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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.

Noam Chomsky, the renowned US academic, author and political activist, 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.

The following keynote address by Chris Hedges was given on May 28 in Furman University as part of the protests by faculty and students over the South Carolina college’s decision to invite George W. Bush to give the May 31 commencement address.

As the world focuses attention on the next U.S. government, the real question is what comes next after corporate globalization and imperial power in the post-Bush era