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A brief review of Israel's record over the past four decades, by an Oxford professor of international relations who once served in the Israeli army, leads him to devastating conclusions: that Israel has become a rogue state that uses violence against civilians for political purposes. By Avi Shlaim.

Deregulation can be a principled position held by true believers in a free market. But Wall Streeters all wanted one-sided regulation that provided them with an enormous government security blanket, says Dean Baker.

The people of Gaza are victims of geopolitics at its inhumane worst: producing what Israel itself calls a 'total war' against an essentially defenseless society that lacks any defensive military capability whatsoever and is completely vulnerable to Israeli attacks, writes Richard Falk.

Saving the biosphere cannot be left to goodwill and greenwash from oil companies like Shell, and governments cannot let them drift into whatever fields they find profitable, regardless of the consequences for people or the environment, writes George Monbiot.

It seems that scientists have systematically underestimated just how delicate the balance of the planet's physical systems really is. Solving the climate crisis is no longer an option - the only question now is whether we're going to hold off catastrophe, says Bill McKibben.

What Israel fears is not terrorism but Palestinian independence. Israel will not permit a sovereign Palestinian government to emerge on land it intends to hold - and probably expand - as its own, argues Alan Nasser.

During the last 20 years I've worked with both a scientific realization as well as a political realization that one of the most radical revolutions of our time is adopting biodiversity, saving open-pollinated seeds and practicing organic farming, says Vandana Shiva. Interview by Gary Null.

Why did Greek youth take to the streets? For the first time since the Second World War young people have no hope of a better life than their parents. But there is also a failure of trust in politicians and all state institutions, particularly the police, says Valia Kaimaki.

Current approaches to deal with climate change are ineffectual, one of the world's top climate scientists said in a personal new year appeal to Barack Obama and his wife Michelle on the urgent need to tackle global warming. Reported by James Randerson.

As Israel's illegal airstrikes continue to inflict carnage on innocent Palestinians, a range of critical voices are urging concerned citizens to join the global movement of outrage and solidarity with Gaza, to build a global campaign of non-violent pressure to force Israel to comply with international law, and "to no longer be silent".