The politicians wearing red flowers on Remembrance Day have cheerfully authorised the decimation of jobs, welfare and public education to defend Britain's military spending and nuclear arsenal.

In just a few weeks the Occupy movement has helped bust open the political class veto on the scale of change demanded by the crisis – and now that opportunity needs to be seized.

Is a country that goes to war and sends its sons to kill and die against the will of a majority of its population a democracy?

Navy medic Michael Lyons refused to take part in rifle training as he did not agree with the reasons for the war in Afghanistan or the killing of civilians.

The Camerons, the Blairs and the Obamas fear that the millions over the world, who represent decency, sanity and outrage, will call them to account for the slaughter and suffering of so many innocent people.

David Cameron shows himself a worthy successor to Tony Blair by branding himself a true and militant defender of human rights, and by using war to achieve them.

Peace campaigner Brian Haw's graphic display of state crimes outside Parliament has been removed. But, says John Pilger, we need to keep the flame of his anti-war message burning.

The media always presents Britain's motivation for its wars as ethical and moral, despite occasional "errors of judgement" and "mistakes" -- and a little matter of 10 million dead.

Green MP Caroline Lucas discovers illegal cluster bombs and torture equipment on sale at the arms fair that UK defence minister Liam Fox says is good for Britain.

In an unprecedented vote, the Trades Union Congress, which represents the majority of UK unions, has voted for Britain to pull out of Afghanistan and Libya. The motion from the Unite union was proposed by Andrew Murray, president of Stop the War Coalition.

For ten years, Jeremy Clarke has campaigned tirelessly against the British government's war policies. In this interview he says why he won't stop till the last soldier is brought home.

Bahrain, whose security forces have recently fired at unarmed demonstrators, and other Middle East governments not exactly renowned for their democratic freedoms, will be among the customers at London's huge arms fair.

We didn't stop the Iraq war. But, says Lindsey German, the anti-war movement has been vital in changing attitudes to government war policies, and is as necessary as ever.

From its inception in September 2001, unity was the defining feature of Stop the War Coalition, bringing together workers, students, pensioners, campaigners, black, white and Asian, people of all faiths and none, united in opposition to the Iraq war.

Billy Bragg, singer and political activist, says today's musicians need to get political like the generation of the 1970s, the spirit of which was driven in particular by The Clash.

All the government's fine words about defending democracy and not selling arms to tyrants were just that - words. It is business as usual, including licences to sell shotguns and ammunition to Bahrain where the monarchy has brutally suppressed peaceful protests.