interview only those who were likely to sympathise or feel complicit with the failed 20-year occupation — but it is also who they didn't speak to that reveals the state broadcaster's agenda, writes IAN SINCLAIR
Self-professed socialist, feminist and proud mother to one LOUISA ROACH, aka She Drew The Gun, speaks to the Star’s Ian Sinclair about her new album, music and politics, and the Labour Party post-Corbyn
Misleading narratives about the Afghan invasion and its motives are still promoted by the BBC and others. The families of those who died in this futile adventure deserve a proper national reckoning, says IAN SINCLAIR
Langkamer, Big Red Machine, Matthew Milia
Although the US and British governments and their cheerleaders in the media often claim benign intentions, actual foreign policy decisions tell a different story, writes IAN SINCLAIR
Latest releases from Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth, The Go! Team and modern jazz artists
IAN SINCLAIR charts the last six months of governmental decision making riddled with ineptidude, bloody-mindedness and plain ignorance
Latest releases from The Mountain Goats, Eboni Band and LUMP
We must resist the tendency to see our protests for peace as failures if they do not end a specific conflict: looking at the evidence from Vietnam to Iraq, they have had a profound effect on curtailing military aggression, explains IAN SINCLAIR
Latest releases from Miles Davis, Faye Webster and Black Midi