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*Rights & Democracy*

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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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