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We praise the charismatic American candidate and damn our prime minister, but neither holds sway on what rules our lives, writes Jeremy Seabrook.

As America struggles to avoid recession, the world economic order appears to be heading for a drastic overhaul - creating pressure for world leaders to ditch the fast-declining U.S. dollar, writes Massoud Hedeshi.

The history of America took a sharp turn after the millennium into a chamber of horrors. What we may be seeing is the end of the Anglo-American Empire, and the birth of a multi-polar and more compassionate world, writes Richard C. Cook.

Noam Chomsky speaks to Avi Lewis on Al Jazeera's Inside USA. They discuss whether the US election this year will bring real change, the ongoing conflict in Iraq and why Americans should look to their Southern American counterparts for political inspiration.

Barack Obama may represent a hope for reviving American democracy, writes Zeki Ergas, but only if he challenges the overwhelming influence of big business, neoliberal globalization and the interests of American imperialism.

Guantánamo has proved a useful distraction from the secret detention camps run by the US around the world, writes George Monbiot.

A report concluding that the Iraq War has generated a stunning sevenfold increase in the yearly rate of fatal jihadist attacks, amounting to literally hundreds of additional terrorist attacks and thousands of civilian lives lost.