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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What price BBC "impartiality", which bans the words "Free Palestine" but allows DJ Tim Westwood to parade a perverse desire to prolong the war in Afghanistan?

CIA missile attacks by unmanned drones against alleged ‘terrorist’ targets inside Pakistan invariably end up killing civilians, and arousing furious anti-American sentiment.

Nine weeks of war in Libya will cost £200 million -- the same amount the government aims to "save" by making changes to housing benefit which could force 11,000 disabled people into homelessness.

A bereaved father asks if his son gave his life in a cause worth fighting for. A serving soldier on leave from the war replies: Was your sons death a price worth paying? Were my friends lives a price worth paying? For me, no.

Obama administration insiders are calling the war "simply not sustainable" at its current cost and are not asking "is the strategy working?" but "can we afford this?"

Your actions in Iraq and Afghanistan don't make us freer here at home, they engender the anger and rage that culminates in terrorist threats, owing to what you are doing to people over there.

So we're in Afghanistan to bring Freedom and Democracy to the Afghan People, but the country's president has no power to tell us to stop bombing Afghan homes.

Obama and David Cameron say we're making "progress" in the war. Does that include the sharp increase in the number of Afghan soldiers or policemen turning their weapons on western troops?

It is the US that perpetuates the suffering of the Palestinians and aids and abets the Israeli crimes perpetrated against them.

To Arabs, the problem and chief impediment to their emancipation and progress is the United States, a force of occupation draped in a thin cloak of democracy and human rights.

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