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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Since receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, Obama has put George W Bush's warmongering in the shade, not least in the drone attacks on Pakistan.
Obama says Afghanistan is "on track to achieve our goals". It isn't, as the CIA, Red Cross, 15 Afghanistan experts and 60% of Americans have told him.
The war is a catastrophe and the US and its allies should get out now, say 15 experts on Afghanistan, in an open letter to President Obama.
John Pilger's new film The War You Don't See asks why have journalists colluded with governments to hoodwink us into accepting unjustified and illegal wars?
1,500 Palestinian minors, some as young as seven, have been arrested in East Jerusalem in the past year, as Israeli police ride roughshod over children's legal rights.
Jemima Khan says there's a fundamental injustice here: punishment (execution even) of the man reporting war crimes, but not for those that perpetrated them.
Senators yell about the cost of keeping the unemployed from going hungry, while at the same time shoving enough money to keep benefits going into the money pit of war.
The blood and treasure being wasted in Afghanistan is an investment in nothing more worthy than saving Nato's face, says Andrew Murray, chair of Stop the War.
David Cameron boasts that Britain has the world's fourth biggest military, at the same time as he is slashing public services to the bone.

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