Speculate to accumulate
by Serge Halimi

It's all in the bonus
by Ibrahim Warde

MCCAIN, OBAMA AND CLINTON SILENT ON IRAQ EXIT
US presidents-to-be in denial
by Dahr Jamail
As soon as it was clear that the presidential primaries would be the news story of the year in the US, Iraq was dropped by the media. The occupation and the campaign for the presidential nominations were de-linked almost from the start. So we don't know what the potential candidates would do in Iraq. But pulling troops out doesn't seem to be an option for any of them.

`THE WORLD CUP WILL BE OUR CHANCE TO MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD'
Whose South Africa ?
by Philippe Rivière
South Africa will host the World Cup in 2010 so construction - and corruption - is booming. But almost none of the building or the money can be accessed by the poor who live in shantytowns without proper water, sanitation or electricity. These inequalities could be a major issue in the 2009 presidential election.

No water, no loos, no power
by Philippe Rivière

Segregated museums
by Philippe Rivière

Judaism is universal
by Eric Rouleau

Are the Jews an invented people ?
by Eric Rouleau

What if China now is our past and future?
Tibet: dream and reality
By Slavoj Zizek
The West is projecting not only its own spiritual fantasies upon Tibet, but its own economic fears upon China, imagining a power struggle quite different from that which has actually happened in Tibet. We have to learn to look at Tibet as it is – and China too.