In defence of the Ultras: their message and our response

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The 50th anniversary of Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ) is, without much surprise, being marked with a fanfare of back-patting.

A hundred years on from the foundation of the Bolshevik party in Russia, Julie Sherry looks at the debates behind its decision to go it alone and build a revolutionary organisation

In light of the historic convictions for the murder of Stephen Lawrence this month, Chris Boyd, of the Anti-Racism Network, exposes the roots of racism in class society.

Habibi, the latest graphic novel from Craig Thompson, is set in the made-up land of Wanatolia in a world which shifts between medieval times and modernity.

Protests by tens of thousands of people in Moscow and other cities December 10 were by far the largest demonstrations in Russia since the collapse of the USSR two decades ago.

Mohamed Bani is a Tunisian living in London. He spent a lot of time in Tunisia during the revolution and has been back frequently since the fall of the dictator Ben Ali on 14 January 2011.

A new film on the life of Margaret Thatcher is a confused disappointment, argues Pat Stack

On the death of Chairman Kim Jong-il
North Korea’s state-run Korean Central Television (KCTV) yesterday announced the

Yes … we do want the downfall of the state of tyranny, poverty and dependency