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RSS feed		spiked review of books Issue No. issue homepage April 2012 previous issues by Nathalie Rothschild Why clicktivism now makes us switch off by Nathalie Rothschild Goading Goldman Sachs: a new sport by Sean Collins Why the contraception controversy matters by Sean Collins No, Barack Obama is not Torquemada by Wendy Kaminer Freedom of religion is not a right-wing thing by Nathalie Rothschild Hey, why shouldn’t we go to the moon? by Nathalie Rothschild A political fiasco of historic proportions by Sean Collins The Obamas: from ‘Yes we can!’ to ‘No we can’t!’ by Nathalie Rothschild Wanted: a president who believes in liberty by Wendy Kaminer The Iowa caucuses: politics as spectacle by Nathalie Rothschild Californian anti-serf dudes, get real by Nathalie Rothschild Who’s afraid of ‘loose cannons’? by Nathalie Rothschild It isn’t only Romney who’s lost for words by Nathalie Rothschild No more room for ‘the huddled masses’ by Nathalie Rothschild The horrors of Halloween advice by Nathalie Rothschild Turning protest into a freakfest by Sean Collins The disenfranchised majority kicks back by Wendy Kaminer The rage of hip consumers by Nathalie Rothschild The iMourning for Steve Jobs by Nathalie Rothschild The wannabe tyrants of Wall Street by Nathalie Rothschild The culture war over ‘Foxy Knoxy’ by Tim Black Is this Monty Python’s Occupy Wall Street? by Nathalie Rothschild How a few burqa-clad militants terrified the West by Brendan O’Neill The feeble consensus on climate change by Kabat and Adair An election where everyone’s a loser by Nathalie Rothschild After 11 September: their ‘resilience’, and ours by Sean Collins Where did all the goodies and baddies go? by Philip Hammond What the hurricane hype reveals about NYC by Sean Collins Dominique Strauss-Kahn: a modern-day scapegoat by Tim Black President Obama’s Summertime Blues by Sean Collins The real cause of the US debt crisis? Slow growth by Sean Collins Debt ceiling debate: bad political theatre by Sean Collins The Human Rights Watch plan to save US imperialism by Tim Black Is the Archbishop still having sleepless nights? by Patrick Hayes Putting Palin on the rack, twenty-first-century style by Tim Black US budget showdown: the politics of pantomime by Sean Collins Late abortion: the new clash in the Choice Wars by Ann Furedi Message to America: Hands off Egypt! by Sean Collins The right to go berserk on air by Nathalie Rothschild Falsely accusing the Tea Party of murder by Sean Collins Education in NYC: it’s business as usual by Alex Standish Wikileaks: a war of words against Johnny Foreigner by Tim Black Jonathan Franzen: the Great American Malthusian by Sean Collins Rage against the x‑ray machine by Tim Black What happens when you opt out of the scanner by Brendan O’Neill Censorship dolled up as consumer activism by Nancy McDermott The Republic of Ireland: colonised by commissioners by Brendan O’Neill Students are supposed to read books, not burn them by Brendan O’Neill A Paine in the ass for modern America by Brendan O’Neill When smoking becomes freedom of expression by Brendan O’Neill Turning New York into a nudgocracy by Brendan O’Neill A pantomime battle for the soul of America by Brendan O’Neill A protest vote not a Republican revolution by Sean Collins Playing politics with terror alerts by Nathalie Rothschild In the Tea Party debate, who’s really acting crazy? by Sean Collins The Koran controversy: what was that all about? by Sean Collins by Austin Post Why 9/11 gave rise to a carnival of confusion by Frank Furedi New York, New York, don’t turn the lights off by Shane O’Neill The Culture War over the Ground Zero mosque by Sean Collins The defeat of Prop 8 is a Pyrrhic victory by Helen Searls Obama: the Gulf between words and deeds by Sean Collins The hypocrisy of Arizona bashing by Alex Standish The Tea Party: phoney freedom fighters by Wendy Kaminer The Tea Party? Get over it already by Sean Collins Dog-fighting videos: a free speech issue by Tim Black The villain in a dumbed-down morality play by Sean Collins Welcome to the era of anti-nuclear imperialism by Tim Black This is not History with a capital H by Sean Collins ‘Jihad Jane’ and the politics of fear by Sean Collins The real scandal is this obsession with scandal by Sean Collins Palin: if she didn’t exist, they’d have to invent her by Sean Collins The politico-porn behind the presidential race by Sean Collins Bashing the bankers is making Obama go blind by Sean Collins What the ‘Mass mutiny’ shows about the Obama era by Sean Collins A bizarre declaration of war-and-withdrawal by Sean Collins Don’t feel guilty about this all-American feast by Nancy McDermott NYC: the city that never smokes by Basham and Luik This isn’t a recovery. It’s an Obama Bubble by Sean Collins How Hillary became Empress of Ireland by Brendan O’Neill Refighting the Culture War over Roman Polanski by Brendan O’Neill Kristol’s conservatism: swansong of the West? by Guy Rundle Obama: No one’s too cool for school by Alex Standish This is not only the end of the Kennedy dynasty by Sean Collins America’s health wars by Sean Collins Obama: the king of low expectations by Sean Collins Government Motors is no substitute for General Motors by Sean Collins America’s ‘cash for grades’ scandal by Alex Standish The politics of gay marriage by Wendy Kaminer From Nixonland to Obamaland by Sean Collins Beware predatory prosecutors online by Wendy Kaminer It takes more than money to revive an economy by Sean Collins Now it’s time to put the ‘we’ into ‘Yes we can’ by Brendan O’Neill Why they might miss Dubya when he’s gone by Mick Hume Preachiness at Obama’s inauguration by Wendy Kaminer Yanking up the spending spree by Sean Collins by Guy Rundle Memo to Obama-crush liberals: he’s just not that into you by Sean Collins Why we shouldn’t ban the F-word on American TV by Wendy Kaminer previous issues
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