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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCasualties of ‘war on terror’ in Iraq: life, security and liberty
Mapping the conflict and its casualties can change our understanding of this war and any war.
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Published in: Home: OpinionWar on terror rages on because the West won’t learn from two decades of failure
Eighteen years ago the head of the UK’s military warned against relying on military solutions alone. But governments...
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Published in: HomeThe shadow war on terror is making its enemies stronger
Few in the west know about the war fought on their behalf in Syria and Iraq. But they may come to know the rage that...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHow to lose the next war in the Middle East: the short answer, fight it!
It’s hardly a brilliant observation to point out that, more than 15 years after the "global war on terror", the...
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Published in: TransformationLove versus fear
What does movement building look like in a time of terror?
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Published in: openDemocracyUKMisdirection at the Chilcot Inquiry
The Inquiry shows us that when asked a difficult question there is nearly always a way to deflect responsibility.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBeware the terrorist lurking in your bookcase: are British citizens being prosecuted for thought crimes?
Britain's counter-terrorism laws are becoming more sweeping and powerful. They are beginning to criminalise not only...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIraq crisis: divide-and-rule in defence of a neoliberal political economy
The roots of the most recent crisis in Iraq can be traced to the US-led invasion of 2003 and western meddling in...
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Published in: TransformationI am a Muslim, not a terrorist
The UK Government's Extremism Taskforce report came out yesterday, containing recommendations that will simply...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSlavery and the African empire - an unfamiliar history
For centuries, much of Europe was integrated into a vast African empire. Yet we refuse to fully understand our...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTime for accountability: Europe’s role in extraordinary rendition
European governments remain complicit in rendition, a process designed to put interrogations beyond the law. Britain...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKUK complicity in torture in Pakistan
Human Rights Watch publishes a disturbing new report, "Cruel Britannia: British Complicity in the Torture and...