Three cheers for Linda McQuaig, the candidate who dares tell the truth about the effects of extracting and then burning Alberta tar sands.

The bailout for the banksters that Greece owes money to abolishes rules that help local small businesses resist multinational chains.

It requires Greece to privatize water supply.

That will result in long-term hardship — it does, everywhere.

Palestinian lawyer Mohammed Allan, who has been on hunger strike to protest imprisonment without trial by Israel, is now in a coma.

Israel says he is a member of Islamic Jihad. Islamic Jihad is a violent and terrorist organization, but if Israel accuses him of involvement in violence, it should put him on trial and prove that.

The Tories' "right to buy" public housing has produced the exact opposite of its ostensible purpose: a smaller fraction of Britons now own homes, and most of the homes purchased under "right to buy" are now private rentals charging a lot more than when they were public rentals.

Part of China's economic advantage in production comes from a range of policies that don't value people's lives enough. The fatal explosion in Tianjin is an example of what that can do.

Corruption plays a role, too, in that regulations are not followed.

That happens in the US as well.