Syria’s tragedy is in danger of spreading across the Middle East
If the first casualty of war is the truth then a large dose of disinformation has always been its pre-strike call to arms. Within the UK we were...
Our views on war and terrorism need a drastic rethink
Wherever you look today there’s always a new article regarding terrorism. It’s taken hold of the public consciousness and has become a major concern for people around the...
Yes Campaigners at Faslane: “We Will Scrap Trident”
Faslane today (Images by Ric Lander) Over 1000 people gathered at the gates of Britain’s nuclear submarine base on the Clyde today at the start of a renewed effort...
Arming all sides: how arms companies fuelled the great war
World War One was an immoral war that led to an unparalleled level of death and destruction. By the end, 16 million people had been killed and 20 million...
Hope as Resistance: 16 Pictures of Dissent to World War One
The last surviving British veteran of the First World War, Harry Patch, died in 2009. With him dies the collective memory of a generation that fought, resisted, endured and...
If we want to scare Assad, arrest Blair
Parliament de facto accepted last night something that we already knew. Tony Blair is a war criminal. As Anthony Barnett has pointed out, the consensus, across the house was...
What to make of today's UN arms trade treaty
by Daniel Lee I’ve just returned from New York, where in July and for the last two weeks I’ve been working with Control Arms to campaign for a strong...
¡No Pasarán! David Lomon 1918-2012, survivor of the International Brigade
David Lomon, the last survivor in Britain* of the International Brigade, died yesterday. He was 94. A salesman in Hackney, East London, Lomon started his political life battling Oswold...
How we deny our bloody history – a review of the Imperial War Museum
The stories we tell ourselves define who we are. With this in mind, on Friday, I visited the Imperial War Museum. I am practically pacifist, and certainly anti-imperialist. So...
We shall reach them in the classrooms: Promoting a 'military ethos' in schools
Will McCallum Fostering a ‘military ethos’ in schools: what’s going on. Earlier this month the Department for Education published a statement on their website outlining their ambition to...