Kim Sengupta, Gaylan al-Ogaidy, Independent UK. October 22, 2009. Abu Yousif fled Iraq after his life was threatened over his work for a U.S.-employed firm. "Working for foreigners made you a target, but I needed the money to feed my family."
Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. September 8, 2009. Former GOP presidential candidate Tom Tancredo mocks Moore's latest film, "Capitalism: A Love Story." Then he asks for money.
Denis Campbell, The Guardian. August 13, 2009. Republicans and right-wing pundits in the US have tried to scare us about Britain's public health system -- because it works.
Byard Duncan, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. July 16, 2009. To fight back, several authors have vowed to cease visiting schools at the beginning of next academic year.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Media and Technology. May 6, 2009. Savage was included on a list of hate preachers and anti-gay protesters, but what about civil liberties in a modern democracy?
Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports AlterNet: War on Iraq. April 30, 2009. Britain ends 'combat operations' in Iraq, but, taking a cue from the U.S., London is escalating its neoliberal economic efforts and military training.
Clive James, BBC. April 7, 2009. A political scandal rocking the UK over porn films charged to a govt. expense account raises the question: why do people enjoy skin flicks, anyway?
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. November 24, 2008. And to think, some of us nervous nellies were concerned that the NSA might abuse its surveillance powers.
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. August 13, 2008. In the UK, conservatives don't have to take the blame -- inequality has soared over the last decade with the Labor Party running the show.
Steven D., Booman Tribune AlterNet: PEEK. July 21, 2008. Talks with Iran about its nuclear program fail. Which isn't a surprise, given that the U.S. "senior diplomatic official" didn't speak.
Melissa Silverstein, Women & Hollywood. June 24, 2008. Brick Lane tells a story rarely heard or seen in popular culture: an immigrant woman's experience in an arranged marriage.
Ali Allawi, The Independent UK. June 9, 2008. The controversial security agreement seeks to salvage Bush's Iraq misadventure, claiming the country is pacified and a loyal ally. Iraqis know better.
GottaLaff, Brave New Films AlterNet: PEEK. December 3, 2007. GottaLaff: Why should there be boundaries? This is America, after all! Land of the free! As long as you're not the kidnapee, that is.
Tom Barrett, The Tyee. October 21, 2007. Climate change deniers are using a recent ruling by a British judge that Inconvenient Truth contains "errors" to attack Al Gore. But it all depends on how you define "errors."
GottaLaff, AlterNet: PEEK. October 9, 2007. GottaLaff: The U.S. and Britain are breaking up. No more pub dates, no more shared cream teas, no more romantic excursions to Iraq.
Gavin M, AlterNet: PEEK. October 2, 2007. Gavin M: Debra Cagan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Coalition Affairs shared her anti-Iran beliefs with a shocked group of British MPs.
Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. May 20, 2007. Juan Cole: The steady exit of British troops from Iraq will accompany the arrival of the new UK Prime Minister.
Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. May 10, 2007. As Blair hands off to nemesis Gordon Brown, the policies on Iraq are unlikely to change and the British people are shut out of the process.
Trita Parsi, IPS News. April 2, 2007. As both the UK and Iran increase the stakes in an effort to gain the upper hand in the negotiations over the 15 captured British soldiers, both sides risk ruling out the option of diplomacy.
