Politics & Conflict

Against the tide

Stephen Howe wallows in left melancholia

Brian Whitaker traces the evolution of Middle-Eastern homophobia

30 years after the Soweto uprising, Carol Lee meets some survivors

Capitalism and central planning need each other, argues Steven Lukes

Why did the British secret services take such a keen interest in the activities of folk icon Ewan MacColl? Ken Hunt digs in the archives

On the eve of the Palestinian elections in 2006, Aya Yasmina May asked what we can expect of Hamas

Merlin Holland joins the first Gay Pride march in the Russian capital

Stephen Howe is baffled by the same old story

Fidel Castro's reign over Cuba has been characterised by conservatism and authoritarianism, says Isabella Thomas

Newton Emerson on a new history of Ulster