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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Nato is out of control, says Dennis Kucinich, using a UN mandate allowing for protection of civilians as the flimsy pretext for an unauthorised mission of regime change through massive violence.

RAF pilots in Las Vegas are directing pilotless drones that fire missiles at the Taliban in Afghanistan. Civilians have been killed, but a wing commander says "we are comfortable legally with what we are doing."

Royal Navy medic Michael Lyons has been jailed for seven months after declaring that he was a conscientious objector because in his view the war in Afghanistan is unjustified and immoral.

It was meant to be David Cameron's mission-soon-to-be-accomplished visit to Afghanistan. Instead the spin was upstaged by yet another UK soldier killed and 'security' concerns cancelling his trip to Lashkar Gah.

How did Sheikh Raed Salah, revered by many Palestinians and by millions of Muslims across the Middle East, come to be arrested in Britain as a "vile militant extremist"?

Obama's troop "surge" is clearly failing: the United Nations reports violence up 51 percent, civilian deaths and injuries up, number of refugees up.

The flotilla is a refusal to accept Israel's message to Gaza: We own you, determine what you can or cannot do, where you can and cannot live and go, who can and cannot be part of your lives, you have no freedom save what we give to you.

Greece and Turkey have done Israel's dirty work and stopped the Gaza Freedom flotilla sailing. Over 500 humanitarian activists, who include the writers Alice Walker and Henning Mankell, have been blocked from travelling to Gaza with aid from Europe and North America.

The U.S. Declaration of Independence is an indictment of King George III for various abuses of power which, says David Swanson, look similar to abuses of power U.S. presidents engage in today.

Pepi Escobar says the name of this game is not Libya; it's Long War, aimed at turning the Mediterranean into a Nato lake and dealing with the non-players, Syria and Lebanon.

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