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Fearology and militarism but the real enemy is us

The 5th article in TFF’s series “The New Cold War” NATO’s Summit begins today in Warsaw and there is a need for the alliance to mitigate its internal divisions and the relative weakening of the West by uniting outward on…

From utopia to necessity

Here we post the words spoken by Pía Figueroa – co-Director of Pressenza – on the occasion of the presentation of the Greek edition of Silo’s book Letters to my Friends in Crete: “Thank you goes to my Greek friends for…

Chilcot’s Iraq: the missing piece

The response to a major report on Britain’s role in Iraq needs to grasp how war itself is changing.  By Paul Rogers 7 July 2016 for openDemocracy The Iraq inquiry report, which took seven years to complete and was finally…

Is a Referendum a Valid Tool for Democracy?

Human Wrongs Watch By Roberto Savio* ROME, 8 July 2016 (IPS) – William Shakespeare would have loved to witness the Brexit. Many of his themes are evidently present: friendship and treason; truth and lies; deception and betrayal. David Cameron invents…

Cheating Moscow – NATO’s dangerous expansion

Cheating Moscow – NATO’s dangerous expansion, is the fourth article in TFF’s series “The New Cold War”.  By Jonathan Power,  Transnational Foundation for Peace & Future Research Associate. NATO’s Summit takes place this coming weekend in Warsaw. Warsaw is the Polish…

“I’ve stopped speaking in Spanish on the streets after I was shouted at on a bus after Brexit”

Cristina has stopped calling her mother when she leaves work.  She would have to speak in Spanish on public transport and after the 23rd of June she prefers to avoid it.  The same day on which 52% of voters in…

Petrodollars v. Petroeuros. Not in Chilcot? It should be. We want a Conscientious Objector No War Tax Law

“We reported in Pressenza, in 2011 and 2014 the role that Saddam Hussein’s Oil-for-Euros may have played in the Iraq War… As it happened, some years back Saddam had moved his oil transactions to the Euro, [he had agreed after…

Chilcot’s judgment is utterly damning – but it’s still not justice

Little is more corrosive of democracy than impunity. When politicians do terrible things and suffer no consequences, people lose trust in both politics and justice. They see them, correctly, as instruments deployed by the strong against the weak. Since the…

Jeremy Corbyn: “I now apologise sincerely on behalf of my party for the disastrous decision to go to war in Iraq in March 2003”

Following today’s publication of the Chilcot Report on Britain’s role in the Iraq War of 2003, Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the UK Labour Party has apologised on behalf of his party that was in power at the time, and whose…

Damning Chilcot Report confirms Iraq invasion was Bush/Blair’s war of choice

“Military action at that time was not a last resort.” by Lauren McCauley, staff writer for Common Dreams “I will be with you, whatever,” former British Prime Minister Tony Blair pledged to U.S. President George Bush on July 28, 2002.…

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