The Green Zone a large area of Baghdad where the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) is based has an air of unreality. Grass and palm trees, fountains and pools, palaces and
What is the lesson of the events in Spain over the last few days? That terrorism is too serious to be used as a party political instrument.
Terrorism has been
The first few months of 2003 witnessed a global popular mobilisation on a scale unprecedented in history. On 15 February 2003, some 11 million people demonstrated in approximately 800 cities
I have just returned to London from Iraq following a research trip, along with my colleague Yahia Said, and I am struck by the gulf between what is reported on
As the Hutton Enquiry into the events running up to the apparent suicide of Dr David Kelly, a scientific advisor to the British government, continues its revealing probe into the
A gathering of Citizens Europe alongside the European Union summit of June 2003 in Thessaloniki articulated the concerns of many Europeans about the continents new constitution, its responsibilities over
The war in Iraq serves the interests of a US power elite rather than democracy and global justice. In the midst of conflict, it is urgent to retrieve an international
Mary Kaldor
Arguments over the US and Iraq often assume that war is the only way to bring about regime change that, therefore, people who oppose the war are against
The purpose of terrorism is to frighten you.
11-Oct-01
Tim Garden writes:
In most counter-terrorist operations, the military are always subservient to the forces of law and order and the
The attacks on the World Trade Centre and on the Pentagon were a global crime against humanity. The victims were people of all nationalities, ethnicities and religious faiths. The perpetrators
‘A declaration of war’ said the front page of the Guardian. ‘This is like Pearl Harbour’ said many Americans reacting on the street. But this was not war, in a
