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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Rory Stewart MP The US and Britain have lost the legitimacy and trust necessary to find resolution to Afghanistan war, says Tory MP
Rose Gentle "Your lies killed my son, I hope you can live with that" Rose Gentle told Blair, when bereaved parents turned on him when as he was leaving the Iraq Inquiry.
Blair's legacy is an unlawful and disastrous conflict that continues to cause misery and claim lives, shredding public trust in government, undermining the rule of law.
Tony Blair sneaked into the Iraq inquiry on 21 January 2011 under cover of darkness to avoid protestors outside calling for his indictment for war crimes.

Reg Keys famously stood against Tony Blair in the 2005 general election, in his campaign to get justice for his son Tom, who was killed in Iraq. In this BBC interview, he says the Iraq war was an act of international terrorism and Blair is a war criminal, responsible for the death of his son, Tom, 178 other British soldiers and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis.

The carnage inflicted by the US on Falluja in 2004 was one of the worst atrocities in the war on Iraq. Now another report indicates that the legacy of that attack is a dramatic increase in cancers and birth defects, with the finger of blame again pointing at the US Army's use of depleted uranium and white phosphorous weaponry.
Jonathan Pollak, from an Israeli group called Anarchists against the Wall, which demonstrates with Palestinian activists in the occupied territories. "I have no doubt that what we did was right," he says, "and if anything, not sufficient considering what is being done in our name."
The Israeli-imposed, Egyptian-enforced siege of the Gaza Strip, plunges 1.5 million people into a desperate and isolated existence, but, says Jody McIntyre, the Palestinian people in Gaza are not objects of an isolated humanitarian cause, but partners in the struggle for justice and freedom throughout Palestine.
Video: Protest at Israeli Embassy on 27 December 2010...
An anti-Muslim network, from Tea Party activists in the US to the European far right, unites right-wing ultra-Zionists, Christian evangelicals, and racist British soccer hooligans.
A US soldier serving five life terms for raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and killing her parents and sister, blames US Army dehumanisation of Iraqi civilians.

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