Occidental tourist
Stephen Howe is baffled by the same old story
Politics & Conflict
Castro at 80
Fidel Castro's reign over Cuba has been characterised by conservatism and authoritarianism, says Isabella Thomas
Sons of Ulster
Newton Emerson on a new history of Ulster
Editorial: One year on
I became editor of New Humanist a year ago, just as religious fundamentalism was making its remorseless march to the centre of the global agenda.
French Farce
Hip hop didn't spark the riots in Paris, says Caspar Melville; it merely predicted them
Capital stuff
Francis Wheen brings the same panache to his new book that he brought to his excellent biography of Marx, says Toby Saul
Editorial: Top Marx
What has happened to Marxism? And in particular, the angry passionate British Marxist intellectuals, who used to so enliven politics in the '60s and '70s?
‘Taking offence is the best form of attack’
Martin Rowson discovers just how dangerous his job can be
Continental rift
We first reported on Dyab Abou Jahjah, the controversial leader of Belgium's Arab European League, in July 2004. Since then French riots and the cartoon crisis have raised his profile.…
What’s in a name?
Jihad Fakhreddine despairs at the strangling of Arab secularism