Even if Iran did have nukes, what would it do with them?
It took some chutzpah for the prime minister of the country possessing the world’s largest unregulated nuclear arsenal to lecture the United Nations on the dangers of an Iranian bomb.…
The Beating and Why I Come Back for More
My arm was twisted, bent, injured, violated, but it was not broken. 5 soldiers and 4 settlers were huddled around me. I felt blows from all directions. My hat was…
Palestine: something has changed
A wise man once told me that in campaigning, what matters is the dynamic you create, the momentum you build. You can spend forever mapping what might happen next: you…
Jewish National Fund: Zionism, ethnic cleansing and environmental racism
by Eurig Scandrett At its Annual General Meeting in May, Friends of the Earth Scotland members unanimously voted to endorse a campaign against the Jewish National Fund (JNF). It was…
On anti Israelism and antisemitism
On March 12, two students at the University of St Andrews, where I work, visited the room of a third, who was living in the same hall of residence, and…
Sandhurst continued training Bahraini officers despite protest crackdown
By Nishma Doshi and Adam Ramsay British Military Academy Sandhurst continued to train 5 Bahraini Officers throughout the ongoing murder and abuse of democracy protesters, Bright Green and Topsoil can…
Libya – time for Egypt to step up?
by Gilbert Ramsay There are occasions when world events seem to laugh at pure political principles. There certainly aren't as many as there seem to be. Often our politicians and…
Privatising profit and socialising risk
This is essentially the modus operandi of the modern western government: to promote the interests of corporate gloabalisation and to offload the risks onto the people. This has manifested itself…
Let’s stop backing dictators
By Rupert Read It is time for Britain to decisively change course, and abandon its support for Middle Eastern and North African rulers (including those of Bahrain, Djibouti, Yemen and…
BP support for Mubarak dictatorship revealed
This post by Mika Minio-Paluello first appeared on his blog over at PLATFORM, who have recently joined twitter The millions on the streets of Cairo, Alexandria and Suez are furious…