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A letter to anti-Corbyn Labour members
We share a letter written by a young Labour member that is widely circulating on Facebook today, explaining why he supports Jeremy Corbyn in the present crisis. Dear anti-Corbyn Labour supporters, I get it. I really do. He has…
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…
NATO has a very peculiar way of showing it doesn’t want new Cold War
On first day of NATO summit, critics condemn “new and dangerous plan” to provoke Russia with heightened military presence on its borders by Nika Knight, staff writer for Common Dreams On the first day of this weekend’s NATO summit in…
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…
Hong Kong bookseller disappearances
There are many people in Hong Kong who give short shift to opinions that are not in total support of the booksellers who became popularly notorious as heroes of those opposing Beijing’s strong rule over this territory. One writer who…
Launch event of the Continental Day for Democracy and Against Neoliberalism
July the 8th, 2016, 4pm (Brazil) – Auditorium 01 – Faculty Zumbi dos Palmares – Clube de Regatas Tietê – São Paulo – Brazil A decade after the defeat of the FTAA – Free Trade Area of the Americas – our…
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.…
Iraq War: Chilcot confirms Tony Blair must now be brought to justice
The Iraq Inquiry, also referred to as the Chilcot Inquiry after its chairman, Sir John Chilcot, is a British public inquiry into the nation’s role in the Iraq War and has been published today seven years (7) after it was…
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