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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Netanyahu says that the 1967 borders are indefensible. But what is really indefensible is the occupation of land, the starvation of Gaza, the jailing of dissenters and the lack of equal rights in the alleged Israeli democracy.

The Nato intervention was supposedly to limit civilian casualties, but it is making a prolonged conflict and heavy civilian loss of life inevitable.

She may be a criminal in the eyes of French law, but at a London conference on Islamophoba, Kenza Drider was welcomed as a champion of women's rights.

Obama says he "will not tolerate aggression across borders". How then to explain US troops at war Iraq and Afghanistan and missiles and bombs rained down on Pakistan, Yemen, Libya and elsewhere?

We were told it would cost "tens, not hundreds of millions", but after two months the war on Libya is already over £100 million, and by September it's likely to top £1 billion.

The BBC's Andrew Marr covered Osama Bin Laden, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Israel, but there are so many other things he could have asked Obama, but didn't.

After Obama's speech about the Arab Spring uprisings, Egyptian novelist Ahdaf Soueif says, if he is serious about supporting self-determination for the people of Egypt, here's a to-do list.

Obama's speech on 19 May 2011 was long on rhetoric and virtually empty of any new policies. And no mention of Saudia Arabia. Did a $60 billion arms deal have something to do with that?

The facts and videos showing how the Obama who promised "hope" and "change" when he was running for president became a more-of-the-same president once elected.

Whatever Obama says about the Muslim world yearning for free speech, democracy, the rule of law and basic civil liberties, he will continue to sell weapons systems and military equipment to Arab despots.

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