Portside

Shadows from the past, sadly evoked by events of the present, from Afghanistan and Gaza to Syria and Mal

Ken Loach's new film, Spirit of '45

The crisis in Mali, Hillary Clinton’s legacy, and why Obama has not closed Guantanamo Bay prison.

Probably the best movie you’ll see this year that was smuggled out of Iran in a cake.

Colbert: The War on Terror turns 12. Hannity v Ellison. How realistic were Jurassic Park's velociraptors? Honor Trayvon Martin: build the movement. Elizabeth Warren questions Ben Bernanke. Movie: A Place at the Table.

Italy's Five Star Movement owes a big debt to the left – but won votes by rejecting it

Bradley Manning's actions are not unlike those of Daniel Ellsberg, whose release of the Pentagon Papers helped to expose the government’s lies and end the Vietnam War.

Five lessons for progressives from our first century of income taxes.