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Too often associated with mayhem on the streets, for centuries anarchists have actually sought a more ordered society

Charlie Skelton is menaced by police with guns (and mirrors on sticks) in his third dispatch from (near) the Bilderberg summit of the global elite

As a US Muslim I abhor the frat boy reaction. We should be celebrating the Arab spring, not this

Unemployed and without health insurance, man in North Carolina has himself arrested in order to receive treatment

Inspired by protests from Tunis to New York, activists and people's assemblies have collaborated on a vision for a new global governance

Arresting a middle-aged writer in an evening gown for peaceable conduct is a far cry from when America was a free republic

I have a legal question about the Wikileaks case, prompted by this this Guardian piece, by John Naughton, linked in Henry's comments. I must confess: I wasn't surprised or particularly scandalized when Amazon kicked Wikileaks off its cloud, because I figured Amazon was probably technically in the right. Wikileaks had probably violated whatever terms of service were in place. I thought this sounded like the sort of thing any private company was likely to do, whether or not Joe Lieberman actually brought pressure to bear. If you have a problem customer who has violated your terms of service, you terminate service. (Just to be clear: I think ongoing attempts to shut down Wikileaks in patently legally dodgy ways are an utter scandal. Joe Lieberman pressuring Amazon is a scandal. I'm with Glenn Greenwald. I also think existing intellectual property laws are, by and large, an atrocious mess. Still, the law is what it is, so the question of how a private company like Amazon can and should be expected to react to this sort of situation is narrower than certain other more general questions about free speech and the press and so forth.)

Just as many Iraqis expected, the Blackwater banning was a publicity stunt by the Iraqi government prior to the elections, in reality: Names change, but the faces stay the same

US security firm mired in Iraq controversy changes its name Blackwater Worldwide renamed Xe as company tries to salvage its tarnished brand

The number of people registering to vote has increased markedly, adding a new generation of voters to the electorate and making the outcome of the election even more volatile, according to a survey of marginal constituencies conducted by the Guardian.

Envoys provide devastating truths, but world can admire Washington's patient mission to avert nuclear apocalypse

As Julian Assange is held in solitary confinement at Wandsworth prison, the anonymous community of hacktivists takes to the cyber battlefields

Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre's extraordinary photographs documenting the dramatic decline of a major American city

Conservative blogger asks if there is a culture of violence in the Met.