Egypt, Syria and the sordid legacy of UK and US in the Middle East
Military intervention, economic sanctions and arms sales have fuelled problems in the Middle East, not solved them.
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Military intervention, economic sanctions and arms sales have fuelled problems in the Middle East, not solved them.
Roger Waters publishes a letter calling for rock artists to declare a cultural boycott of Israel.
We must assume the Americans asked the British government to nab Glenn Greenwald's partner, shake him down and take his personal effects.
Bradley Manning has shown that he stands on the side of humanity. Now he is paying the price for it.
Instead of issuing concocted alerts of imminent terror attacks, here's a 10-point plan would significantly reduce terrorist threats, save taxpayers billions of dollars and make Americans more loved in the world.
Hundreds of people have been killed in a violent crackdown in Egypt while the British government continues arms sales.
Whatever is behind the timing of the current scare, Obama's rebrand of the 'war on terror' has been, not just an abject failure, but as deeply counter-productive and almost as brutal as the original.
As the decades pass since the terrible war crimes at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we must never forget what happened.