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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With their failure to anticipate that western armies cannot remain popular for long when they invade Muslim countries, Bush and Blair are guilty of as great a folly as they were in Iraq.

The question is: Will military intervention take place end of this year? Or will it wait for a declaration of war against Iran in the coming spring at the most?

“My mother, gone. My sisters, gone. My brother, gone. My aunt, gone. My sister-in-law, gone. My nieces, nephews, all gone. Why did they do this? For what?”

Economic sanctions are not only shattering the lives of the Iranian people but also strangling Iran's social and cultural development. Mehrnaz Shahabi provides an in-depth analysis.

All the usual pseudo-experts who couldn't find Syria on a map have been warning us again of the mustard gas, chemical agents, biological agents that Syria might possess – and might use.

Americans would benefit from spending much less time and energy expressing outrage at anti-American sentiment, and far more time and energy trying to understand why it's so widespread.

Propagandizing on behalf of the US government by the loyal legion of stenographers in the elite American media has allowed the Obama administration to renew its threat of military intervention.

Three Afghan children aged 12, 10 and 8, who were killed in a US airstrike as they were gathering fuel, were legitimate targets with "potential hostile intent".

I will be presenting a budget today which will not cut welfare spending and will support the 18 million poorest and most vulnerable people in this country. How can I do this?

The US has used its pro-Israel veto in the United Nations 10 times since 2000 and even rejected a resolution that criticized the killing of four UN military observers by Israeli forces.

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