Tag archives for war
Green Party’s new ‘global solidarity’ spokesperson supported military intervention in Syria
The Green Party of England and Wales recently announced a list of 13 new spokespeople. Among them is Carne Ross, who has taken on the brief of 'global solidarity'. Ross…
5 ways the Greens should respond to the Labour Party’s split
via YouTube Screengrab Today, what many had been predicting for some time happened. The cold war in the Labour Party became hot, as seven Labour MPs resigned their membership, and…
Syria’s tragedy is in danger of spreading across the Middle East
Photo: pixabay user 'ErikaWittlieb', Creative Commons license If the first casualty of war is the truth then a large dose of disinformation has always been its pre-strike call to…
Our views on war and terrorism need a drastic rethink
Photo credit: micagoto, Creative Commons. 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…
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 to…
Arming all sides: how arms companies fuelled the great war
Munitions workers painting shells at Chilwell, Nottinghamshire c © IWM (Q 30016) World War One was an immoral war that led to an unparalleled level of death and destruction. By…
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 dreamed.…
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 that…
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 and…
¡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 Mosley's…