Paul Mason
Inside the Gaza UN school ‘shelled by Israel’
I’ve just been to the UNRWA school in Jabalia, where 15 people were killed by what appears to be an Israeli shell as they were sheltering in a classroom.
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Paul Mason
Gaza conflict: an Israeli soldier’s question
“Why the world hate Israel?” the soldier whispered. There was genuine confusion in his eyes. He whispered again: “Why the world hate us?”
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Paul Mason
Live from the Gaza conflict’s ceasefire tag
The Israeli military resumes fighting on Sunday, saying that Hamas militants had ignored a 24-hour humanitarian ceasefire. Channel 4 News reports live from the Gaza border.
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Paul Mason
There are no heroes on the zero-hours borderline
They’re not sacked but merely told: “There’s no work next week.” How a new play shows people struggling with the life of zero-hours contracts.
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Paul Mason
Making sense of the fighting in Slaviansk
Overnight, the pro-Russian rebels in Slaviansk, Ukraine, are reported to have quit the town, fighting their way out in one or more armoured convoys as the Ukrainian army attacked.
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Paul Mason
No-one to blame for the wrongdoing at Wonga?
Despite being found to have faked legal letters to pressure customers into coughing up, payday loan company Wonga is not facing criminal action.
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Paul Mason
Economic recovery fuelled by cheap labour
Strong jobs growth continues as UK unemployment rate falls – but wage data show prices continue to rise much faster than pay packets.
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Paul Mason
Can a negative charge zap eurozone economies into life?
After every financial crash there’s a danger of stagnation, deflation and depression. Europe had to look that danger squarely in the face, and act.
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FactCheck: the great trickle from Bulgaria and Romania
We were promised a flood of immigration from Bulgaria and Romania, but the reality is more of a trickle, as FactCheck finds out.
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Paul Mason
‘Climate of fear’ over corporate sponsorship in theatre
Protesters mass at the British Museum, dressed as Vikings, to oppose the sponsorship of an exhibition by oil company BP – but when funds are low – where else can you turn?
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Paul Mason
Books for blokes: what will get men reading?
Let’s face it lads: we don’t read as much literature as women – partly because there is no male equivalent of softcore romantic fiction. Tweet your book nominations to #C4booksforblokes
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Paul Mason
Undercover in Transnistria, Russia’s next potential flashpoint
Pretending to be a tourist, Paul Mason crosses into Transnistria, a country that does not welcome journalists – and which has no official status under international law.
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Paul Mason
Erdogan’s Turkey: CS gas, a ban on Facebook… and EU accession?
The anger that saw thousands protest in Turkey last year resurfaces as a funeral is held for a teenage boy who was killed with a CS gas canister.
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Paul Mason
Battle for abortion rights in Spain
Paul Mason meets a Spanish generation who thought they’d fought and won the basic battles for women’s rights.
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Paul Mason
Will a Russian invasion of Ukraine push the west into an economic war?
If an economic proxy war breaks out between the EU, USA and Russia, and China backs the latter, then you can kiss globalisation goodbye.