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 UN security council resolution in March authorising the use of force in Libya specifically excludes "a foreign occupation force of any form on any part of Libyan territory". So explain this video.

On January 2009, Obama said: "I don't want to be ambiguous about this. We are going to close Guantánamo." He hasn't, and British resident Shaker Aamer is still there.

If there's "progress" in Afghanistan and the "Taliban's momentum" has been broken, why are there more Afghan civilians and Nato soliders being killed than in any previous year of the war?

UK Student leaders have launched a statement condemning the bombing of Libya as immoral and against international law and calling on the government to stop the war immediately.

The Military and the Monetary / Get together whenever they think it's necessary / they've turned our brothers and sisters into mercenaries / they are turning parts of the planet, into a cemetery.

The time has come to test the latest ceasefire offer by accepting it in principle and working out a monitoring mechanism. The best way to protect Libya's desperate civilians is for Nato to reverse its mistaken policy of taking sides.

As Barack Obama continues his ludicrously overhyped European tour, media gloss cannot disguise the renewed imperial ambition of Libya's western aggressors, says John Pilger.

Those who voted for Barack Obama in 2008, expecting a shift in defense policy, must face a sad fact: we now have Bush Plus.

Former British ambassador to Afghanistan, Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, says the tactics in Afghanistan of General David Petraeus are counter-productive, profoundly wrong and reminiscent of Vietnam.

An anti-Islamophobia freedom train to Paris was one of the proposals for action agreed at a conference, in London on 21 May 2011, aiming to confront anti-Muslim hatred in Britain and Europe.

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