Supporters of the Iraq War dominate the UK's public institutions, despite its dismal failure. Why? Because it's the touchstone for adherence to the neo-liberal consensus and all its dogmas, writes Craig Murray, from TTIP to austerity and the corporate takeover of public services. But now, with the rise of Corbyn and the SNP, the deep state is finally facing a real challenge.
… Support the Iraq war, hold the keys to worldly power Craig … Murray | 3rd September 2015 Comment Politics War Corporations iraq-war-demo-2003-cut.jpg Supporters of the Iraq …
The political vacuum left by the Iraq war provided the space for radical extremism to take root in the Middle East and rampage across the region, writes Dr Robert Dover. That makes Tony Blair directly responsible for the refugee crisis that is destabilising Europe today, reflected in the UK's Brexit vote. And it fatally wounded the credibility of his 'third way' social democratic politics across the EU.
… What Chilcot won't tell us: the Iraq War crashed the European project Dr Robert Dover | 5th July 2016 News Iraq War UK EU Politics Middle East … The political vacuum left by the Iraq war provided the space for radical extremism …
Charles Kennedy may have struck a chord with voters as a man of the people, writes Donnachadh McCarthy. But in fact, he was very much a politician. He refused to speak out against the Iraq war, suppressed anti war activism, presided over serious political corruption, was supine in the face of corporate power, and laid the foundations for Nick Clegg's disastrous takeover.
… McCarthy | 2nd June 2015 Comment Politics UK War charles-kennedy-cut.jpg Charles Kennedy … He refused to speak out against the Iraq war, suppressed anti war activism, presided over serious political …
As protestors gather to oppose yet another illegal war in the Middle East, Colin Todhunter asks why David Cameron is so keen to bomb. Of course there's access to oil and routes for gas pipelines, but beyond that, it's about re-entrenching militarism into our national culture, and re-asserting the dominance of capital over people.
… Syria: an illegal war for energy, capital and empire Colin Todhunter | 28th November 2015 Comment War UK USA Turkey Russia Un Politics Middle … gather to oppose yet another illegal war in the Middle East, Colin Todhunter asks …
This Saturday War on Want holds its Frontlines conference in London on the global conflict between communities and corporations, writes Paul Collins. Featuring a host of inspiring speakers, it will forge new alliances and new strategies of resistance.
… The new frontlines of war Paul Collins | 20th March 2014 Ethical … Corporations wow-celestine.png This Saturday War on Want holds its Frontlines conference in … people, Celestine Akpobari, will address War on Want's conference, The New Frontlines …
Last week's 'War on Waste' - throwaway coffee cups were the deserving target - was an exemplar of effective single-issue campaigning by Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall. But the answers to our waste problems go way beyond recycling. We must begin to plan a societal transition to a post-consumer culture of caring, sharing, and knowing when we have enough.
… Hugh's 'War on Waste' is great - but we need to grasp … Fashion Drink shopping-cut.jpg Last week's 'War on Waste' - throwaway coffee cups were the … enough. Watching the third episode of Hugh's War on Waste recently, I felt - as I did with …
Frack Free Greater Manchester campaigners joined human rights defenders from as far as Argentina and Colombia in May to protest outside British Petroleum (BP)’s first ever shareholder meeting in Manchester, UK. HELENA COATES - a local resident - environmental campaigner and mum of two, explains why she took part
… Colombia Fracking Fracking Protest UK War On Want _dsc0009_nef_embedded.jpg Frack … more independent, I started looking outwards again, looking for connection. Since … homework for me to grow concerned. Energy war I didn’t think of myself as an …
The true nature of western civilization is hard to grasp from within, says Professor John McMurtry, because we perceive it through media whose primary purpose is not to convey the truth, but conceal it. What is actually playing out is a global war of empire and capital against the Earth and her people, backed up by the omnipresent threat of overwhelming force.
… John McMurtry | 4th February 2016 Comment War USA Corporations Trade Climate Change … it. What is actually playing out is a global war of empire and capital against the Earth … globalization. They talk only of 'climate warming', not destabilization of planetary …
Turkey's shooting down of a Russian jet near its border with Syria has just revealed the real nature of the war, writes Oliver Tickell, and sharply illustrates the dangers of getting involved in a conflict that is driven more by a battle of two gas pipelines than a clash of ideologies. The message for the UK - keep well out! Or if we are serious about crushing IS, best join in with Assad and Putin.
… Oliver Tickell | 24th November 2015 News War Energy Oil Gas Politics Syria Turkey … has just revealed the real nature of the war, writes Oliver Tickell, and sharply … down of a Russian SU24 by Turkey, the war in Syria just took a new twist - and one …
Throughout the evening, the CND advocated a course of ‘peace and sanity’. The message is unequivocal: weapons of mass destruction are the tools of war, not keepers of the peace.
… March 2007 Comment Nuclear Trident CND Anti-war Protest Activism Parliament Square … Campaigns Campaigns Depleted Uranium UK War Military Military Politics And Economics … weapons of mass destruction are the tools of war, not keepers of the peace. Long-time peace …
‘He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.’ Friedrich Nietzsche
… Aidan Rankin | 1st October 2004 News Iraq War Bush Blair Saddam Hussein Political … Friedrich Nietzsche At the height of the Iraq war last year, shortly before the conquest of … Square. The leaflet inveighed against the war and its authors, Bush and Blair, and so my …
With the International Monsanto Tribunal beginning this week (14-16 October) in The Hague, MICK GRANT reports from Vietnam with this special investigation for The Ecologist five decades after the company's lethal herbicide Agent Orange first devastated the country - and discovers the agribusiness giant is sneaking its way back into Vietnam with modern herbicides and 'Roundup-Ready' GMO crops.
… Vietname Health Pesticide Toxics Corporations War Farming agent orange 6-cut.jpg With the … like the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse - War, Pestilence, Famine and Death. As Monsanto … experimental form of chemical and biological warfare, designed to strip foliage and deny …
A fusion of drone systems and chemical agents is set to transform the landscape of combat for states and non-state actors alike, writes Paul Rogers. These technologies won't just be used for warfare, but for 'public order' ... suppressing riots, protests and political dissent. Forget water cannon - this is the real deal.
… War and police? Drones, chemicals and … Paul Rogers | 10th January 2015 Comment War Technology Toxins Law UK Protest … These technologies won't just be used for warfare, but for 'public order' ... … far from signalling an end to the war, emphasise how distant that prospect …
Jeremy Corbyn came under attack yesterday for his refusal to countenance the use of nuclear weapons, writes Commander Robert Green. But his stance is honourable and both legally and strategically correct - especially with his opposition to renewing the Trident nuclear missile system.
… | 9th November 2015 Comment Nuclear WMD War Politics UK USA corbyn-trident-cut.jpg … upon a US-leased missile system, US software in the fire control system, US targeting … posturing about the French. US officials have warned that if Britain asks the US to provide …
The UK Government's self-declared war on onshore wind farms will make it very difficult for the UK to meet its EU renewable energy targets, writes David Elliott - especially as it cuts support for solar PV. Is the UK's energy policy being written by UKIP?
… Eric Pickles' war on wind farms could blow UK renewable … The UK Government's self-declared war on onshore wind farms will make it very … low-carbon electricity source Is this war on windfarms wise? Tory peer Lord Deben …
USAID, the UK's DFID and the World Bank are among those covering up for severe human rights abuses against indigenous peoples in Ethiopia's Omo Valley, inflicted during forced evictions to make way for huge plantations, writes Will Hurd. Their complicity in these crimes appears to be rooted in US and UK partnership with Ethiopia in the 'war on terror'.
… Bank among aid donors complicit in Ethiopia's war on indigenous tribes Will Hurd | 22nd July … US and UK partnership with Ethiopia in the 'war on terror'. In the fall of 2012 my cell … in the Omo Valley for more than 45 years, warned me about the possible motives of DFID …
Over 90% of major armed conflicts between 1950-2000 occurred in countries containing biodiversity hotspots,writes Alex Reid, and more than 80% of these took place in the hotspot areas themselves. This poses a major challenge to the conservation community: to work in combat zones to strengthen environmental protection before, during and after conflicts. Or better still, to defuse incipient conflicts and resolve those under way, to reduce their toll on people, and nature.
… War, human rights and biodiversity: turning … Conservation Biodiversity Human Rights UK War eric-dooh-cut.jpg Over 90% of major armed … "the urgency of understanding the effects of warfare in the context of biodiversity …
Right wing Labour MPs have launched a full-scale coup against Jeremy Corbyn, and against the members of the party they represent, writes Oliver Tickell. Their plan is simple - backed by mainstream media, to discredit him so utterly that even his supporters turn against him - and elect a new 'heir to Blair' leader.
… | 18th November 2015 Comment Politics UK War stockwell-tube-cut.jpg Right wing Labour … Bush, he wasn't afraid to unleash the dogs of war on the Middle East and Afghanistan. … far worse. "We can't go on in a cycle of wars and destruction, one after the other …
Protests. A political free-for-all or a new collective activism around social and environmental problems? Sylvia Rowley and Rachel Straus find out.
… Violations International Development Global Warming Climate Change Politics And Economics … and from the STOP AIDS campaign to Stop The War. At first this and other G20 marches … not Bombs', George Sullivan from Stop the War , says: 'From war in Iraq to child …
There are many good reasons to criticise Donald Trump, writes John McMurtry. But none of these matter to the US media, political and corporate powers determined to keep him out of the White House. With his radical talk of halving military spending, controlling Big Pharma and exiting 'free trade' agreements, Trump is a direct threat to the parasite capitalism that's destroying America.
… 2016 Comment US Politics Finance Corporations War Health Trade 5440388253_6b88990134_o.jpg … the US corporate stakes behind the foreign wars the US state has initiated since 1991. … its endless new untested weapons and foreign wars both of which Trump opposes. But the …
Three in one: EFSA set to re-licence glyphosate based on secret industry studies; Monsanto moves against IARC verdict that glyphosate is a 'probable carcinogen'; and new science shows that FDA principle of GMO 'substantial equivalence' is bunk.
… GMO and glyphosate wars rage Oliver Tickell | 16th July 2015 News … is bunk. News on the GMO and glyphosate 'war' under way between citizens and scientists … which predict metabolic disruptions, towards modernizing the safety assessment of …
Journalism in the United States is a dying profession, says Paul Craig Roberts, recipient of the International Award for Excellence in Journalism 2015. Corrupted by corporate wealth and power, and intimidated by a repressive state, the mainstream media have assumed a new role as messengers of fear, hatred and naked aggression that's driving the world to nuclear war.
… Roberts, recipient of the International Award for Excellence in Journalism 2015. … that's driving the world to nuclear war. As Jesus told the people of Nazareth, a … In the United States journalists receive awards for lying for the government and for the …
The UK's Trident nuclear missile system has the power of 1,500 Hiroshima bombs, writes Angie Zelter - and to use it would be a monstrous and probably suicidal crime against humanity. Should we spend £130 billion renewing it? Or on schools, hospitals, libraries, social care and cycleways? The inspiring ActionAWE campaign is waking people up to the choice we face.
… Angie Zelter | 24th March 2015 Activism War Nuclear Protest UK … to eradicate nuclear weapons by raising awareness of the humanitarian, health and … performed an oratorio called 'Trident is a War Crime' , composed specially for the …