On Tuesday a report flickered across Twitter that an Aboriginal community in Western Australia had been "bombed". Wait, What!...

This is the great Mahalia Jackson performing at the conclusion of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, fifty years ago today. ...

This is a repost from Steve Walker's SKWAWKBOX As 38 Degrees and other campaign groups have highlighted, the government’s “Trans...

I wrote the other day about how the collapse of Julian Assange's electoral project in Australia seems to have attracted little att...

Mug shot of Bayard Rustin. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) It is especially pleasing to see as part of the remembrance of the fiftieth ann...

I have only ever watched shows like Pop Idol when forced to. I find the manipulative staging off putting, for one thing. It's like th...

Oh, the irony. In the Guardian Polly Toynbee argues for the new NHS database of patient records and the scheme whereby researchers can...

 (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Since it does not involve crocodiles or stranded backpackers, the news that Julian Assange is set for...

Margaret Katherine at Gabarnmung After once more regretting going BTL (below the line) in a comments section of The Guardian I discover...