Mali, Algeria, Libya: the real reason Britain signed up for war on Africa

Mali, Algeria, Libya: the real reason Britain signed up for war on Africa

The truth behind the 'war on terror' is that it is part of Western powers' imperialistic quest to secure natural resource reserves for their corporations.

We didn't stop the Iraq war ten years ago. But we transformed British politics

We didn't stop the Iraq war ten years ago. But we transformed British politics

The 2 million of us who marched against the Iraq invasion 10 years ago created a force that is still shaping politics and society.

Did millions protesting against the Iraq war on 15 February 2003 achieve anything?

Did millions protesting against the Iraq war on 15 February 2003 achieve anything?

Not only did the march have the traditional left but also, for example, there was the Muslim community, sections of the Jewish community, Liberal Democrats, even some Tories.

Obama the 'drone president' says he has legal right to murder anyone anywhere at will

Obama the 'drone president' says he has legal right to murder anyone anywhere at will

The Obama administration wants the right to kill anyone (even a US citizen) anywhere (whether on or off the battlefield) anytime it deems it appropriate to do so.

Why I will not fight for Queen and country by ex-SAS soldier

Why I will not fight for Queen and country by ex-SAS soldier

The idea of fighting for Queen and Country is held tight by those who never have and never will actually fight, says former SAS soldier Ben Griffin.

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The greatest weapon of mass destruction was the invasion itself: over the past ten years, Iraqis have seen the physical, social and economic destruction of their country.

Economic sanctions -- the least-cost first resort of the laptop bombardiers of global intervention -- sound punitive and aggressive without inflicting any hardship on the imposer.

The Real News Network TV station reports on Stop the War Coalition's international conference, Confronting War Ten Years On, which met in London on 9 February 2013

The hawks were wrong on every count. Wrong about the weapons; wrong about being greeted with flowers; wrong about the human cost; wrong about Iraq becoming a flourishing democracy.

Obama's credibility in challenging lawless violence in US cities is undermined by his personal kill list in violation of international law for enemies elsewhere.

The United States is in a state of perpetual war, spending $633 billion this year on defense, with over 200,000 US servicemembers deployed around the world.

For 10 years British politicians like Jack Straw, Gordon Brown and David Miliband have flatly denied that the British state was complicit in torture during the war on terror.

War criminal Tony Blair got more than he bargained for when he met Harry Patch, longest suriviving soldier from World War 1.

Over a million sent a message to Blair: we don't want this war. And it wasn't just London -- Damascus, Athens, Seoul, Rome, Tokyo, Sydney - hundreds of cities worldwide witnessed the same thing.

As Cameron toured the North African region speaking of tackling terrorism, open democracy and eradicating poverty, most journalists failed to point out some very basic facts.

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