Jeff Sparrow


Chilcot shines a light on Blair’s Iraq lies

A leaked contribution to the Chilcot Inquiry has revealed that Tony Blair deliberately misled parliament over his intentions in Iraq, writes Jeff Sparrow.

Rundle: The asylum seeker debate isn’t over. It hasn’t even begun.

The left hasn’t won the asylum seeker debate — yet — but there have been some small victories, says Guy Rundle: for a start, the government is speaking of refugees as fellow human beings, not child-chucking martians.

The death penalty: clumsy, costly and morally dubious

Stories of grotesque bungles abound in death penalty literature, writes Lizzie O’Shea. So, why does the US continue to hand it out?