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Angela Stapleford: Exhibiton: Political Landscapes

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Magnum Print Room, London
Landscape photography is rarely just a celebration of stunning views and nature's beauty. The genre has often been ideologically loaded.

Editorial

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Barack Obama's victory was historic. This month we look at what has happened to the aspirations of the millions who mobilised behind him, many of whom had not voted before.

Judith Orr: The fog of class war

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Gordon Brown's government is waging class war against the rich, so claim the Tories – and the rich.

Patrick Ward: Lords-a-leeching

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Proposed reforms of the House of Lords expenses system have run into trouble – the lords aren't happy.

Patrick Ward: Who are the wealth creators?

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Advertisers and bankers are of less value to society than hospital cleaners and child minders, according to a report published last month.

Tim Evans: Balancing act

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The new First Minister of the Welsh Assembly, Carwyn Jones, is a slight turn to the right from his predecessor, Rhodri Morgan, who retired last month after ten years.

Fuel poverty by numbers

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3 million – Pensioners live in fuel poverty
25,000 – Pensioners die of cold annually
43% – Expected increase in British Gas profits for 2009
2010 – The year Labour pledged to have ended fuel poverty

Sabah Jawad: Warmongers, disloyal mandarins and WMD

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The Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq war opened amid widespread scepticism in Britain and internationally.

Patrick Ward: Unhappy snappers

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"Officers and community support officers are reminded that we should not be stopping and searching people for taking photos," emailed Andy Trotter of British Transport police to fellow chief constables last month.

Patrick Ward: The new face of methanol

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Tony Blair was guest speaker for Azerbaijan methanol producer Azmeco last month.

Lindsey German: In my view: Peace, or just war?

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"The instruments of war do have a role to play in preserving the peace." So said Barack Obama in Oslo last month as he accepted the Nobel Prize for Peace.

Charles-Andre Udry: Letter from...: Switzerland

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A referendum has led to a constitutional ban on the construction of minarets on mosques. Charles-André Udry reports on the scapegoating of Muslims in the country.

Joe Bageant: Obama: Is the dream over?

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A year is a very long time in politics. The election of Barack Obama, the first black president of the US, symbolised hope and the possibility of change for millions of Americans. US writer and author of Deer Hunting with Jesus, Joe Bageant, thinks that things are changing – but not for the better.

Judith Orr: US: Poverty

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7.7 percent of households have no bank account.

Mark Thomas: US: Food insecurity

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There is a sharp rise in hunger in the US.

US: Prisons

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The highest rate of incarceration in the world.

Judith Orr: US: Healthcare

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"All our services are free and are provided by volunteers. The doctor is free; the dentist is free; the eye doctor is free."

Simon Assaf: US Imperialism: The long war that is getting longer.

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It has been called Barack Obama's "LBJ" moment, where a progressive president is dragged into escalating an unpopular war in the hope that a quick success could rescue the US's reputation around the world.

Chris Jones: Interview: The enemy within – Palestinians in Israel

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Abu and Umm Shams are members of Harakat Abnaa elBalad (Sons of the Land Movement), a revolutionary organisation based in Israel and active since the 1960s. They talked to Chris Jones about life as Palestinians living within Israel, and their daily struggles against Zionism.

Union-made: British Airways: The mundane reality

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Last month's ballot result for industrial action by British Airways cabin crews showed how widespread the fear and anger about management attacks was.

Sally Campbell + Judith Orr: Interview: The corporate seduction of feminism

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Socialist feminist and US academic Hester Eisenstein spoke to Sally Campbell and Judith Orr about her book, Feminism Seduced, and the challenges facing the women's movement in the US and worldwide.

Raj Patel: Opinion: One, two, a thousand Seattles

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On the tenth anniversary of the Seattle protests the temptations and opportunities to misremember them were legion.

Charlie Hore: Will this be China's century?

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China is now widely tipped to challenge the power and dominance of the US in the next few decades. In the final part of our series on China, Charlie Hore assesses the global implications of China's economic growth and the impact of workers' struggles on the regime.

Pat Stack: TV Review: Casting off stereotypes

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Channel 4's new series, Cast Offs, proved to be a breath of fresh air in the world of media and disability.
In the fake reality show mockumentary, six disabled characters (all played by disabled actors) are stranded on an island.

Eileen Short + Keith Flett + Tim Sanders: Cartoon: A People's History of the World: 30 – Moctezuma – The last emperor of the Mexica

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